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Michigan Legal Help is for people who are handling their legal problems without a lawyer. It can help you learn about your legal problems and get ready for court. There are many Do-It-Yourself tools to help you create court forms. This website does not give legal advice, and it is not a substitute for having a lawyer. If you need more help, search the website for a lawyer, community services, or a Self-Help Center nearby.

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Access free forms for Michigan income, business, city, and property taxes. You can also explore online filing options, check your refund status, or apply for a new business registration.

Need a classic book for a school project? Project Gutenberg digitizes, archives, and distributes books in the public domain. The database includes some downloadable audiobooks and e-books formatted for the Kindle.

Semantic Scholar provides free, AI-driven search and discovery tools, and open resources for the global research community. They index over 200 million academic papers sourced from publisher partnerships, data providers, and web crawls.

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Techboomers.com is a free video-based educational website that teaches older adults and other inexperienced Internet users with basic computer skills about websites that can help improve their quality of life. Want to know how to call a ride with Uber, or how to protect your identity online, or how to use that App that everybody is talking about? Techboomers is a great site for you.
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UpCodes is a free website that provides access to some Michigan building codes.