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For general information, try these titles:
- 640.73 BES Best buys for your home
- Consumer Reports magazine - available at all branches
- Consumer Reports buying guide issue
- Or, search for the subject headings:
- Commercial products
- Consumer education
- Consumer goods
- Household appliances
 InfoTrac
OneFile
- Look for the type
of product plus the word "evaluation" or the word "purchasing" to get product
reviews.
- eg. cameras AND evaluation
 Canadian
Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) - In Library Out
of Library
- Type the subject
in the general search box, and under "more search options",
change document type to 'product review'.
- ConsumerSearch
- a great source for product reviews (* remember that the Library might
have the magazine to read for free in one of the databases above!)
- Canadian
Consumer Handbook (Industry Canada)
- Canadian
Consumer Information Gateway (Government of Canada)
- Consumer
Smarts (Association of Saskatchewan Home Economists)
- Consumer
Protection Branch (Government of Saskatchewan)
- PLEA
- pick up free consumer booklets at the library or read them online,
including:
- Buying
Stuff
- Consumer
Wisdom
- Canadian
Toy Testing Council - they publish the annual Toy Report
- The
Office of Energy Efficiency (Government of Canada) - information
on energy efficient appliances
Product Safety Information
- SafeCanada.ca - food and product recalls & advisories
- Recalls.gov - recalls issued by US government agencies
Better Business Bureau of Saskatchewan
#201-2080 Broad Street
Regina, SK S4P 1Y3
Toll Free: 1-888-352-7601
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Provides consumers and businesses with pre-buying information, mediates complaints. Provides the public with information related to their rights and responsibilities in the marketplace.
Consumers' Association of Canada, Saskatchewan Branch
#306 - 220 3rd Ave. S.
Saskatoon, SK S7K 1M1
Ph: 242-4909
Toll Free: 1-888-395-5661 (Saskatchewan only)
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday, 8:30am to 1:30pm
Provides pre-purchase information to consumers and advice on handling complaints.
- Buying
and Selling a Home
- Buying
and Selling a Vehicle
This guide was last
updated June 2007.
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