Business & Economics Librarian
Lauren Reiter
she/her
Contact:
309F Paterno Library
Email, call 814-865-4414, or book an appointment with me
Librarian
The Informed Consumer
FInancial Wellness Bookshelf
The Financial Wellness Bookshelf is an initiative provided by Sokolov-Miller Family Financial & Life Skills Center to Penn State campuses through a generous grant from Barnes & Noble. The Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center has placed Financial Wellness Bookshelves at every Penn State Campus to provide easy access to information on budgeting, credit, debt, investing, and saving. Any student is welcome to select a title from the books on the shelf and take it home with them.
Several of the Financial Wellness Bookshelf titles are also available via the University Libraries as e-books or in print:
Further Reading
Bad with Money by Publication Date: 2019
Dollars and Sense by Publication Date: 2017
Financial freedom by Publication Date: 2019
Stay the Course by Publication Date: 2018
Get a Financial Life by Publication Date: 2017
How to Speak Money by Publication Date: 2014
The Richest Man in Babylon by Publication Date: 2002
Pound Foolish by Publication Date: 2012
Selected Websites
- Ask CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)A useful reference tool that provides answers to common financial questions.
- MyMoney.GovCovers the five key money topics: earn, save and invest, protect, spend, and borrow.
- Investor.govInvestor basics, an introduction to the markets, and a guide to researching investments from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- 360 Degrees of Financial LiteracyOffers finance information and tools for different life stages and personal situations.
- Smart About MoneyProvides online resources, calculators, and other information and tools on a wide range of money topics, including daily decision-making, emergencies, debt management, life transitions, and work and money.
Recommended Podcasts
- Planet MoneyAn NPR podcast that teaches you about various broad aspects of the economy and personal finance, often through illustrative/narrative stories.
- The IndicatorAnother NPR podcast. These are daily, short (10 minutes or less) episodes that deal directly with economy issues in the news.
- Bad with MoneyA money podcast that "unapologetically examines the intersection of finances and social justice."
- NPR Life Kit: Money TopicsA repository of Life Kit episodes that deal with financial topics including repaying student loans, sticking to a budget, and preventing stress spending.
- Life Kit: How to Pay for CollegeA series of podcasts about strategies for paying for college.
- Life Kit: How to Buy a HouseA series of podcasts to help determine if you're ready to buy a home and the best strategies for starting your search, getting a good mortgage, and more.
- Life Kit: Get Out of DebtA series of podcasts with strategies for paying down debt and staying motivated in the process.
- Life Kit: Secrets of Saving and InvestingA podcast series for the basics of investing.