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Consumer

Welcome to Our Consumer Page!



Information on consumer education, consumer history, and consumer protection is available here. Coverage includes links to books and websites on identity theft, credit cards, food and product safety, online shopping, home energy conservation and many more areas of consumer interest.


Selected Consumer Resources: Databases; Magazines; Websites; Collections; Books & More


Databases

Auto Repair Reference Center: Contains Chilton's car repair manuals from 1946 through 2005, as well as care and maintenance information and a glossary of automotive terminology.

 

Encyclopedia of Small Business: Provides entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business.

 

Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law: A practical guide dealing with the law and its everyday effect upon citizens.

 

LegalTrac: Find articles in all major law reviews, law journals and legal newspapers from 1980 to the present.

 

Michigan LegalForms: Provides a wide selection of state-specific legal forms across the most popular legal areas.

 

Morningstar: Comprehensive reports on more than 8,000 stocks and 12,000 mutual funds. (Access is only available on computers in the library.)

 

Magazines

Consumer Reports

 

Consumer Reports on Health

 

CPI Detailed Report

 

FDA Consumer

 

Kiplinger's Personal Finance

 

Money

 

Nutrition Action Health Letter

 

Tradin' Times

 

Websites

Consumer Education

 

Consumer Law

 

Consumer Protection & Advocacy

 

Government Information

 

Health

 

Home Buying & Financing

 

Michigan Consumers

 

Product Safety

 

Collections

Getting Organized

 

Investing 101

 

Books & More

50 plus one questions when buying a car: (2007) by Stephen Edwards.

 

A slice of organic life: (2007) edited by Sheherazade Goldsmith.

 

Complete guide to reducing energy costs: (2006) edited by Consumer Reports.

 

Desperate households: how to restore order and harmony to your life and home: (2007) by Kathy Peel.

 

Eating between the lines: the supermarket shopper's guide to the truth behind food labels : (2007) by Kimberly Lord Stewart.

 

Greening your cleaning : (2007) by Deirdre Imus.

 

It's all too much: an easy plan for living a richer life with less stuff : (2007) by Peter Walsh.

 

Maxed out: hard times, easy credit, and the era of predatory lenders: (2007) by James D. Scurlock.