| Title | Directory of financial aids for women |
|---|---|
| Year | 2003-2005 |
| Publisher | Santa Barbara, CA: Reference Service Press |
| Primary Use | Provides financial aid information specifically for women. |
| Types of Information Provided | The source provides information for fellowships, grants, awards, as well as other funding information for graduate students. In addition, in includes a small section with other books to use for finding financial aid. The source provides the name of the aid, contact information, purpose of the aid, eligibility, financial data, 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 about financial aid. |
| 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 it provides financial aid information specifically for women is fantastic because it appears to be a key source for this area of financial aid. |
| Title | 2002 national directory of scholarships, internships, and fellowships for latino youth |
|---|---|
| Year | 2002 |
| Publisher | Washington DC: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute |
| Primary Use | The source provides sources of financial aid for latino students. |
| Types of Information Provided | The source provides information for scholarships, internships, and fellowships.
The source also includes a few pages with information about writing essays, resumes,
and top colleges for Hispanics. The source includes the name of the aid, a brief description, and contact information. |
| Search Indexes Provided | There are indexes for scholarships, internships, and fellowships included in the source. |
| Authority | This is a key non-profit Hispanic educational organization that was started in 1976 by five Hispanic Congressmen. |
| Strengths | The source provides a valuable source of financial aid information for this growing minority group in the United States. |
| Weaknesses | The descriptions are quite brief. They should include more information, such as the application deadlines and in some cases, the amount of the awards given. |
| Unique Aspects | Provides a list of institutions that serve Hispanic students, which provides some ideas of where to apply. |
| Title | Financial aid for veterans, military personnel and their dependents |
|---|---|
| Date | 2002-2004 |
| Publisher | El Dorado Hills, CA: Reference Service Press |
| Primary Use | The source provides sources of financial aid for veterans, military personnel, and their dependents. |
| Types of Information Provided | The source includes scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants-in-aid, and awards. There are also suggestions for other sources of information. The source provides the name of the aid, contact information, the purpose of the aid, eligibility for the aid, amount of the aid, the number awarded, and the deadline. |
| Search Indexes Provided | There are several indexes including a program title index, a sponsoring organization index, a residency index, a tenability index, subject index, and a calendar index. |
| Authority | Reference Service Press appears to be a leader in reference source for financial aid. |
| Strengths | The source provides a place for these groups to find financial aid in a clear and easy way. It appears to be the best source available in this area. |
| Weaknesses | Perhaps they could have organized the source by the group served. |
| Unique Aspects | The books is organized by type of aid, and by group served within each type of aid. |
| Title | College student’s guide to merit and other no-need funding, by Gail Ann Schlachter and R. David Weber |
|---|---|
| Date | 2002-2004 |
| Publisher | San Carlos, CA: Reference Service Press |
| Primary Use | The source provides sources of financial aid that is not based on financial need. |
| Types of Information Provided | The source is organized by subject of study, such as the sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. There is also a section of aid for any subject. The source provides the name of the aid, the contact information, the purpose of the aid, the eligibility for the aid, the amount of the aid, the duration of the aid, special features of the aid, the number awarded, and the deadline. |
| Search Indexes Provided | The source includes a program title index, a sponsoring organization index, a residency index, a tenability index, a subject index, and a calendar index. |
| Authority | Reference Service Press is a leader in the field of reference material for financial aid. |
| Strengths | The strength lies in the variety of field covered in the source. |
| Weaknesses | The source provides information for business, medicine and law, but this is not clear in the table of contents. |
| Unique Aspects | This appears to be the only source of its type (aid based on merit), rather than financial need. |
| Title | Financial aid for the disabled and their families, by Gail Ann Schlachter and R. David Weber. |
|---|---|
| Date | 2002-2004 |
| Publisher | Redwood City, CA: Reference Service Press |
| Primary Use | The source provides sources of financial aid for people with disabilities. |
| Types of Information Provided | The source includes scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants-in-aid, and awards. The source is organized by type of disability. There are also suggestions for other sources of information. The source provides the name of the aid, contact information, the purpose of the aid, eligibility for the aid, amount of the aid, the number awarded, and the deadline. |
| Search Indexes Provided | There are several indexes including a program title index, a sponsoring organization index, a residency index, a tenability index, subject index, and a calendar index. |
| Authority | Reference Service Press appears to be a leader in reference source for financial aid. |
| Strengths | The source provides a place for these groups to find financial aid in a clear and easy way. In addition, the organization makes the source user friendly. |
| Weaknesses | The book covers aid for people with visual disabilities, but the print is normal size, which could be a problem. |
| Unique Aspects | It appears to be the best source available in this area. |
| Title | Funding for persons with Visual Impairments: Large Print Edition |
|---|---|
| Date | 2002 |
| Publisher | El Dorado Hills, CA: Reference Service Press |
| Primary Use | The source provides sources of financial aid for people with visual impairments. |
| Types of Information Provided | The source includes scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants-in-aid, awards, and internships. There are also suggestions for other sources of information. The source provides the name of the aid, contact information, the purpose of the aid, eligibility for the aid, amount of the aid, the number awarded, and the deadline. |
| Search Indexes Provided | The source includes a residency index. |
| Authority | Reference Service Press appears to be a leader in reference source for financial aid. |
| Strengths | The source provides a place for this group to find financial aid in a clear and easy way. It appears to be the best source available in this area because of the large print. |
| Weaknesses | Perhaps something could be done to put this material in audio format for those that are blind. |
| Unique Aspects | The books is organized by type of aid, and by group served within each type of aid. |
| Title | International Education Financial Aid |
|---|---|
| Web Address | http://www.iefa.org |
| Publisher | International Scholarships |
| Primary Use | The site provides information for financial aid for international students. |
| Types of Information Provided | The site provides a section for scholarships, a section for useful links for international students, and a message board. |
| Search Indexes Provided | The site provides a scholarship search. |
| Authority | The site was started in 1998 and is an important site for financial aid information for international student. |
| Strengths | It appears to be one of the few sites in English that provides financial aid information for international students. |
| Weaknesses | There seems to be quite a few advertisements on this page, which could be annoying to some users. |
| Unique Aspects | The site provides links to three partner sites, which provide alternate information about international financial aid. |
| Title | Scholarships for Hispanics |
|---|---|
| Web Address | http://www.scholarshipsforhispanics.org |
| Publisher | Sponsored by the National Education Association |
| Primary Use | The site provides information for scholarships for Hispanic students. |
| Types of Information Provided | The site provides information about scholarships, a link for donations to the oraganization, there is a link for connecting with alumni, and a section for the latest news about scholarships. |
| Search Indexes Provided | The site provides a link for searching the site and for searching for scholarships. |
| Authority | The National Education Association is a well respected education association. |
| Strengths | This site provides a good place for Hispanic students to search for financial aid. |
| Weaknesses | Perhaps the site could expand to provide information about other types of aid, such as internships. |
| Unique Aspects | It appears that the site provides a good service by including a way to network with alumni. |
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Department of Information and Library Science
School of Communication Information and Library Science
Southern Connecticut State University
