Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences--College of St. Catherine Library

FCNS is a department that spans several topic areas. Information resources may be found throughout the Library and on the World Wide Web. Follow the links below for the area of interest to you. To suggest changes or additions to these pages, please contact Kathi Rickert, by email (kdrickert@stkate.edu) or by phone at 651-690-8738.

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Consumer Awareness

Contents: Journal Indexes | Reference Books | Web Resources

Reference Books

This book may be found in the Reference Room of the St. Paul campus Library:

Encyclopedia of the Consumer Movement. REF. HC 79 .C63 E53 (1997)

Web Resources

Government

Consumer.gov
http://www.consumer.gov/
Gateway to consumer and consumer safety information from the federal government.

Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/
Official Website of the CPSC, an independent Federal regulatory agency, whose goal is to help "keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products."

Federal Citizen Information Center, Pueblo, CO
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
Information, consumer alerts, publications, much more.

Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Protection and Information division
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm
The FTC oversees all aspects of doing business in the U.S. This Website provides current consumer news and alerts, plus a form to file a complaint.

Organizations and other sites for consumer news and information

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
http://www.aafcs.org/
The AAFCS is "the only national organization representing family and consumer sciences professionals across practice areas and content specializations." Presents news about issues, policy and legislation, info about grants, consumer education and publications, more.

Consumer Federation of America
http://www.consumerfed.org/
An advocacy and education organization with about 285 members, providing information on its Website on a variety of issues, such as finance, food, healthcare, privacy, safety and the environment, and utilities. Many publications offered in .pdf format.

Consumer Reports Online
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/home.jsp
Most of their reports are only available to subscribers (for $24/year), but you can look at the index of topics rated in past years, and there is some useful information given for free.

ConsumerSearch.com
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/
Provides links to product reviews and reports, as well as rating and information sources on the Web.

Consumer World.org
http://www.consumerworld.org/
News, bargains, links to agencies, a way to compare prices on a variety of goods.

National Consumer Law Center
http://www.consumerlaw.org/
The NCLC, with offices in Boston and Washington, D.C., is an "advocate for low-income consumer justice and [a] leading expert on low-income consumer issues." Some examples of their services include info on replacing a "lemon" vehicle, borrowing and credit, homeownership and credit discrimination.

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