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College Information

Guides

  • Websites:
  • 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/]

  • Books:
  • 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

  • Websites:
  • 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]

  • Books:
  • 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

  • Websites:
  • 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]

  • Books:
  • 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.