Guides: Money Matters: Library Resources

Book a PRO: Investment

Learning how to do investment research is easy with Book a PRO. Our Pros will take 30 minutes to answer your questions on how to use one of our investment related databases - Morningstar Investment Research Center, Standard and Poor's NetVantage, or ValueLine.

Library Books

Personal Finance
Create your American dream or just stabilize your financial picture with our recent personal finance resources. These items have information for all age groups.
Building Wealth
Learn how to handle your personal finances. These books will help you to budget, save, and reduce debt while building wealth.
Teach your children how to handle money matters with these books from our collection.
Estate Planning Basics
Use these books to find answers to your questions about creating a trust, will, or planning your estate.

Databases

Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
This database will help you find company profiles, news articles, and product information for over 300,000 different companies.
Gale LegalForms This link opens in a new window
Searching for legal forms? Look no further. Gale LegalForms has thousands of free legal forms, including state-specific forms, that cover the most popular legal areas. From real estate contracts to wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant agreements, etc. - Gale LegalForms provides a wide-selection for your business and personal needs.

Notice: Public users should consult an attorney in your state for serious legal matters.
Gale OneFile: Business This link opens in a new window
Read articles, abstracts, and reference material from 800 business related publications like The Wall Street Journal and New York Times.
Morningstar Investment Research Center This link opens in a new window
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 & Poor's NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window
Use Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage to make well-informed investment decisions. Track stock, bond, and mutual fund performances including S & P 500, S & P MidCap 400 and S & P SmallCap 600. Read the latest information on the stock markets; U.S. and world economic news; and sector and industry performances. A variety of tools are available to help you create your investment plan. For new investors, review the Financial Education section to learn about personal finance and investments. Click on “Help” on the top right hand side of the screen to see more about the database including tips and how to use the database.
Value Line Research Center This link opens in a new window
ValueLine offers access to their stock, option, mutual fund and convertible surveys. Use ValueLine's rankings, quotes and commentary to help you decide what companies you should invest in. ValueLine creates their ratings for investments using only the operating numbers of the underlying company or companies.
Weiss Financial Ratings This link opens in a new window
This database gives you powerful tools to protect your finances, invest, grow your wealth, and learn more about your finances. Features include information on Insurance, Medigap Plans, Mutual Funds, Consumer Guides, and more.