Career resources, education & financial assistance/grants information

Career Information:

• America's Career Infonet - links to a comprehensive source of occupational information: General Outlook, Wages and Trends, Employers, State Profile, Reource Library, Career Exploration
• America's Job Bank is a partnership between the US Department of Labor and the state operated public Employment Service. Goal: to bring employers and job seekers together
• Career Services Office of Virginia Tech
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles - revised fourth edition, as supplied electronically by the US Dept. of Labor, provided as a public service.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - from the U.S., Bureau of Labor Statistics, revised fourth edition, provides detailed information about job titles, requirements, responsibilities, etc.

Education:

• Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac, 2004-2005 - The almanac is filled with national and state-by-state data on colleges and universities and their students, faculty and staff members, and finances.
• Princeton Review - guides for testing and selecting colleges
  
• Study Abroad for college level international education programs
• Test Locator - a joint project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, the Library and Reference Services Division of the Educational Testing Service, the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, the Region III Comprehensive Center at GW University, and Pro-Ed test publishers.
• US News & World Reports - America's Best Colleges - ranking information on undergaduate and graduate schools in the United States

Financial Aid/Grants:

• FinAid - an annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web.
• Pell Grants are for students who have not earned a bachelor's or professional degree
• A research guide entitled "Research Grants and Proposal Writing" is available from the pamphlet rack near the 1st and 4th floor(Torgersen Tower) reference desks in Newman Library.