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New:
A Consumer's Guide to Fats

Identity Theft: When Bad Things Happen to Your Good Name

U.S. Consumer Gateway: Your Link to Federal Consumer Information
(The "In the Spotlight" opening page offers consumer news.)

Consumer's Resource Handbook
(Not that new, but a great handbook for consumer basics.)

Finding Documents:
There are millions of documents in the Federal Depository Library Program; over 100,000 are available full text via the web.  Beginning in June 2000 Pfau Library will catalog electronic, print, and microform documents in our OPAC as they are released.  Other resources for finding Federal Government information by subject:

•  Browse Electronic Titles (maintained by the U.S. Government Printing Office)
• Offers subject bibliographies of electronic Federal Government publications.
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (maintained by the U.S. Government Printing Office)
• Catalogs all publications (print and electronic) distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program since 1994.
• Hotbot (maintained by Lycos Inc.)
• In the Advanced Search option it is possible to limit by location / domain.  Limiting to .gov (government) or .mil (military) sites is one way to find information published by the Federal Government.
• Notable Documents in Electronic Format
• Consumer Product Safety Commission Publications:
• Consumer Protection Agency Publications
• Consumer Information by Topic (compiled by the University of North Texas)

Databases
Automobiles Recall Database
Indexes by make, model, and year of car to provide full text of recalls.

Consumer Product Safety Commission Search
Indexes reports on unsafe products, and provides the full text of the reports.

Federal Consumer Information Center Search
Indexes "how to"  information on consumer safety.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The "safety problems" section provides links to a number of databases indexed by make and model and year of vehicle and providing full text of known safety problems.

Other Useful Websites:
Better Business Bureau

Bureau of Consumer Protection Complaint Form

Buying or Selling a Vehicle (From the California DMV)
How to buy of sell a vehicle in California.

California Consumer Price Index
(Division of Labor Statistics and Research, this site has information on wage determintations and occupational injuries as well as the California Consumer Price Index)

Consumer. gov:
Product and safety announcements from the Federal Government.

Consumer Protection
Full text "pamphlets" on information of use to consumers.

FDA Consumer
Full text articles from the FDA Consumer: The Magazine of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Federal Consumer Information Center

Federal Reserve Board: Shop, the Card You Pick Can Save You Money
Semi-annual survey of credit card terms, with application information.

Medicare Consumer Information

University of  North Texas Consumer Information Links

Government Agencies:
State of California, Department of Consumer Affairs

State of California: State and Consumer Services Agency

U.S. Consumer Protection Agency
 

Help: For help finding government information, or if you would like to recommend a resource contact Jill Vassilakos-Long

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