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Link: Consumer Index on FirstSearch

About: Consumer Index on FirstSearch provides access to information about evaluations, tests, alerts, warnings, and recalls of specific products, services, and facilities, abstracts articles on all aspects of consumerism and consumer protection. This database also inks to the best Internet resources and print publications for consumers offering free, direct access to the contents of full-text journals (e.g., FDA Consumer), news releases, booklets, recalls, and other sources available via the World Wide Web. Indexing only.

Dates of Coverage: 1986 to 2002/07/27.

Truncation: [*]. (To use truncation, enter the root of a search term and replace the ending with a truncation symbol. The search engine will then finds all forms of that word. For example, type comput* to find the words computer or computing).

Wildcard: [?]. (The wildcard helps when the spelling of a word is incomplete. To use the wildcard, enter your search terms and replace each unknown character with the appropriate wildcard symbol. The search engine finds all citations of that word with the  symbol replaced by a letter. For example, type ne?t to find all citations containing neat, nest or next). 

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High Point University

10/10/2007
by Robert Fitzgerald [rfitzger@highpoint.edu]