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Available for your use in the library,
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643.7 How |
How to Do Just About Anything |
Reader’s Digest A-to-Z guide to 1200+ skills &
solutions. |
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643.7 N |
New Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual |
Reader’s Digest's complete home repair in 17
illustrated chapters. |
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R 643.7 Rea |
Reader’s Digest Book of
Skills & Tools |
A step-by-step illustrated
guide to do-it-yourself techniques. |
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643.7
Com |
The
Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair: 2000 Color How-to Photos |
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643.7
Ham |
Fix
It Fast, Fix It Right |
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643.7
Jac |
Popular Mechanics: Complete Home
How-To |
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643.7
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True Value Guide to Home
Repair and Improvement |
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643.7
Par |
Gadget
Guru’s Make-It-Easy Guide to Home Repair |
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643.7
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Ty's
Tricks |
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643.7
Pro |
Yankee Magazine’s Make It
Last |
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643.7
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Dare to Repair: A
Do-It-Herself Guide to Fixing (Almost) Anything in the Home |
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643.7
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The Home
Problem Solver
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Video
643.7
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Common
Home Repairs |
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DVD
643.7 Dar
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643.7 Dar |
Dare to Repair |
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Video 643.7 Do |
Do It Yourself Home Repair |
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Video 643.7 Hir |
Hiring a Home Contractor
(from the Better Business Bureau)
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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: 643.7 |
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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.
A good subject heading for this topic
is dwellings -- maintenance and repair.
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e B O O K S |
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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.
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
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The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
R 050 R
Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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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. |
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| W E B S I T E S
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Ask
the Builder |
Home
building, remodeling and improvement tips and a helpful
advice column. |
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Bob
Vila |
Hundreds of organized,
how-to tips from television’s Bob Vila. |
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DIY |
Step-by-step help on
electric, woodworking, plumbing, painting, flooring, doors &
others. |
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Do
It Yourself |
Hundreds
of detailed home improvement how-tos, a community
forum & a contract locator. |
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Home
Maintenance & Repair |
100s
of alphabetized, practical how-to tips from abrasive
cleaners to zepel (anti-soil fabrics.) |
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Home
Repair |
About.com’s
organized, multi-linked site. Includes Home Repair 101. |
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Home
Tips |
Home improvement,
remodeling, repair, decorating, buying appliances links &
tips, & more. |
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Hometime |
Pick
a project for detailed instructions from the popular
television show. |
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The
Natural Handyman |
Choose a repair topic,
articles from the Natural Handyman Newsletter, tips and
more. |
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WannaLearn’s
Home Repair |
Links to over a dozen
helpful home repair sites. |
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See also the Library's
Internet Sites - How to Do it Yourself
and
Home and Garden.
For additional information, please see a reference librarian. sk 4/4/06
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