Research Central: Personal Finance

Research Central

Personal Finance

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This guide contains a variety of resources to help you make the most of your money. For information specific to investments, see our Investing Research Guide.

Money Sense Investing & Retirement Modules

Complete our self-directed Investing & Retirement Modules in our Money Sense Research Guide. Find some useful tools and get helpful information about investing & retirement.

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Barron's Weekly

from ProQuest Global Newsstream
Archive of full text Barron''s articles from 1988 to present.

Consumer Reports

Features ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services.

Gale Business: DemographicsNow: Business and People

Connects users with a wealth of highly detailed demographic data, leveraging Census data, consumer expenditures, retail spending, and Mosaic Lifestyle market segmentation groupings to helps users "crunch" data in easy-to-use report formats.

Legal Forms

from GALE
Access thousands of business, personal, real estate, state specific, federal, and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues.

Lynda.com

A LinkedIn Company
A leading online learning company that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. With over 4,500 courses to choose from, create a profile to keep track of your successes and tailor the course listings to your skill set. Apps are available! Once downloaded, select the 'Already a member?' option. Next, tap the 'Organization' tab, and enter "wclibrary.info" in the web portal (second option down). Follow the login prompts.
***The transition of Lynda.com into LinkedIn Learning for libraries has been delayed. Please continue to access to Lynda.com through your Library account. More information will be coming soon. ***

Marketscope Advisor

from CFRA
Access independent and forward-focused investment analysis, market commentary, news, and data with CFRA’s essential analytical tools for industry reports, and stock and fund reports. Stay on top of changes in the markets so you can make informed investment decisions, track strategies to maximize returns, and deliver clear investment insights.

Mergent Intellect

Powered by Hoover''s, a D&B Solution, Mergent Intellect is a flexible web-based application featuring a deep collection of worldwide business information on over 100 million global private businesses. Mergent Intellect offers a unique opportunity to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts & figures, executive contact information, census data, a job search solution, enhanced people and business search, access industry profiles and more.

Morningstar

Morningstar provides data on investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data.

Value Line

A comprehensive source of information and advice that offers reports, stock lookup, timeliness ranking, portfolios and more.


Bankrate Calculators
Use these financial calculators to finesse your monthly budget, compare borrowing costs plan for your future and more.

CNBC Personal Finance
Tips and articles from CNBC.

Credit Karma
Track your credit and monitor your bills all in one place.

Identity Theft Resource Center
This non-profit organization provides tips to avoid identity theft and steps to take if it happens to you.

Mint.com
Mint brings all your financial accounts together and categorizes your transactions to help you set budgets and achieve your savings goals

Money & Credit
Financial information from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Topics include financial scam alerts, debt and credit.

Money Essentials
A step-by-step guide to taking control of your financial life, from CNN Money.

MyMoney.gov
Federal government site offering information on budgeting, credit and investments.

Scams and Frauds
An overview of common Scams and Frauds compiled by the US Government.

Smart Asset
This site contains a variety of interactive personal finance tools, including a home-buying calculator, retirement calculator and insurance advice.

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