Help for Resolutions: Money Management
Posted by: JollyLibrarian on: January 9, 2009
My guess, considering the economy, is that most of us made resolutions to save money in 2009. The library has many resources to help you do just that.
Recommended Books:
- Financial Peace Revisited– Dave Ramsey
- The Total Money Makeover–Dave Ramsey
- The Road to Wealth–Suze Orman
NetLibrary ebooks:
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Online Personal Finance– Bonnie Biafore
- The Personal Finance Calculator: How to Calculate the Most Important Financial Decisions in Your Life– Esme Faerber
- Conscious Spending for Couples: Seven Skills for Financial Harmony–Deborah Knuckey
- Your Financial Action Plan: 12 Simple Steps to Achieve Money Success–Cotter Cunningham
Journals:
We subscribe to Money magazine, which is also included in the Academic Onefile database.
Suggested Websites:
- Mymoney.gov. This site from the federal government contains many tips on various aspects of money management. There are also calculators that allow to plan for college.
- Money Management by Balance Track is a nice interactive tutorial that shows how to plan and save.
- Your bank’s website will often have many good resources, such as calculators for retirement or home buying.
Hope these resources help. Let us know what works for you.