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Starting
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Guide to Scholarships |
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E F E R E N C E B O O K S
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Available for your use in the library,
these books
cannot be checked out. |
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R 378.73
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College Cost & Financial Aid Handbook |
Covers
over 2,700 institutions, both 4-year & 2-year. |
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378.3 Pet |
College
Money Handbook |
Financial
aid at nearly 1,800 four-year institutions. |
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378.3 Sch |
The
Scholarship Book |
Scholarships,
fellowships, grants & loans;applications, essays & cover letters
help. |
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R
378.3 Sch |
Scholarships,
Fellowships and Loans |
Over
4,200 funding resources. Six helpful indexes. |
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R
378.73 Col |
The
College Blue Book: Scholarships, Fellowships,
Grants, and Loans |
Over
2,500 funding sources divided by subject. |
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F I N D I N G
B O O K S & O T H E R L
I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S/
Dewey Decimal browsing numbers:
378.3-378.73 |
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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 - Search Our Catalog - in the upper right hand.
A
good subject heading for this topic is
scholarships. |
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e B O O K S |
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You may also
want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks)
the Library has to offer 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 detail. |
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
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The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
R 050 R.
Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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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 in these databases using your choice of
keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or
even a certain magazine.
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Collegenet |
Search
by, sport, major, tuition, & other
criteria. Links from your search list directly to college
homepages. Over 600,000 awards. |
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FASFA
on the Web |
Step-by-step guidelines for filling out its online
application. Includes "FASFA Follow-up" for tracking your
application's progress. |
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Fastweb |
Match scholarships to your interests,
locate money; a jobs & internship help.
1.3 scholarships highlighted. |
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Federal
Student Aid |
This federally-run site
provides detailed information & access to
all the
steps to attaining money for college. Also available in
Spanish. |
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Grants for Minorities |
Over 140 linked Web sites, databases, listed books
and minority scholarship announcements. |
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Libraryspot.com |
Tracking
down financial aid through
Libraryspot's Funding Education page. |
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Pin Registration |
Track information and loan applications in various
U. S. Department of Education records. |
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Students.gov |
Info
and links to finances, community services, education
planning, career development, travel and more. |
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U.S. News & World
Report's Financial Aid |
Includes
helpful articles, guides, interactive tools, rankings, "Find
the Money" and much more. |
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Virginia Tech
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VT's links to financial aid
sites. |
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