Consumer Information
Databases
Recommended Web Sites
- Community Council of Dallas: Resources for Help
- Identity Theft Prevention & Survival
- Scambusters
- Better Business Bureau
- ABA: Basic Tips and Legal Advice for Home, Finance, Family
- Central Notice
- Consumer help lines and information, class action suits, product recalls, and consumer complaints.
- Consumer Information Center
- Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Protection
- First Gov for Consumers
- Give.org
- Helps you make informed decisions about charities. Merger of National Charities Information Bureau and Council of the Better Business Bureau's Foundation.
- National Fraud Information Center
- Scorecard Chemical Pollutants in Your Area
- Texas Office of the Attorney General - Links
- Texas Power to Choose Utilities Companies
- Texas Tenant Rights
- Tips and basic information for homebuyers. Includes financing, buying, selling, mortgages, income tax, realtor search, and statistics.
Plants, Lawn & Garden Care
- Aggie Horticulture Home Gardening Information Index
- Dallas Master Gardeners
- Guide to Poisonous Plants
- Perennial Plants
- Perry's Perennial Pages
- Extensive listing of perennials, quizzes, faqs, tips, photos, research...
- TAMU: Plant Answers
- Plant Facts Database
- Plant photo directory, fact sheets, disease info, video clips with tips/advice, and more.
- Sustainable Urban Landscape Links
- Web Garden
- Search engine to plants, grasses... Includes sections on turfs, pests, fruits and vegetables. Inluces 200 how-to video clips, glossary, image database, and faq.
- Weeds Gone Wild
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
Reference/Information Desk: 214-860-2174 Circulation:
214-860-2175
West Campus: Reference/Information Desk: 972-391-1433 Circulation: 972-391-1427
BJP: (Room 2300) 214-860-5780
Comments or suggestions are welcome.
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Dallas, TX
Last Updated:
July 1, 2010