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Starting Points: Guide to Scholarships

REFERENCE BOOKS - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.

R 378.3 Pet	College Money Handbook	Financial aid at nearly 1,800 four-year institutions.
R 378.3 Sch	Directory of Financial Aids for Women	Nearly 1,500 scholarships, loans, grants, awards and internships.
R 378.3 Sch	The Scholarship Book	Scholarships, fellowships, grants & loans; applications, essays & cover letters help.
R 378.3 Sch	Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans	Over 4,200 funding resources. Six helpful indexes.
R 378.73 Col	The College Blue Book: Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Loans	Over 2,500 funding sources divided by subject.

FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 378.3-378.73

In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog. A good subject heading for this topic is scholarships.

eBOOKS

You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library offers located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. See a reference librarian for more details.

FINDING ARTICLES

The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
· EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.

Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

WEBSITES

Collegenet	Search by sport, major, tuition, & other criteria. Links from your search list directly to college homepages. Over 600,000 awards.
FASFA	Free Application for Student Federal Aid includes step-by-step guidelines for filling out its online application. Includes "FASFA Follow-up" for tracking your application's progress.
Fastweb	Match scholarships to your interests, locate money; a jobs & internship help. 1.3 million scholarships featured.
Grants for Minorities	Over 125 linked Web sites, plus listed books and minority scholarship announcements.
Libraryspot.com	Find financial aid through Libraryspot's Funding Education page.
Pin Registration	Apply for and track information and loan applications in various U. S. Department of Education records.
Student Aid on the Web	This federally-run site provides detailed information & access to all the steps to attaining money for college. Also available in Spanish.
Students.gov	Info and links to finances, education planning, career development, pay for education and more.
U.S. News & World Report's Financial Aid	Includes helpful articles, guides, interactive tools, rankings, and much more.

See also the Library's Good Web Sites - Education.

Page maintained by Courtney Moore - cmoore@wppl.org

Updated: December 11, 2007