WINTER PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY Starting Points Guide to Resources on American Politics The following guide provides a list of selected

Starting Points: Credit, Credit Repair & Identity Theft





C I R C U L A T I N G B O O K S & V I D E O
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 DiM	Credit Repair - What the Credit Industry Doesn't Want You to Know
332.743 Leo	Credit Repair
332.743 McN	All About Credit - Questions (and Answers) About the Most Common Credit Problems
332.765 Eva	Paying With Plastic - The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing
332.765 Str	What Every Credit Card User Needs to Know - How to Protect Yourself and Your Money
332.743 Ven	The Credit Repair Kit
YA 363.7 Bro	The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices (2nd floor)
364.163 Wei	50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit
Video 364.163 Ide	Identity Theft


F I N D I N G B O O K S & O T H E R L I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 332.04 – 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 - Search Our Catalog - in the upper right hand. Good subject searches on these topics are consumer credit and identity theft.

e B O O K S

You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library has to offer 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. Search for employment and career books by the following categories: subject, title, author. See a reference librarian for more detail.

F I N D I N G A R T I C L E S

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.

W E B S I T E S

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.

For additional information, please see a reference librarian. sk 4/18/06
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