How Can I Retire? Research Guide

Finding Books

Reference Books

Periodical Search

Databases & Electronic Journals 

Webliography

 


Prepared by: Laura Gibbs and Chet Watson

Library Liaison: Lois Tucker
(502) 456-6773

libsul@sullivan.edu

Updated May 2008

 

Finding Books:

 

Search the library catalog using a specific topic, such as retirement or Social Security, or browse the following subject areas below.

 

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!


 


 

 

Also, Sullivan University Library offers the Library Alert service, which is designed to alert SUS students, faculty and staff of the latest titles @ the Sullivan University Louisville library! Sign up to be notified by e-mail when the library receives new books, videos, DVDs, etc., in the categories that interest you.

 

 

 

Reference Books:

Limited liability companies in Kentucky / Scott W. Dolson, managing edition. Sullivan-Louisville, KY Law Reference Non-Circ, R338.7 L734

Morningstar funds 500 : annual sourcebook / introduction by Christine Benz and Kunal Kapoor, co-editors. Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ, R332.6327 M866

 

Periodical Search:

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases.  For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

Periodicals: the following paper-format periodicals in the Sullivan University Library may be searched for articles in this subject area:

         Forbes

         Fortune

         Kiplinger's personal finance  

 

Databases & Electronic Journals:

 

If you are accessing these databases from off campus, please go to the Remote Access Page tab under the Databases menu. NOTE:  You MUST enter your Sullivan username and password to access the remote database passwords. Click here for more help logging in, or check with library staff for more information.

ABI/INFORM®: Available through ProQuest® and comprising nearly 1,400 North American journal sources, this database provides information on advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers, plus 60,000 companies. Also, ABI indexes The Wall Street Journal® from 1984 to the present.

Relevant journals in this database:

         Kiplinger's personal finance  

         Kiplinger's personal finance magazine  

         Kiplinger's personal finance mutual funds  

         Kiplinger's personal finance retirement planning  

         National underwriter

Academic Search Premier: Available through EBSCOhost®, this database indexes 4,450 scholarly /peer-reviewed journals in all academic disciplines back to 1975 and provides the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles . Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

         Congressional quarterly weekly report          

         Kiplinger's personal finance

         Kiplinger's personal finance magazine   

Business Source Premier:  An EBSCOhost® database indexing 3,650+ scholarly/peer-reviewed business journals back to 1922 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles on all business subjects  including management, finance and accountingAlso includes country economic reports as well as comprehensive profiles for the 10,000 largest companies:  click the COMPANY PROFILE tab  on the toolbar at the top of the page.  Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

         Congressional quarterly weekly report          

         Kiplinger's personal finance  

         Kiplinger's personal finance magazine

         National underwriter  

MasterFILE Premier: An EBSCOhost® database primarily designed as a general reference tool for public libraries, this database provides full-text articles from reference sources including magazines, books, biographies, primary documents, photos, maps and flags.  Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

         Congressional quarterly weekly report

         Kiplinger's personal finance  

         Kiplinger's personal finance magazine  

         National underwriter

MAS Ultra – School Edition: Designed for high school libraries, MAS Ultra is an EBSCOhost® database indexing 540+ popular/general interest publications including magazines, pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents back to 1984, and providing an image collection with photos, maps and flags.  Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

         Congressional quarterly weekly report

         Kiplinger's personal finance  

         Kiplinger's personal finance magazine  

 

NOTE: You can also click the search button below to locate online periodicals related to Retirement & Financial Planning.  As mentioned above, if you are off-campus, you will need to go to the Remote Access Page tab. 

          

  

Webliography (Internet Resources):

AARP : A section on the official website about financial planning and retirement

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College : From their official website: "The goals of the Center for Retirement Research are to promote research on retirement issues, to transmit new findings to the policy community and the public, to help train new scholars, and to broaden access to valuable data sources."

CNNMoney : CNNMoney's retirement section

FPA : The Financial Planning Organization

Homefair.com : Includes a home refinancing calculator

How to Retire in Style : Article from The Motley Fool

IRS.gov : Internal Revenue Service

Kentucky.gov : Retirement resources from Kentucky.gov.

Louisville Free Public Library : Items available to Louisville residents with an official Louisville Free Public Library library card, the card also allows access to LFPL databases.

Math in Daily Life : Article from www.learner.org

The Motley Fool : The Motley Fool's Retirement section

MSNMoney : Section on retirement from MSNMoney

National Institute on Aging : From the US National Institutes of Health. Includes article "Health, Retirement Needs Challenge An Aging America."

The Retire Early Home Page : From their official website: "The online magazine for people who used to work for a living."

Retirement Planner : Provided by CNNMoney

Soc. Retirement : A Google group devoted to the subject of retirement.

Social Security Online Retirement Planner : Available at the official Social Security website.

Spry Foundation : "Setting priorities for retirement years."

USA Today Calculators : Includes a retirement calculator

WISER : Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement

 

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