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Financial Literacy Search Tips

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Throughout this course, you will need to find resources for various assignments. These search tips should help you find and evaluate resources.

Books

You can locate books on personal finance and financial planning by searching OU Libraries Local Catalog. The majority of books in the OU Libraries’ collection are academic resources, but there are some popular books as well.

Tip! Be sure to use the limiters on the left side of the screen to narrow your search by format, language, date, etc.

Screenshot of the filter options on the Local Catalog Search page.

Journals & Newspaper Articles

You can locate articles of all kinds (scholarly articles, trade publications, popular magazines, etc.) by searching
Academic Search Complete.

Just go to the OU Libraries’ Databases & E-References Page and Academic Search Complete is the fourth title on the list. Use the keyword phrases that are suggested below or your own keywords to search.

Suggested Keywords for Searching

Tip! Use quotation marks to force a search engine to retrieve the two words as a phrase. For example: Search “financial planning” instead of financial planning.

  • Budgeting
  • Student loans
  • Credit cards
  • Identity theft
  • Consumer fraud 
  • Savings 
  • Investments
  • Retirement planning
  • Charitable giving

Websites

Search Google (or your favorite search engine) using the keywords above, your own keywords, or a combination of both. The Internet is a source of many useful resources, but – because almost anyone can create a website – it’s very important to evaluate the sites you find.