College Information
Guides
College Board.com Find a College [http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch]
CollegeNET [http://www.collegenet.com/]
NCES Search for Schools, Colleges, and Libraries [http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/]
Barron's Profiles of American Colleges -- 378.73 B26 2005
The College Blue Book -- 378 C686 2004:1 cop.2
International Handbook of Universities -- 378 IN86 2001 cop.5
Peterson's Four-Year Colleges -- 378.1542 P4421 2004 cop.2
Peterson's Two-Year Colleges -- 378.1543 P4421a 2005
All books listed can be found at the Career Cluster, unless otherwise noted.
Rankings
UIUC Education & Social Science Library list of College and University Rankings [www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankgen.htm]
U.S.News.com [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php]
The Gourman Report: A Rating of Undergraduate Programs in American and International Universities -- 378.1 G74G1996 Undergraduate Library Closed Reference (ask for it at the Reference Desk)
America's Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report -- 378.73 Am35201 Undergraduate Library Closed Reference (ask for it at the Reference Desk)
All books listed can be found at the Career Cluster, unless otherwise noted.
How to Apply
About.com College Admissions [http://collegeapps.about.com/]
College Board.com Apply to College [http://www.collegeboard.com/apply/]
CollegeNET [http://www.collegenet.com/]
The Princeton Review Applications
[http://www.princetonreview.com/college/apply/acememb.asp?type=1a=_ALL]
The Admissions Essay: Clear and Effective Guidelines on How to Write that Most Important College Entrance Essay -- 808.066378 P871a
The College Admissions Mystique -- 378.1610973 M453c
All books listed can be found at the Career Cluster, unless otherwise noted.