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Scholarships
Financing Your Future
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS
371.2
378.3

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WEBSITES
College Board Online Scholarship Search
Fill in the profile and the Search will locate scholarships, loans, internships, and other financial aid programs from non-college sources.

College Board: Pay for College
Comprehensive information on paying for college - scholarships, financial aid applications, loans, and college financing.

eStudentLoan.com
A commercial site for loan comparisons

FAFSA on the Web
Application form to file for Federal Student Aid.

fastWEB!
Personalize a profile to match fastWEB's database of over 600,000 scholarships.

FinAid
Guide to student financial aid - loans, scholarships, military aid, and more. With Expected Family Contribution estimator.

Hope Scholarship
Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) website.

Nellie Mae Student Loans
Student loan resource. Also check out scholarships available from the Sallie Mae Fund here.

Peterson's Guide to Financing Education
Shop for student loans, find scholarships, and access a variety of helpful resources.

Scholarship Resource Network
Databases of private scholarships for undergraduate through post-graduate study.

US Department of Education: "Student Guide" to Student Aid
Comprehensive resource covering grants, loans, work-study programs available through federal Student Financial Assistance Programs.

SallyMae College Answer
Information on how scholarships work, free scholarship search, advice on writing essays, and more. Spanish version available.

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REFERENCE BOOKS
Beckham's guide to scholarships for black and minority students: over 1000 private money sources for Black and minority students. 5th ed. Silver Spring, Md.: Beckham Pub., c2005.
Call No.: R 378.3409 BECKHAM'S

The College Board scholarship handbook. New York: College Board, c2006.
Call No.: R 378.3402 COLLEGE 2006

College cost and financial aid handbook. New York: College Entrance Examination Board, c2006.
Call No.: R 378.3 COLLEGE 2006

College money handbook. Lawrenceville, N.J.: Peterson's, Thomson Learning, c2005.
Call No.: R 378.3 COLLEGE 2005

GrantFinder: the complete guide to postgraduate funding worldwide. Arts and humanities. New York: St. Martin's Press, c2000.
Call No.: R 378.33 GRANTFIN

GrantFinder: the complete guide to postgraduate funding worldwide. Science. New York: St. Martin's Press, c2000.
Call No.: R 378.33 GRANTFIN

GrantFinder: the complete guide to postgraduate funding worldwide. Social sciences. GrantFinder. New York: St. Martin's Press, c2000.
Call No.: R 378.33 GRANTFIN

The grants register 2001. 19th ed. New York: St. Martin's, 2000.
Call No.: R 378.35 GRANTS 2001

Kaplan scholarships. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, c2006.
Call No.: R 378.3402 SCHOLARS 2006

Leider, Anna J. The A's and B's of academic scholarships. 24th ed., 2004-2005. Alexandria, VA: Octameron Associates, c2003.
Call No.: R 378.3409 LEIDER

Music, dance & theater scholarships: a guide to undergraduate awards. 2nd ed. South Euclid, Ohio: Conway Greene Pub. Co., c1998.
Call No.: R 792 MUSIC 1998

Schlachter, Gail A. Scholarships. 2000 ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, c1999.
Call No.: R 378.34 SCHLACHT

Scholarships, fellowships and loans: a guide to education-related financial aid programs for students and professionals / William A. Richards, editor. 17th ed. Detroit, Mich.: Gale, c2001.
Call No.: R 378.3 SCHOLARS

Scholarships, grants and prizes. 2003 Edition. 7th ed. Lawrenceville, NJ: Thomson/Peterson's, c2002.
Call No.: R 378.34 SCHOLARS

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CIRCULATING BOOKS
Chany, Kalman A. Paying for college without going broke. New York, NY: Random House, c2003.
Call No.: NONFIC 378.3097 CHANY

Davis, Kristin. Financing college: how much you'll really have to pay, and how to get the money Washington, DC: Kiplinger Books, c2001.
Call No.: NONFIC 378.3097 DAVIS

The Grants register, 2000 / Sara Hackwood, editor. 18th ed. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, c1999.
Call No.: NONFIC 378.3 GRANTS

Kaplan, Benjamin R. How to go to college almost for free: the secrets of winning scholarship money. 1st ed. New York: HarperResource, c2001.
Call No.: NONFIC 378.3409 KAPLAN

Moss, Donald C. Going pro: scholarships, student athletes and wannabes--. Los Angeles, Calif.: Crooked Island Pub., 2004.
Call No.: NONFIC 338.4779 MOSS

Peterson's 2000 scholarships, grants & prizes. 4th ed. Princeton, NJ: Peterson's, c1999.
Call No.: NONFIC 378.3 PETERSON 2000

Saving/paying for college. Edited by Sheryl Garrett; adapted and compiled by Ellen Schneid Coleman. Chicago, Ill.: Dearborn Trade Pub., c2006.
Call No.: NONFIC 379.38 SAVING

Tanabe, Gen S. 501 ways for adult students to pay for college. Los Altos, Calif.: SuperCollege, c2004.
Call No.: NONFIC 378.3097 TANABE

Wheeler, Dion. A parent's and student-athlete's guide to athletic scholarships: getting money without being taken for a (full) ride. Lincolnwood, Ill.: Contemporary Books, c2000.
Call No.: NONFIC 796.0797 WHEELER

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SAMPLING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS for Georgia Residents
(as cited in Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes)
  • Appalachian Scholarships
  • Bendix Corporation Scholarship
  • Department of Human Resource Service Cancelable Loan Program
  • GAE GFIE Scholarship for Aspiring Teachers
  • Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant
  • Governor’s Scholarship
  • HOPE
  • Intellectual Capital Partnership Program
  • L’Oreal/Family Circle Cup “Personal Best” Scholarship
  • Ladders in Nursing Career Service Cancelable Loan Program
  • Northeast Georgia Pilot Nurse Service Cancelable Loan
  • Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, among others

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