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Pathfinder: Credit Cards
All About Credit Cards
Credit card debt is a part of everyday life for most of us. This debt can be for thousands of dollars, and doesn’t easily get paid off when one pays the minimum payment each month. Because there can be high interest rates and high fees associated with credit cards, an individual’s principle can grow quicker than they can pay it off.
The following resources are all available free online or through SELCO libraries. Ask your local librarian if you have further research needs.
Subject Headings in the SELCO Catalog:
• Consumer credit
• Credit cards
Books
Glink, Ilyce R. Real U Guide to Bank Accounts & Credit Cards. Loganville, GA: Real U, Inc, 2004.
• Green, Meg. Everything You Need to Know About Credit Cards and Fiscal Responsibility. New York: Rosen Publishing, 2001.
• Liberman, Gail. Improving Your Credit and Reducing Your Debt. New York: Wiley, 1994.
• Orman, Suze. Ask Suze... About Debt. New York: Riverhead Books, 2000.
Strong, Howard. What Every Credit Card User Needs to Know: How to Protect Yourself and Your Money. New York: Henry Holt, 1999.
Weiss, Ann E. Easy Credit. Brookfield, CN: Twenty-First Century Books, 2000.
DVDs & VHSs
• Maxed Out. United States: Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2007.
• Rummel, David and Nelli Kheyfetsl (producers). Secret History of the Credit Card. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 2004.
Websites
All Smart Investing links are available at http://www.delicious.com/smartinvesting
