Consumer Reports’ editorial focus is to provide thorough product information to consumers. It evaluates a vast array of products ranging from automobiles to microwave ovens, from frozen dinners to insurance policies, to provide a fair assessment for individuals seeking to purchase.

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Company: Consumer Reports
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Offers objective data on nutrition and health issues. A typical issue could contain notes on "fake fat news," longer articles covering food and pesticides, a consumer report on "picking a pasta sauce," and questions and answers about common eating problems. An accurate report for all libraries.

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Company: Center Science Public Interest
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Company: Consumer Reports
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In today's healthcare environment, lay people are increasingly anxious to play a more involved role in decisions that affect their well being. They actively seek medical and health information in libraries, bookstores, and on the Internet. Such high demand has left many public librarians struggling to meet their clients' needs, even as large numbers of new publications are becoming available. This book addresses the issues involved in developing a CHI collection in public libraries, with particular attention to the needs and behaviors of its target clientele.

Author: Lynda M. Baker, Virginia Manbeck
Hardcover: 192 pages
Company: Scarecrow Press (2002-01)
ISBN: 0810841991
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Hardcover: 651 pages
Company: Omnigraphics Inc (2010-04-30)
ISBN: 0780810813
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Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. Although dashboards are potentially powerful, this potential is rarely realized. The greatest display technology in the world won't solve this if you fail to use effective visual design. And if a dashboard fails to tell you precisely what you need to know in an instant, you'll never use it, even if it's filled with cute gauges, meters, and traffic lights. Don't let your investment in dashboard technology go to waste.

This book will teach you the visual design skills you need to create dashboards that communicate clearly, rapidly, and compellingly. Information Dashboard Design will explain how to:

Avoid the thirteen mistakes common to dashboard design Provide viewers with the information they need quickly and clearly Apply what we now know about visual perception to the visual presentation of information Minimize distractions, cliches, and unnecessary embellishments that create confusion Organize business information to support meaning and usability Create an aesthetically pleasing viewing experience Maintain consistency of design to provide accurate interpretation Optimize the power of dashboard technology by pairing it with visual effectiveness

Stephen Few has over 20 years of experience as an IT innovator, consultant, and educator. As Principal of the consultancy Perceptual Edge, Stephen focuses on data visualization for analyzing and communicating quantitative business information. He provides consulting and training services, speaks frequently at conferences, and teaches in the MBA program at the University of California in Berkeley. He is also the author of Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten.

Author: Stephen Few
Paperback: 224 pages
Company: O'Reilly Media (2006-01-01)
ISBN: 0596100167
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To date, there have been few theoretical inquiries into the relationship between the basic objectives of consumer protection laws and technological innovation. This book addresses this need by considering the impact of technological innovation on the foundations of consumer advocacy, contracting behaviour, control over intellectual capital and information privacy. The collection presents a unique and timely perspective on these issues. The authors, internationally renowned experts, from diverse areas such as consumer issues in technology markets; contract, and intellectual property provide a fresh perspective on these topics. Contributions provide novel approaches to the question of what consumer protection might consist of in the context of technological innovation. The book will be a valuable resource to academics and researchers in law and public policy and is easily accessible to graduate and undergraduate students working in these areas.

Hardcover: 456 pages
Company: Ashgate Pub Co (2006-10-30)
ISBN: 0754647099
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Everything you need to know about the safety and efficacy of cosmetics and cosmeceuticals.

Is it a cosmetic? A drug? A nutrient? It’s becoming more and more difficult to tell the difference with the cosmetic companies combining the three. And unlike with food additives, the FDA has little control over what goes into the products that claim to make you look more beautiful–even though cosmeceuticals (cosmetics that purport to have druglike benefits) have skyrocketed into a multibillion-dollar industry.

So before you slather on that “wrinkle-reducing” cream or swallow a “skin-rejuvenating”vitamin, find out what’s in your health and beauty products with A Consumer’s Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients. This updated and expanded edition gives you the facts you need to protect yourself and your family from possible irritants, confusing chemical names, and the exaggerated claims of gimmicky additives. With 800 new ingredients found in toiletries, cosmetics, and cosmeceuticals–everything ranging from shampoo to shaving cream, bath lotions to Botox–this alphabetically organized guide evaluates them all, and includes targeted information for children and for people of color.

A Consumer’s Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients is more indispensable than ever to anyone who cares about the health of themselves and their loved ones.

Author: Ruth Winter
Paperback: 576 pages
Company: Three Rivers Press (2009-10-20) (2009-10-20)
ISBN: 0307451119
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The most successful organizations in a fast-changing world are those that are genuinely market oriented. If librarians and information professionals are to ensure the survival and prosperity of their services, then marketing is a tool they must master and market research is an essential element of their work. This textbook introduces to practitioners a wide range of marketing concepts and techniques suitable for library and information services. Fully revised and updated, this second edition contains a new chapter on marketing in the digital age, which explores the potential of e-marketing for librarians and information managers, data mining and customer relationship management, and the current marketing focus.

Author: Eileen Elliott De Saez
Paperback: 224 pages
Company: Library Assn Pub Ltd (2002-05-01)
ISBN: 1856044262
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The seventh edition of this comprehensive and authoritative guide provides more than 2,000 popular, publicly available health-information resources available in both print and electronic formats. Resources include those that the author judges to be the best materials published since the last edition of this book.

Author: Alan Rees
Paperback: 344 pages
Company: Greenwood (2003-06-30)
ISBN: 1573565091
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This digital document is an article from Dermatology Nursing, published by Jannetti Publications, Inc. on December 1, 2004. The length of the article is 4147 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Nurses are at the forefront of the current trends in patient information and choice in medical care. The trends in health information access and quality, and decision support strategies are reviewed. Valuable online resources for nurses to share with their patients and families will be presented. Elder health is used to illustrate these issues.

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Title: Consumer health information on the Web: trends, issues, and strategies.(Clinical Skills)
Author: Alan VanBiervliet
Publication: Dermatology Nursing (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2004
Publisher: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
Volume: 16 Issue: 6 Page: 519(5)

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Author: Alan VanBiervliet, Patricia Edwards-Schafer
Digital: 14 pages HTML
Company: Jannetti Publications, Inc. (2004-12-01) (2005-08-01)
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This book focuses on the enactment of rights to obtain government information and on the unreported and unprecedented life and times of John Moss, one of the towering leaders of the decade. These guarantees, from the government to its citizens, are embodied in the Freedom of Information Act, the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act, and the Securities Investor Protection Act, among other laws. They are the product of John Moss's tenacious, uphill struggle against overwhelming odds.

Author: Michael R. Lemov
Paperback: 237 pages
Company: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (2011-06-01)
ISBN: 161147471X
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Use the Consumer Action Handbook (CAH) to get help with consumer purchases, problems and complaints. Find consumer contacts at hundreds of companies and trade associations, local, state, and federal government agencies, national consumer organizations, and more.......

Author: Federal Citizen Information Center
Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook
Company: (2012-01-15) (2012-01-15)
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