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Reference Resources: Consumer Information

Consumer Health Complete
Full-text database offers access to information "covering all areas of health and wellness" for consumers and patients. It includes more than 500 health-related magazines and journals, over 200 reference books and encyclopedias, plus pamphlets, reports, information sheets, videos, and more.
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Consumer World
Links to over 1,500 sites.
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Currency Converter
Up-to-date exchange rates for 164 currencies.
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Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
Reviews and other data on new and used cars, trucks, etc.
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Estimates Professional 2007: CD-ROM
This CD provides easy to access data based upon the results of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census. Included are population, household, housing, income, and expenditure data estimates for 2007 and projections for 2012. Many popularly requested statistics based on census data, such as: proportions of population by race and/or income, are included in the datafile. Maps and data tables can be generated at the state, metropolitan area, county, zip code, tract or block track group level. Study areas can also be selected by specifying a radius from a position identified by latitude and longitude. The maps and tables created can be imported into GIS programs.
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FDA Consumer
Semi-monthly magazine with articles on a wide range of health-reltated consumer interests.
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Kelley Blue Book
"Official" prices on new and used cars.
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