COMMUNITY RESOURCES - Consumer Products
Looking for up-to-date information on Consumer Products that you have purchased or would like to purchase? The following databases from our electronic resources will help you find information on various products and services. Please click on one of the following database titles:
- America's News Magazines - Provides full-text articles from various familiar magazines, such as Family Life, Newsweek, Parenting, Slate, U.S. News & World Report, and more.
- Car and Truck Repair Information (available only at the library) - Mitchell's repair information for auto, trucks, and vans including wiring diagrams and vintage model data.
- General Reference Center GoldTM - Integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
- Indianapolis Star/News - Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, organizations, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.
- Newsbank National Newspapers - All Johnson County news and information center. Local job resource center. U.S. newspaper resource center. National obituary and death notices collection.
- ReferenceUSA - A research and reference tool for locating individuals and businesses. Helps users in creating marketing plans, conducting competitive analysis, and locating people. Gives information on more than 20 million business, 222 million consumers, new businesses, new homeowners and movers.
One of these websites may have the information you are looking for on Consumer Products
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Resources for Consumers - Collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor.
- Consumer Product Safety Commission - Report an unsafe product or check on the latest recalls.
- Do Not Call Registry - For the National Do Not Call Registry or for Indiana Residents to stop unwanted phone calls.
- Federal Consumer Information Center - Provides access to full text of federal consumer publications.
- Federal Trade Commission - Government site giving you the scoop on what you need to know to protect yourself from scams and hoaxes.
- Household Products Database (NIH) - Health and safety information on household products.
- U.S. Consumer Gateway - Government site providing access to a variety of consumer information.
ORGANIZATIONAL WEBSITES
- Consumer World - Large index of online consumer resources.
- National Fraud Information Center - Provides information on a variety of frauds and scams.
- Recalls.gov - Alerting to unsafe, hazardous or defective products. A "one stop shop" for U.S. Government recalls.
GENERAL WEBSITES
- Applicance 411 - Helpful tips on home appliances for purchasing, repairing and warranties.
- Best's Ratings Online - Access as database of nearly 6,000 insurers and health maintenance organizations to obtain financial strength ratings and informative insurer profile reports.
- Consumer Search - Thousands of Product Reviews.
- Good Housekeeping Seal - Good Housekeeping maintains good taste and exercises strict editorial judgment as to products it will accept for advertising and in reviewing all of the advertising copy it publishes.
