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Money and Currency

KPL staff-selected resources. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

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Staff Recommends

Inside the Fed: Monetary Policy and Its Management, Martin Through Greenspan to Bernanke by S. H. AxilrodThe Ascent of Money by Niall FergusonThe Instant Coin Collector  by Arlyn SieberThe Value of Money by Mary McCarthyThe Early Paper Money of America  by Eric  Newman

Databases (most require KPL library card)

eLibrary Plus (Electric Library Plus) (Home Access)

Full text articles, plus maps and pictures and TV and radio transcripts

InfoTrac All Using PowerSearch

Magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, ebooks available in the library or at home with your KPL library card or with your Michigan Driver's License or ID by going to Mel.org
Includes Computer Database; Custom Newspapers; General Reference Center Gold; Grand Rapids Press; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File ASAP; Legal Trac; InfoTrac Onefile; Health Reference Center Academic ASAP

InfoTrac Custom 120 Full Text Newspapers

A collection of approximately 900 full text newspapers from around the country and the world. Includes the last 12 months of the New York Times and the Grand Rapids Press (1996-current).

MeL Michigan eLibrary

Magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference books provided to Michigan libraries and Michigan residents at home with their Michigan Driver's License or ID or from libraries in Michigan.  Also includes links to Michigan related websites.

Michigan Newspapers via NewsBank (Home Access)

Selected full text articles from Michigan newspapers.

NetLibrary

Michigan eLibrary collection of ebooks.

New York Times Index

All full text. The daily newspaper New York Times 1995-present.

World Book Encyclopedia (Home Access)

Articles from the World Book Encyclopedia.  Includes related articles from major newspapers and magazines. Graphic and multimedia enhancements, including photographs, maps, illustrations, tables, animations, and audio/video clips.

Newspapers and Magazines

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Coin World

Coins

Money

Young Money

Community Resources

Kalamazoo Numismatic Club

Websites

164 Currency Converter by OANDA

A multi-lingual currency converter with up to date exchange rates provided from leading market data contributors.

Currency Exchange Rate from the Federal Reserve-includes historical data

Foreign Exchange Rates and the dates they were released.

Currency Source

Exchange rates.

Economic History Services - gives historical inflation rates, value of the dollar, etc

Site provides a wide range of internet-based services to economic historians, historians of economics, economists, historians, related social scientists and the public.

Economic Resources on the Web - U of M

Links pertaining to economics, statistical data, business topics, and census information.

Federal Reserve Board

Includes news, monetary policy, banking and regulation information, consumer information, economic research data.

Finance and Banking links from MeL

Directories and news, includes Michigan and Federal links

How Much Is That Worth Today?

Compares the purchasing power of money in the United States (or colonies) from 1665 to 2003.

United State Mint--It's History in your Pocket!

A fun, educational tool for students and teachers, that generates interest in coins, the Mint, and U.S. history.

Universal Currency Converter

A universal currency converter helps you to put your dollars into Francs, Pesos, Pounds, Yen, Lire, or Euros.

World Bank

Information about their programming, funding initiatives, organizational structure, mission statement, and reports on economic growth around the world.


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coins

Coins from around the world.