INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL PLANNING
Library and Web Resources LIBRARY RESOURCES
Investment Related Databases:
> Morningstar > Mergent Online > From GALILEO: Hoover's Company Capsules - ProQuest (includes full-text articles from Money Magazine and Kiplinger's Personal Finance) and more! Visit our Database Index page for access
Books to check out: Books on investing in stocks and mutual funds can be browsed under the call numbers 332 to 333. If you would like to identify additional books for check out, search the library catalog using these subjects: investment mutual funds stocks stock exchange
Reference books to use in the library:  Morningstar - A source of information and research for mutual funds. This resource is available at the Collins Hill, Duluth, Five Forks, Lawrenceville, Lilburn, Mountain Park, Peachtree Corners, and Snellville Branches. Call # REF 332.63 MORNINGSTAR
Value Line Investment Survey - A source that monitors stock funds with research and historical information about public companies. The resource is available at all branches. The expanded version covers smaller companies and is available at the Lawrenceville, Five Forks and Peachtree Corners branches. Call #330.9 VALUE
Magazines: Atlanta Business Chronicle - available at all branches in paper and can also be accessed through the Internet at http://atlanta.bcentral.com/atlanta/. Business Week - available at branches in paper and can also be accessed through the Internet at http://www.businessweek.com. Forbes - available at branches in paper and can also be accessed through the Internet at http://www.forbes.com/. Fortune - available at branches in paper and can also be accessed through the Internet at http://www.fortune.com.
Newspapers: Barron's - available at select branches in paper; can also be accessed through the Internet at http://www.barrons.com/. Investor's Business Daily - available at select branches in paper; can also be accessed through the Internet at http://www.investors.com/.
Additional Resources: Some investment/financial web sites charge a fee and you may want to investigate whether you would want to subscribe to these services from home. The sites listed here are free or have free information and are available from any PC with Internet connection. General Information: Consumer Credit Counseling Service - CCCS (of Greater Atlanta)- CCCS is a nationwide nonprofit service that
offers confidential budget, credit, and housing counseling plus debt repayment plans. 10K Wizard - www.10kwizard.com
Complete SEC data including EDGAR filings with full-text searching. Business Connections - www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/reference/busconn.html - Features business, financial and investing resources on the Internet. Clear Station - www.clearstation.com
Easy to use site that offers free registration to create your own portfolio and watch list.
InvestorGuide: The Leading Guide to Investing - www.investorguide.com
This site offers a free membership and a premium membership. The free membership allows the user to track and analyze investment portfolios and receive daily market or portfolio updates and e-newsletters.
Motley Fool - www.fool.com
Beginning investors will find commentary, stock analysis, tutorials and online classes. Quicken - www.quicken.com
Updated daily, Quicken will link you to investments, business articles, tax advice, stock quotes and current bank rates. Wall Street Research Net - www.wsrn.com
This site offers information on U.S. as well as Canadian companies stocks and mutual fund in a very easy to use format. YAHOO! Finance - quote.yahoo.com/
Yahoo finance is complete with market and financial news, stock and mutual funds reports, currency exchange rates and much more.
Quotes and Exchange Rates: Big Charts - http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/ - Provides stock quotes, both current and historical. Bonds Online - www.bondsonline.com
Bonds Online offers information and news on all types of bonds. FX Converter - http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic - Provides exchange rates for 164 currencies in many languages.
Market Data - www.financialweb.com/mkthistory.htm
This site is helpful for getting historical stock data. PC Quote.com - www.pcquote.com
Boasting real time stock quotes as they occur for some markets and 20 minutes for others, this site offers a list of the different markets at a glance.
Business/Financial Online Magazines: Business Week - www.businessweek.com
CNBC BUSINESS & WALL STREET JOURNAL - http://msnbc.com/news/COM_Front.asp
FORBES - http://www.forbes.com
FORTUNE - www.fortune.com
Investment Information for Kids and Teens: Jump Start Coalition - www.jumpstart.org - Clearinghouse of financial information and fun stuff for kids. Money Savvy Generation - www.moneysavvygeneration.com/scripts/content.cgi?template=default&args=main,home.htm -Geared toward younger children and covers the basics on money management. Teens: http://www.teenvestor.com - Provides investment hints and tips for teens and their parents.
Information staff are available at all branches to help you.....just ask! |