A Beginner's Guide to Investing: These resources are designed for the novice investor, and are intended to provide a generalized background on investing basics, terminology and background prior to beginning the investment process. They were selected to help the reader choose an investment path and strategy based on their personal financial goals by providing a broad range of resources on the most frequently used types of investments. Included are a mix of classic texts, industry-standard periodicals, and modern electronic resources to assist the reader in familiarizing themselves with the financial market.

1. A Beginner’s Guide to Investing
These resourcesare designedforthe novice investor,andare intendedtoprovide ageneralized
backgroundon investingbasics,terminologyandbackgroundpriortobeginningthe investmentprocess.
Theywere selectedtohelpthe readerchoose aninvestmentpathandstrategybasedontheirpersonal
financial goalsbyprovidingabroadrange of resourcesonthe most frequentlyusedtypesof
investments. Includedare amix of classictexts,industry-standardperiodicals,andmodernelectronic
resourcestoassistthe readerin familiarizingthemselveswiththe financialmarket.
Investing:The basics
Print Resources
Books:
332.6 B458I:
Bernstein,WilliamJ. TheInvestor’sManifesto:PreparingforProsperity,Armageddon and
Everything in Between.Hoboken,NJ:Wiley,2010. Print.
332.6 M295R:
Malkiel,BurtonG. A RandomWalkDown Wall Street.New York: W.W. Norton& Co.,2007. Print
& electronic(EbscoEBooks).
332.5 M295E3:
Malkiel,BurtonG. The Elements of Investing: Easy LessonsforEvery Investor.Hoboken,NJ:
Wiley,2013.
332.6 OS4W3:
O’Shaughnessy,JamesP. WhatWorkson Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment
Strategiesof All Time. NewYork: McGraw Hill,2005. Print& electronic(EbscoEBooks).
332.6 T988I6:
Tyson,Eric. Investing forDummies.New York:Wiley,2006. Print.
332.632 L991O:
Lynch,Peter. OneUp on Wall Street: How to Use WhatYou Already Know to MakeMoney in the
Market.NewYork:PenguinBooks,1990. Print.
332.6327 B634L:
Bogle,JohnC. The Little Bookof Common SenseInvesting:TheOnly Way to GuaranteeyourFair
Shareof Stock. Hoboken,NJ:Wiley,2007. Printand electronic(Overdrive).
332.678 G76I2:
Graham, Benjamin. TheIntelligentInvestor:A Bookof Practical Counsel.New York:Harper
BusinessEssentials.Printandelectronic(Overdrive).
338.6041 B863E:
Buffett,Warren. TheEssaysof Warren Buffett:LessonsforCorporateAmerica.New York:
Cunningham,2001. Print.
Periodicals:
 Barron’s
 Bloomberg Businessweek –Availablein print and online through Zinio

2.  The Economist- Availablein printand online through Zinio
 Forbes – Availablein print and onlinethrough Zinio
 Fortune
 Kiplinger- Availablein printand online through Zinio
Electronic Resources
EBooks:
332.024 K658R: “RichDad, Poor Dad: What the Rich TeachTheirKidsAboutMoney – That the Poor and
Middle ClassDoNot”- on Overdrive
“If You Can:How MillenialsCanGetRich Slowly”:Free pamphletbyWilliamJ.Bernstein
http://www.etf.com/docs/IfYouCan.pdf
Databases:
Morningstar.comLibraryEditions: Morningstar’sHelp&EducationCenteroffersafree “Investment
Classroom”withcoursestohelpyoubegininvestingandimprove yourpersonalfinances. Thisdatabase
alsocontains“Investingforthe LongRun”- a guide tohelpyoubeginmanagingyourpersonal finances,
as well asa useful glossaryof terms.
Standardand Poor’s500: This database includesa“Financial Education”tabwhichincludesresourceson
analyzingstocks,financialplanning,andafinancial glossary.
Online Resources& Websites:
“Beginner’sGuide toInvesting:Online Publicationsatthe SEC”:
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/begininvest.htm
“Investing101: A Tutorial forBeginningInvestors”: http://www.investopedia.com/university/beginner/
“Investor.gov”:http://investor.gov/
“InvestingBasics”: http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/investing101/
“BogleheadsInvestingStart-UpKit”:
http://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investing_start-up_kit
Online Stock Simulators:
“InvestopediaStockSimulator”: http://www.investopedia.com/simulator/
“Wall StreetSurvivor”: http://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com/