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Sheila Bendum
LEECA Workshop

COLLEGE & SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH
Online Resources:
OCIS: Ohio Career & Infomation System - Ohio & US Colleges, financial aid information and much more! (Requires a username & password available in the library.)
ACT: Information for Life's Transistions - Click on "For Students" for information and links to colleges, financial aid help, college testing and more.
All About College - Information on colleges around the world, financial aid and test prep help.
College Scholarships - Colleges, scholarships, financial aid information, test prep information and more.
CollegeNET - Search for a college or univeristy by state, number of students and tuition range. Online applications, scholarship searches, financial aid information and more.
CollegeView - Information on over 3,800 colleges, online applications, financial aid information, virtual college tours.
Peterson's - Click "College Bound" for help finding colleges, financial aid, test prep and more.
US News: America's Best Colleges 2004 - Search by a variety of criteria to locate the highest ranked colleges.
Bay HS Library Resources:
"Guide to the best colleges in the U.S." by the staff of Kaplan, Inc. Simon & Schuster, c2000. Call # 378.73 GUI
"Making the major decision 2004." Thomson/Peterson's, c2003. Call # 378.194 MAK
"The Fiske guide to colleges 2002." by Edward B. Fiske. Sourcebooks, c2001. Call# 378.1 FIS
"Lovejoy's college guide." edited by Charles T. Straughn II and Barbarasue Lovejoy Straughn. Macmillan, c1997. Call# 378.73 LOV
"Colleges that change lives: 40 schools you should know about even if you're not a straight-A student." by Loren Pope. Penguin Books, c2000. Call# 378.73 POP
"The complete scholarship book." Sourcesbooks, 2000. Call# 378.3 COM
"Scholarships: strategies and search tactics to discover the best of the Internet." by Paul J. Krupin. Direct Contact Publishing, c2002. Call# 025.06 KRU
Bay Public Library Resources:
"College financial aid for dummies" by Herm Davis & Joyce Lain Kennedy. IDG Books Worldwide, c1999. Call# 378.30973 D293c2
"The complete book of colleges." Random House, Inc., c2002. Call# 378.73 C7382
"The Fiske guide to colleges." Times Books, c2004. Call# 378.73 F5451
"Barron's profiles of American colleges : descriptions of the colleges." Barron's Educational Series, Inc., c2003. Call# 378.73 B2787
"The Insider's guide to the colleges." Berkley Pub. Corp. c2004. Call# REF 378.73 In71
Periodical Articles - Colleges:
How We Made the Choice. Campus Life, Oct2002, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p22, 1p, 7c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1150; (AN 7423808)
Online Goldmine. (cover story) By: Moring, Mark. Campus Life, Oct2002, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p24, 1p, 1c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1090; (AN 7423809)
Where Do I Start? (cover story) Campus Life, Oct2002, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p38, 4p, 1c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1000; (AN 7423813)
The Beginner's Guide to College Visits. By: Lueck, Lee Ann. Campus Life, Oct2002, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p48, 3p, 3c, 1bw; Reading Level (Lexile): 910; (AN 7423814)
People You Gotta Know. Campus Life, Oct2002, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p62, 2/3p; Reading Level (Lexile): 970; (AN 7423817)
The Search Is On! By: Simon, Christy. Campus Life, Oct2001, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p46, 7p; Reading Level (Lexile): 800; (AN 5275868)
Periodical Articles - Scholarships & Financial Aid:
Best VALUES in public colleges. By: Knestout, Brian P.; Stevenson, Alison. Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Nov2003, Vol. 57 Issue 11, p73, 7p, 2c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1340; (AN 11026252)
BEST VALUES in private colleges. By: Knestout, Brian P.; Kountze, Elizabeth. Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Jan2004, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p64, 7p, 2c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1220; (AN 11643981)
An inside track to a healthy FINANCIAL AID package. Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Jan2004, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p70, 1p, 1c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1220; (AN 11643986)
"How I paid for college". By: Caplin, Joan; Wang, Penelope; Weisser, Cybele. Money, May2004, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p72, 5p, 6c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1020; (AN 12790788)
three smart strategies. Money, May2004, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p78, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 910; (AN 12790789)
Instructor Resources:
CollegePrep Power Point from ACT