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Personal Finance & Investing


Small Business Resources

Are you an entrepreneur or need help with your small business? Find tools for your business plan, licenses, marketing, and more.

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Online Resources

You will need your Rolling Meadows Library card to access many of our online resources if you are not using them in the Library. Need help? Stop by or call the Reference Desk at 847-259-6050 x130.

See every online resource the Library has to offer on the A–Z Online Resources page.


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America's News: Personal Finances

Use from home Library Card Required  Current and archived full-text articles from news sources nationwide. Browse topics like budgeting, retairement planning, and stock market.

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Business Source Premier

Use from home Library Card Required  Thousands of articles from leading business publications. Search for topics like financial literacy, investment advice, retirement planning, real estate, and more.

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Consumer Reports: Money

Use from home Library Card Required  An online version of the magazine. Get the latest ratings, reviews, and buying advice on banking, credit, insurance, and personal finance.

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Consumers' Checkbook

Use from home Library Card Required  Compare Financial Services in the Chicago area. Find info on accountants, financial advisors, mortgage brokers, and more.

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Daily Herald Today's Edition

Use from home Library Card Required  View today's edition of the Daily Herald including Personal Finance, MarketPulse, and Suburban Business. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.

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Gale Presents Udemy

Use from home Library Card Required  Thousands of on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors. Find popular courses on topics like financial literacy, financial planning, investing in stocks, and more.

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Illinois Public Record

Use from home Library Card Required  Database of public records including real estate transfers, new businesses, bankruptcies, and foreclosures. Perform basic background checks on individuals and businesses based in Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties.

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Legal Information Reference Center

Use from home Library Card Required  Navigate legal matters relating to money & financial planing. Find topics like credit repair, personal taxes, retirement, identity theft, and more.

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LinkedIn Learning

Use from home Library Card Required  Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Learn about topics like managing personal finance, accounting software, basics of stocks, investments, and more.

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The New York Times

Redeem 1 day of subscription access. Read the business section of the NYT for news about stock markets, mutual funds, and the NYT DealBook. Users will need to create a free account and access subscription through the link sent to your email.

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Newspaper Source Plus

Use from home Library Card Required  Cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of regional, national, and international newspapers. Search for articles about hedge funds, capital losses, market sentiment, stock prices, and more.

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Points of View Reference Center

Use from home Library Card Required  A balance of materials from all viewpoints about controversial issuses including topics like credit card rates, unicersal basic income, capital gains tax, bitcoin, and more.

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Reference Solutions

Use from home Library Card Required  Find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.

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Value Line

Use from home Library Card Required  Investment advice on the stock market industries and the economy. Search in-depth data on more than 6,000 stocks, 18,000 mutual funds, 200,000 options and other securities.

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Weiss Financial Ratings

Use from home Library Card Required  Search unbiased ratings of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, banks, credit unions, and insurance companies. Also includes the Medigap Insurance Tool for insurance planning.

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Catalog Spotlight

To browse books on budgeting, financial literacy, investing, and retirement in the library, ask for help at the Adult Reference Desk.

Budgeting 101 : From Getting Out of Debt and Tracking Expenses to Setting Financial Goals and Building Your Savings, Your Essential Guide to Budgeting by Cagan, Michele
The Intelligent Investor, Revised Edition by Benjamin Graham The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness by Morgan Housel

Digital Magazines

Find magazines in the library in Adult Reference. Or search the online catalog External Link to browse and place holds on magazines. 

Flipster Magazines


Consumer Reports
Midwest Living The Week

Preview HOopla Magazines

Inc.
Fast Company Newsmax

Digital Library of IL Magazines

Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Fortune MoneyWeek

Educational & How-To Videos

Find more online training, videos and tutorials on the online learning page.

The Great Courses

Money Management Skills
How to Plan for the Perfect Retirement Art of Investing: Lessons from History's Greatest Investors

Website Links

360 Degrees of Financial Literacy External Link
Volunteer effort of the nation’s Certified Public Accountants to help Americans understand their personal finances and develop money management skills. Get in depth information on topics like spending & saving, investor education, and retirement planning.

Credit Reports and Scores External Link
Learn how to request credit reports and scores, place a credit freeze, and fix reporting errors from usa.gov.

Consumer.gov External Link
Consumer protection basics from the Federal Trade Commision.

FINRA External Link
Resources at every step, so you can feel confident about investing in financial markets from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).

Investor.gov External Link
Provides help to make sound investment decisions and avoid fraud from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

MyMoney.gov External Link
Dedicated to teaching all Americans the basics about financial education by the Federal Financial Literacy and Education Commission.

Social Security in Retirement External Link
Detailed information about Social Security retirement benefits under current law and retirement related benefit calculators.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission External Link
A free tool to check the backgrounds of investment professionals.

Past Virtual Events

Watch all recorded events on the RML YouTube Channel External Link

Consumer Protection
A representative from the Illinois Office of the Attorney General will advise consumers and businesses that have been victimized by fraud, deception or unfair competition.

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Medicare 101
Medicare Solutions Network presents an educational seminar to help get you up to speed on what Medicare covers and what it doesn’t.

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