eGuides

Start Your Own Business
This guide will show you the online and Library resources to use to find your target market, plan your business for success, navigate legal and financial hurdles, market your business effectively, and more. Also available in Spanish.

 

Personal Finance

Manage and sharpen your personal finances skills by exploring Library materials and online resources included in this eGuide designed to help you with your perosnal wealth management. Also available in Spanish.

 

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Online Library Resources

Databases

Business and Company Resource Center
Company profiles, news articles, and product information about 300,000 different companies.

 

Business Index ASAP
Articles, abstracts and references from 800 business related publications like The Wall Street Journal and New York Times.

 

General OneFile
Search General OneFile for current news on the economic issues facing the United States. General OneFile pulls information from hundreds of sources including Newspapers, popular magazines, academic journals and public radio.

 

Morningstar
Look up your favorite stocks, research the latest stock ratings, and find out what companies your mutual fund invests in with this easy to use database.

 

Standard & Poors NetAdvantage
Ratings and analysis on stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.

 

Know Your Business
From the Library classes that will help you improve your skills to the materials and resources that will help you start a new business, our Know Your Business section is packed with useful info for job seekers and business owners.

 

Personal Finance Quizzes
Saving and investing is for everyone! Find out how you are doing in the world of personal finance by taking our quiz. Learn about all the great resources the Library has to help you plan for the future.

Take the quiz: English

 

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Blogs & Podcasts

Bargaineering
Get on the Twitter list for ideas, tips, and personal finance questions.

 

Kiplinger
Get personal finanace podcasts.

 

NPR’s Planet Money
This blog discusses the current financial situation around the globe. Planet Money also has a podcast you can subscribe to.

 

Saving Advice

Learn more about personal finance and how to save money.

 

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Web Sites

General Money Management

 

Bankruptcy Information for Consumers
From the U.S. Courts.

 

Credit Reports for Free
Information from the Federal Trade Commission.

 

FirstGov for Consumers
Financial information for the consumer’s perspective. Information from the federal government.

 

My Money
Information on money management from the Financial Literacy and Education Commission.

 

Retirement Plans, Benefits and Savings
From the U.S. Department of Labor.

 

Investing

 

Investing Online Resource Center
Facts about investing online.

 

Investor Guide
Provides stock tips and market updates, along with a “university” with information on investing.

 

The Motley Fool
Investing basics with information on stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Free registration.

 

New York Stock Exchange
View the listings or look up symbols.

 

Sensible Investor
A step-by-step investment guide.

 

Smart Money
Access to information on stocks, mutual funds, tools for investing, options, and personal finance. Free membership.

 

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