directories

Profiles over 1,900 two-year U.S. junior and community colleges, providing details on their student populations, majors, special study programs, library holdings, computers on campus, student life, athletics, standardized tests, costs, financial aid, application options and deadlines, and admissions contacts.

Profiles more than three hundred colleges and universities, in North America and six in Canada and Great Britain, describing each school's physical environment, academics, athletics, social scene, housing, and admission policies, and includes a listing of forty-nine schools as "best buys" for 2009.

Profiles accredited four-year and private two-year colleges in New York, providing contact information and covering such aspects as academics, the student body, expenses, financial aid, and entrance difficulty.

Provides advice for prospective African-American college students, including one hundred profiles of mainstream and historically black colleges, hundreds of scholarship sources, tips on admissions, sample essays, Internet resources, and other related help.

Directory to athletic scholarships that includes a state-by-state listing, number of grants, and amount of aid.

Presents an overview of the field, employment outlook, educational requirements, and salary opportunities.

A guide to finding information on ninety-nine topics, designed to help students through the research process, each with search terms; definitions and explanations of the topic; background and statistics; lists of library subject headings, newspapers and magazines, and agencies to contact; and Internet addresses.

A step-by-step guide through the process of obtaining athletic scholarships, discussing the recruiting process, documents, and types of financial aid; and including a college athletic directory.

Discusses every aspect of crosscountry skiing--history, equipment, racing, touring, and training.

Examines careers in alternative medicine, including acupuncture, massage, herbology, chiropractics, osteopathy, and movement therapies with information on training, earnings, schools, and additional contacts.