By Gail A. Schlachter
432 pages, hardcover

In the past five years, more than 600 resources have been issued that list financial aid and funding opportunities. To help fundseekers deal with this "information overload," Reference Service Press has prepared the second edition (2003-2005) of How to Find Out About Financial Aid and Funding, a biennial guide that describes available print, electronic, and Internet resources.

This new edition of How to Find Out About Financial Aid and Funding identifies, describes, evaluates, and compares all of the currently-available resources that provide information on funding opportunities for individuals and organizations. Nearly half of the directories listed here may be acquired for less than $10, and many of those are free!

Use this guide to:

• identify standard sources and "best buys"
• find out which sources can be safely skipped
• trace publication histories and tricky name changes
• find contact information (including fax and toll-free numbers, e-mail addresses, and web sites) for nearly 200 publishers represented in the guide
• check out the latest price for each resource
• identify electronic or Internet versions of print sources

The guide's special classification and indexing system enables users to search for particular types of aid (scholarships, grants for organizations, internships, etc.) by subject area, geographic coverage, special needs groups, and publisher. Never again will librarians, financial aid officers, counselors, students, or researchers overlook valuable sources of funding because they didn't know where to look. How to Find Out About Financial Aid and Funding will point them in the right direction!

What do the reviewers have to say about How to Find Out About Financial Aid and Funding? The first of its kind, the guide has received widespread acclaim. Choice "highly recommended" it, calling it "indispensible" and "the model how-to-find-out book." Library Journal, too, "highly recommended" the guide, praising it for being "very comprehensive and up-to-date." In the opinion of Career Opportunities News, the guide reflects "the detailed research that marks an outstanding book" and "a writing style and organizational format which makes the mass of detail highly usable." According to College Spotlight, this is "simply the best book of its kind on the market." Perhaps VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) best sums up the critical assessment: "the most complete bibliography of financial aid sources ever available."  Want to read more reviews? Click here.

According to College Spotlight, this is "simply the best book of its kind on the market."