| Titles | Money for graduate students in the biological & health sciences Money for graduate students in the physical & earth sciences Money for graduate students in the social & behavioral sciences Money for graduate students in the humanities |
|---|---|
| Year | 2001-2003 |
| Publisher | El Dorado Hills, CA: Reference Services Press |
| Primary Use | The primary use of this set of sources is to find financial aid for graduate students. |
| Types of Information Provided | These sources provide information for fellowships, grants, awards, as well as other funding information for graduate students. In addition, they include a small section with other books to use for finding financial aid. These sources provide the name of the aid, contact information, purpose of the aid, eligibility, amount of the award, duration of the award, the number of awards, and the deadline for applying. |
| Search Indexes Provided | The source provides indexes for the sponsoring organization, residency, tenability, subject, and deadlines. |
| Authority | Reference Service Press has published several books on this topic. |
| Strengths | Most of the entries include Internet and e-mail addresses. |
| Weaknesses | It appears that the coverage is only for the United States. |
| Unique Aspects | The fact that this source helps lead you to other publishers books is a surprise. |
| Title | The graduate student's complete scholarship book |
|---|---|
| Year | 1998 |
| Publisher | Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc. |
| Primary Use | The primary use is to find scholarships for graduate students |
| Types of Information Provided | Areas included are Business, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Humanities, Medicine, Science, Social Sciences, and Vocational education. It provides information for special criteria including Athletics, Diabilities, Ethnic, Military, Religion, Women, and GPA requirements. It provides the name of the scholarship, amount for the scholarship, the deadline, fields/majors for the aid, a very brief description, and contact information. |
| Search Indexes Provided | A Major/Career Index, Special Criteria Index, and a School Index are included in the source. |
| Authority | On the back cover, it states that the source was compiled by Student Services, L.L.C., which is a “leading scholarship research firm in the nation.” |
| Strengths | It might be a good place to find some places for financial aid. |
| Weaknesses | The descriptions are VERY brief and the symbols could be useful for some people, but it would seem that they could have split the sources of aid by discipline. |
| Unique Aspects | The symbols for the different disciplines are unique. |
| Title | The Grants Register: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide |
|---|---|
| Year | 2003 |
| Publisher | London: Palgrave Macmillian |
| Primary Use | The primary use of this source is to find grants for graduate students (mostly doctoral students). |
| Types of Information Provided | The source provides the names of institutions that give grants, contact information, the names of the grants, subjects for the grants, the purpose of the grants, eligibility, level of study (Graduate, Doctorate, etc.), type of aid, amount given, frequency, place of study, number of awards, application procedure, deadline, and how the aid is funded. |
| Search Indexes Provided | There is a subject index, an index of the awards given, discontinued awards, and the organizations awarding aid. |
| Authority | The source provided by a well known publisher has been used for decades in order to find aid for postgraduate work. |
| Strengths | This source provides the most international coverage of the sources viewed. |
| Weaknesses | The alphabetical listing is nice, but perhaps it would be easier to use if it was organized by topic or field. |
| Unique Aspects | This is a British publication, which provides a different slant to financial aid than the publications for the United States. |
| Title | Dan Cassidy's worldwide graduate scholarship directory by Dan Cassidy |
|---|---|
| Year | 2000 |
| Publisher | Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press |
| Primary Use | The source provides information for financial aid for graduate students on a worldwide level. |
| Types of Information Provided | Provides the financial aid information for all fields for graduate students, which is organized as many college web sites (by schools or colleges within the institution, such as the College of Business). It also provides listings of other materials for finding financial aid. It provides the name of the aid, the contact information, the amount provided, deadlines, field of study, and a brief description. |
| Search Indexes Provided | There is a quick find index, a field of study index, and an alphabetical index in the source. |
| Authority | According to the book, the information is compiled by the “largest private sector financial aid research service in the world.” |
| Strengths | The fact that it is international in nature is a strength in itself. |
| Weaknesses | Once again, the organization of this book could be better. The publisher does not clearly show a user how the book is organized by College of Business and so forth. |
| Unique Aspects | The quick find index is a good way to find various types of aid, which are not necessarily organized by a major in college. |
| Title | Free money for graduate school |
|---|---|
| Year | 2000 |
| Publisher | New York: Facts on File |
| Primary Use | The source provides sources of financial aid for graduate students. |
| Types of Information Provided | The source is organized by field of study. The fields include Humanities and Social Sciences; Biological and Agricultural Sciences; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Engineering and Applied Sciences; Business, Education, Health, and Law; Women Only, Women Preferred, Women’s Studies; Ethnic Only, Ethnic Preferred, Foreign Nationals; Study/Research Abroad; and All Areas of Study. The source provides the name of the institution providing the aid, the contact information, a brief description, the restrictions, the number and amount given, application information, and the deadlines for applications. |
| Search Indexes Provided | There is a general index for the source. |
| Authority | Facts on File is a common publisher for reference materials for libraries. |
| Strengths | It appears to cover a wide variety of fields of study for graduate school. |
| Weaknesses | It seems that the humanities and social sciences should be split. This source provides some WWW addresses, but it does not include e-mail. |
| Unique Aspects | The layout of the book is unique, in that the name of the institution providing aid and the contact information are on the left side of the page with the other information on the right. Other sources provide a block form of organization. |
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