R&R - College Information
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LearningExpress Library  In Library Use Use at home!
Provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests, ebooks and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Includes the following tests and much more: ACT, AP tests, SAT, PSAT, GED, GMAT, TOEFL, ASVAB, real estate, law enforcement, health careers, etc.
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Exploring Careers and Choosing a Major
- BOOKS
100 Fastest-Growing Careers by Michael J. Farr 331.702 Far
Cool Careers for Dummies by Marty Nemko 331.702 Nem
Now What? : The Young Person's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career By Nicholas Lore 331.702 Lor
Career information center Ref 331.702 Car
Occupational Outlook Handbook by The U.S. Department of Labor 331.702 Occ (or online)
College Majors : A Complete Guide from Accounting to Zoology By Ellen Lederman 378.1942 Led
90-minute College Major Matcher : Choose Your Best Major for a Great Career by Laurence Shatkin 378.1942 Sha
How to Choose a College Major By Linda Landis Andrews 378.1942 And
The College Board Book of Majors Annual 378.1942 Col
- WEBSITES
CareerOneStop - http://www.acinet.org/
This is a suite of career and job information websites from the U.S. Department of Labor. It includes America’s Career InfoNet, a resource that will help you explore career opportunities and make informed employment and education choices by using their user-friendly occupation and industry information, salary data, career videos, education resources, self-assessment tools and career exploration assistance.
Mapping Your Future - http://mappingyourfuture.org/PlanYourCareer/
Mapping Your Future is a public-service web site providing free career, college, financial aid, and money management information and services. It features CareerShip, a free online career exploration adventure for middle and high school students.
Career Voyages - http://www.careervoyages.gov/
This website is a collaboration of the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It provides information on high-growth, high-demand careers and the skills and education you will need to work in those jobs.
Occupational Outlook Handbook - http://www.bls.gov/oco/
This is the online version of the printed copy published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job and working conditions. In addition, the Handbook links to information about the job market in each state.
Quintessential Careers - http://www.quintcareers.com/home.html
Quintessential Careers is a comprehensive career, job, and college site, offering free expert career and job-hunting advice through the use of articles, tools, tips, samples, and tutorials. You can search by industry, geography, and job-seeker type. It also includes a section on choosing a college major.
CollegeBoard’s Majors & Careers Central - http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/majors_careers/
This website provides profiles of college majors and the kinds of careers related to those majors.
MyMajors.com - http://www.mymajors.com/index.html
Take the short My Majors quiz and receive five college majors matching your interests and academic experience. You will receive a free advisement report summarizing your inputs and ten ranked major recommendations.
- DATABASES
Learning Express Library~ "Career Course: Determining What You Want from Your Career"
 In Library Use  Use at home!
From the main "Learning Express Library " menu, locate the "Job Search and Success Skills" area. Then select Career Course: Determining What You Want from Your Career
This evaluation will help you determine:
* your professional goals
* how your education and skills will make me a good candidate for a job
* what kind of work environment best matches your preferences
Use your Elmhurst Public Library card number for your username for home access.
Finding the Right College
- BOOKS
Peterson's Four Year Colleges 378.15 Pet
Barron's Profiles of American Colleges 378.73 Bar
The College Board College Handbook 378.73 Col
Princeton Review Complete Book of Colleges 378.73 Com
U.S. News & World Report Ultimate College Guide 378.73 Ult
Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different By Donald Asher 378.73 Ash
America's Best Value Colleges By Eric Owens 378.73 Owe
Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That's Right for You by Loren Pope 378.73 Pop
America's Best Colleges for B Students: A College Guide for Students Without Straight A's by Tamra B. Orr 378.73 Orr
- WEBSITES
Petersons.com - http://www.petersons.com/
Just like Peterson’s print college guides, their website offers a lot of free information on college profiles,
contact information, admissions and college entrance exams.
The Princeton Review - http://www.princetonreview.com
This website not only gives you information on all aspects of college planning but also includes a quiz to find the college that best fits a student and gives lists of colleges by unique catagories such as most politically active, best sports school, best social life and more.
CollegeBoard - http://www.collegeboard.com/
This is a comprehensive college planning website offering college profiles, financial planning and admissions information. It also offers a chance for you to put in up to 3 college names so that you can do a side by side comparison.
Best Colleges – U.S. New & World Report - http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college
You will find colleges ranked in many different catagories.
CampusTours.com - http://www.campustours.com/default.aspx
Take a tour of your college campus of choice from home. The college tours can be online videos about the campus or 360-degree panoramic views.
Getting Accepted
- BOOKS
•Test Preparation
Princeton Review’s Cracking the ACT 378.1662 ACT
McGraw-Hill's ACT 378.1662 ACT
Kaplan’s ACT Premier Program 378.1662 ACT
Peterson's Master the SAT 378.1662 SAT
Kaplan’s SAT Premier Program 378.1662 SAT
Princeton Review’s Cracking the SAT 378.1662 SAT
•College Applications
How to Say It to Get Into the College of Your Choice: Application, Essay, and Interview Strategies to Get You the Big Envelope By Linda Metcalf 378.161 Me
The College Hook: Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions Game by Pam Procto 378.161 Pro
What You Don't Know Can Keep You Out of College: a Top Consultant Explains the 13 Fatal Application Mistakes and Why Character is the Key to College Admissions by Don Dunbar 378.161 Dun
Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps: Crafting a Winning Personal Statement by Alan Gelb 378.1057 Gel
Accepted! : 50 Successful College Admission Essays By Gen and Kelly Tanabe 378.1057 Tan
Writing a Successful College Application Essay by George Ehrenhaft 378.1056 Ehr
- WEBSITES
•Test Preparation
ACT - http://www.actstudent.org/index.html
Provides all the information you need to take the ACT - test dates and places, fees, how to register, how to prepare and how to review your scores. It even includes some free test preparation quizzes.
College Board - http://www.collegeboard.com/testing/
Provides all the information you need to take the SAT - test dates and places, fees, how to register, how to prepare and how to review your scores. It even includes some sample SAT questions and offers advice on how to answer the question.
Princeton Review - http://www.princetonreview.com/
Information is given about both the ACT and the SAT exams. Free practice tests are available for both.
Fair Test – The National Center for Fair and Open Testing - http://www.fairtest.org/university
This websites discusses the fairness of standardized testing and lists over 700 colleges and universities that do not emphasize ACT or SAT scores in their admission process.
•College Applications
SparkNotes - http://www.sparknotes.com/college/admissions/
Sparknotes offers an excerpt from the book 10 Things You Gotta Know About College Application Essays to help you step-by-step with an essay. There is also a link to a message board to get advice and feedback about your essay.
EssayEdge - http://www.epistemelinks.com/Edge/Essays/index.asp
Here you will find Application Essay Writing 101, a six part essay writing course to help you with each part of your essay.
- DATABASES
LearningExpress Library In Library Use Use at home!
Provides practice tests including the following tests: ACT, AP tests, SAT, PSAT, GED, GMAT, TOEFL, ASVAB, real estate, law enforcement, health careers, etc.
Paying for College
- BOOKS
1001 Ways to Pay for College by Gen and Kelly Tanabe 378.38 Tan
College Money Handbook 378.3 Pet
Chronicle Financial Aid Guide 378.3025 Chr
Paying for College Without Going Broke 378.3 Pay
Getting Financial Aid 378.3 Col
Get Free Cash for College 378.3 Tan
The Scholarship Book 378.34 Cas
The College Board Scholarship Handbook 378.3 Col
Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 378.3 Pet
The Ultimate Scholarship Book 378.34 Tan
Ferguson Career Resource Guide to Grants, Scholarships, and Other Financial Resources 378.3 Fer
- WEBSITES
FAFSA - Application for Federal Student Aid - FAFSA (School Codes)
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is required for all students who are seeking federal financial aid assistance. You can fill out the form and submit it online.
FinAid! - www.finaid.org
FinAid is a public service, award-winning website that has grown into the most comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools -- on or off the web.
CollegeNET - Scholarship Search
This website from CollegeNET offers 2 ways to find scholarships. You can search for scholarships by doing a keyword search or you can create a profile and the database will find scholarships that match your personal profile.
Federal Student Aid - www.studentaid.ed.gov
The U.S. Department of Education has provided all the information you need on Federal financial aid on this user friendly website. It will walk you through all the financial steps of preparing, choosing, applying, funding and repaying your loans.
FastWeb - www.fastweb.com
This is one of the largest and most reputable scholarship search databases on the internet. To search you will have to create a profile that will match you to over 1.3 million scholarships listed on this database.
eStudentLoan - www.estudentloan.com
After registering and following the step-by-step guide, you will see what types of loan programs you qualify for, both private and Federal. You can then either request an application or apply online. All terms of the loans will be shown in order to make an informed decision.
Surviving College
- BOOKS
College Success: What It Means and How to Make It Happen 378.198 Col
College Unzipped: an All-Access, Backstage Pass Into College Life 378.198 Col
The Everything College Survival Book by Michael S. Malone 378.198 Mal
College Rules! : How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in College by Sherrie Nist-Olejnik 378.198 Nis
How to Get A's in College: Hundreds of Student-Tested Tips by Frances Northcutt` 378.170281 Nor
College Survival by Greg Gottesman 378.198 Got
The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Success by Al Siebert 378.198 Sie
- WEBSITES
GoCollege - http://www.gocollege.com/survival/
GoCollege brings useful, unbiased and up-to-date college related information to students, parents and education professionals. All aspects of college are covered including a section called College Survival to help you make the best of your college years.
Surviving College - http://www.survivingcollegelife.com/
This is a student’s guide to the ins and outs of college. It offers advice on how to get along with a roommate, have fun on a student’s budget, handle the basics of living on your own, make it through college classes or even figure out what to do when you graduate.
College Survival Skills - http://www.clemson.edu/collegeskills/index.htm
Created by a professor at Clemson University, the advice offered on this web page can be used by students at any college.
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