The Utah State Office of Education offers online access to several listings and searchable databases that provide information about school districts and individual schools all around the country.Patterson's Elementary Education (Soc Sci Ref L 901 .P33) Provides listings of school districts and elementary schools throughout the United States. (Latest edition at Social Science/Education reference desk).
Patterson's American Education (Soc Sci Ref L 901 .P3) Provides listings of public secondary schools throughout the United States. Also includes charter schools, Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, Department of Defense dependent schools, and parochial school superintendents. (Latest edition at Social Science/Education reference desk).
CollegeSource provides access to over 13,000 college catalogs in the United States and some foreign institutions. It also provides links to individual college web pages. (Must be BYU affiliated to access) BYU has archived the microfiche copies of these catalogs since 1976.Peterson's Graduate Programs in ... (Soc Sci Ref L 901 .P83) This is a six volume set covering virtually all of the graduate programs in the United States. (Latest edition at Social Science/Education reference desk)
The World of Learning (Soc Sci Ref AS 2 .W6) Provides information on Learned Societies, Research Institutes, Libraries and Archives, Museums and Art Galleries, and Universities for each country where information is available.(Latest edition at Social Science/Education reference desk).International Handbook of Universities (Soc Sci Ref L 900 .I58 1996) Offers comprehensive information on university level institutions worldwide.
Yahoo Colleges and Universities. Yahoo has put together links to colleges and universities by country throughout the world.
Two online sources are helpful and comprehensive:U.S. News Online offers undergraduate and graduate rankings, best values, and financial aid information.
College and University Rankings is produced by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and takes a very detailed and thoughtful approach to the ranking process. There is some very good reading here.
The Social Science/Education Reference area also has a number of books that rank various schools and programs in the United States. There are some resources for international students and study abroad programs. Please inquire at the reference desk.
The web is full of financial aid and scholarship sites. Here are a few of the most popular:Most of the sites listed above are commercial enterprises. They can be helpful but they are offering a product. UCLA has put together a site which lists and evaluates many of the scholarship sites on the web. This is an extremely valuable resource. It is UCLA's Free Scholarship Search Service Page.Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) - online form to complete and submit over the Internet.
FastWEB - tailored scholarship search of over 180,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans, and grants, available to students for free.
FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page - comprehensive free resource for student financial aid information on the Web. Free scholarship search, financial aid calculators, glossary, and bibliography.
CollegeNET - provides online applications for colleges in the US and abroad. Also offers a scholarship database.
Student Guide - updated yearly from the U.S. Department of Education.
The Social Science/Education Reference area also has a number of books that offer advice in regard to financing a college education. Please inquire at the reference desk.