Starting Points - Credit, Repair & Identity Theft

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Starting Points: Guide to Credit, Repair & Identity Theft

CIRCULATING BOOKS - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.
332.024 Bil	How to be More Credit Card and Debt Smart
332.024 Kim	The Everything Get Out of Debt Book - Evaluate Your Options, Determine Your Course of Action, and Make a Fresh Start
332.743 Det	The Ultimate Credit Handbook - How to Cut Your Debt and Have a Lifetime of Great Credit
332.743 Wes	Your Credit Score: How to Fix, Improve, and Protect the 3-Digit Number that Shapes Your Financial Future
332.765 Str	What Every Credit Card User Needs to Know - How to Protect Yourself and Your Money
364.163 Wei	50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit: Everything You Need to Know About Identify Theft, Credit Cards, Credit Repair, and Credit Reports
Video 364.163 Ide	Identity Theft

FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 332.024–332.765, 364.163

In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog. Good subject searches on these topics are consumer credit and identity theft.

eBOOKS

You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library offers, located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. See a reference librarian for more details.

FINDING ARTICLES

The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
· EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org. Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

WEBSITES

Federal Trade Commission: Credit	Includes "Your Credit Rights" & instructions to the Fair Credit Reporting Act which requires the 3 national consumer reporting companies to provide free, at your request, your credit report, once every 12 months.
Credit Repair Fraud	Advice from the Better Business Bureau about fraudulent credit repair companies.
Electronic Credit Repair Kit	Repair instructions. Includes establishing credit, debt collectors, & disputing incorrect information. 6 sample letters.
FDIC – Credit Repair	Information and advice from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on repairing credit.
FDIC - Establishing Credit	Information and advice from the government’s Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on establishing credit.
ID Theft	Also from the FTC, this site explains in four simple steps what to do in case of identity theft. Helpful links and forms included. See also: www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/idtheft.htm.
Identity Theft Resource Center	A thorough, multi-stepped site answering many questions and providing solutions about identity theft.
PIRG’s Credit Report and Identity Theft	Public Interest Research Group’s easy to follow information and links. Also includes credit information.

Page maintained by Courtney Moore - cmoore@wppl.org

Updated: December 14, 2007