Join us in-person or online to master basic financial literacy, such as understanding budgeting or ways to improve and maintain a good credit score. Learn how to make informed financial decisions, effectively manage household finances, and strive toward financial independence!
You can also browse a wide selection of e-books and downloadable audiobooks in OverDrive's Finance Collection. If you have never borrowed from OverDrive or used their Libby app before, the Library can help you get started borrowing e-books or borrowing downloadable audiobooks.
Need help? Ask a Library staff member at any of our locations or call, text or email Ask-a-Librarian.
Upcoming Events
Social Media Self-Defense: Am I Getting Duped?
Beech Grove Branch
Scammers love to use the way our minds work against us, and the social media world gives them constant opportunities to find new targets for seemingly endless fraud.
Approaching Medicare Age: What You Need to Know
East Washington Branch
This session will teach you about Medicare, its costs & coverage, provide an overview of how it works, and discuss all of your choices as you approach Medicare eligibility.
Are You Smarter than a Scammer?
Online
Can you spot a scam? Avoid falling prey to an online scam with simple tips that can help you spot them. Learn about common scam methods, what you should do if you've received a scam message, and practice spotting scams in your email, text, or when browsing online.
Indy Now Book Club Segment
Good Reads About Money
Catch book recommendations and IndyPL program highlights from your own local librarians once a month on the Indy Now Morning Show with Ryan and Jillian on Fox59. The show airs at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays. Browse our past appearances. Enjoy one of our recent segments Good Reads About Money featuring staff librarian Rachel Nevada Wood.
View on Demand Money Management Classes
Personal Finance Classes from LinkedIn Learning Get the training you need to stay ahead in these expert-led courses on Personal Finance. Numerous courses about personal finance are available including budgeting, personal investments, taxes, and more. Learn how to get started.
Money Management Skills - What Everyday People Need to Know Whether you're just getting started in life or contemplating retirement, this series offers a primer with all the information you need to build a financial plan to achieve your goals. To get started, create a Kanopy account. If you need help a Kanopy video tutorial is available.
- Episode 1 Understanding Your Financial Brain (34 mins)
- Episode 2 Managing Money with Life Cycle Theory (29 mins)
- Episode 3 Basic Investing - Keep It Simple (29 mins)
- Episode 4 The Key Financial Instruments (31 mins)
- Episode 5 How to Use Credit Optimally (30 mins)
- Episode 6 Investing in Education (32 mins)
- Episode 7 The Economics of Home Ownership (31 mins)
- Episode 8 Managing Risk with Insurance Insurance (31 mins)
- Episode 9 Essential Tax Principles (30 mins)
- Episode 10 Saving for Retirement (33 mins)
- Episode 11 Fundamentals of Estate Planning (32 mins)
- Episode 12 Putting Your Financial Plan Together (36 mins)
Personal Finance Books
Browse these personal finance books available now at the Library!
The Anxious Investor
Mastering the Mental Game of Investing
By using behavioral psychological practices and past market history, Scott Nations tells readers about how to become better investors during uncertain economic times.
My Money My Way
Taking Back Control of your Financial Life
Kumiko Love shares best practices and her own personal stories of financial hardship on how to get ahead on your finances and build financial success.
Clean up your Credit
A Black Ops Guide to Credit Repair and Restoration
Mansfield's book gives the reader a step-by-step guide to repair credit.
Money Skills for Kids
Look to these simple introductions to dollars and cents to help kids achieve their beginning money management skills. Naming the coins and knowing the value of bills and coins is only the beginning. Help them learn how to count change as well as set goals to both spend and save wisely.
Money for Curious Kids
An Illustrated Introduction to Spending and Saving, Finance, Economics -- and More!
A thorough introduction in a style of dictionary + encyclopedia about money, wealth, poverty, banking, saving, sharing, and spending. Other topics are included such as peer pressure and want versus need.
Money Doesn't Grow on Trees
How many times in a course of a lifetime might one hear this? A gazillion? A relatable and mostly fun way to look at want versus need as well as very brief discussion about money, how money is used, and that sometimes there isn't money for every single item we might impulsively want.
Money
How to Save, Spend, and Manage your Moola!
A helpful for guide for kids to the basics of money including what discounts are, how loans work, and a few more advanced topics like bitcoin and pensions.