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Scholarship and
Financial Aid Resources

A Selective Guide
Created in Collaboration with the
Office for Nationally Competitive Scholarships
and the University of North Texas Libraries

http://www.library.unt.edu/subjects/scholarships/scholarships.htm

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SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
Do you need help finding and applying for scholarships?  Then visit these friendly and helpful resources at UNT.

  1. UNT Office for Nationally Competitive Scholarship
    http://www.opgf.unt.edu/
    Assists undergraduate and graduate students at the University of North Texas in identifying and pursuing externally funded research and study opportunities.  You can contact Dr. James Duban at (940) 565-2820 or by email at  jduban@unt.edu.
  2. UNT Student Financial Aid & Scholarships
    http://essc.unt.edu/finaid/
    Assists UNT students in locating and applying for financial resources within the guidelines of regulatory requirements.

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http://www.library.unt.edu/

 

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BOOKS

For books on your topic, first consult the UNT Library Online Catalog http://iii.library.unt.edu.  The UNT Libraries provides lots of helpful books that list scholarships and financial aid resources available to students.  Here is a list of some of our most popular titles including call numbers and library location. 

Located in the Willis Library - 1st Floor General Reference
Books located in General Reference are available for library use only.  Because so many students need to use these book they are not available to be checked out.

  • Cash for Grad School: The Ultimate Guide to Grad School Scholarships.  LB2337.4 .M2855 2004
  • College Student's Guide to Merit and Other No-Need Funding, 2005-2007.   LB2337.2 .C656 2005-07
  • Directory of Financial Aids for Women, 2005-2007.  LB2338.D564 2005-07
  • Don’t Miss Out: The Ambitious Student’s Guide to Financial Aid. LB2337.4 D65 30th ed. 2006/07
  • 8 Steps to Help Black Families Pay for College : A Crash Course in Financial Aid  LB2337.4 .L384 2003
  • Financial Aid for African Americans. LB2338 .F5643 2003-05
  • Financial Aid for Asian Americans. LB2338 .F5644 2003-05
  • Financial Aid for Hispanic Americans. LB2338 .F5645 2003-05
  • Financial Aid for Native Americans. LB2338 .F5646 2003-05
  • Financial Aid for Research and Creative Activities Abroad.  LB2337.2 .F574 2002-04
  • Financial Aid for Study and Training Abroad.  LB2337.2 .F576 2006-08
  • Financial Aid for the Disabled and their Families. LB2337.2 .F58 2004-06
  • Financial Aid for Veterans, Military Personnel, and their Dependents.  UB403 .F47 2004-06
  • Fulbright U.S. Student Program. LB2338.f872 2005/06
  • Funding for Persons with Visual Impairments. LB2337.2 F86 2003
  • Grant$ for Arts, Culture & the Humanities. AZ188.U5 G68 2005/06
  • The Grants Register.  LB2338.G7 2006
  • The ... Hispanic Scholarship Directory. LB2338 .H57 2005
  • How to Find Out About Financial Aid and Funding, 2003-2005.  LB 2338.S345 2003
  • How to Pay for your Degree in Business & Related Fields, 2004-2006.  LB2338.H68 2nd ed. 2004/06
  • How to Pay for your Degree in Education & Related Fields, 2002-2004.  LB2337.2.H68 2nd ed. 2004/06
  • How to Pay for your Degree in Journalism & Related Fields, 2004-2006.  PN4788.H69 2004/06
  • Minority Scholarships by Field of Study: A Guide to Nationally Competitive Scholarships and Fellowships For Undergraduate and Graduate Students.  LB23338.F5643 Suppl A-L
  • Money for Christian College Students, 2005-2007.  LB2338.M66 1st ed. 2005/07.
  • Money for Graduate Students in the Arts & Humanities. LB2337.2 .M664 2003-05 
  • Money for Graduate Students in the Social & Behavioral sciences. LB2337.2 .M675 2003-05
  • Paying for College Without Going Broke.  LB2337.4 .P744 2005
  • Paying for Graduate School Without Going Broke. LB2337.4 .P38 2005
  • Peterson's College Money Handbook. LB2337.4 .C664  23rd ed. 2006 
  • Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes. LB2337.4 .P475 2006
  • Scholarship book.  LB2337.2 .S28  2004  
  • The Scholarship Handbook. LB2338 .C5971 8th ed. 2005 c.2;  LB2338 .C5971 9th ed. 2006 (Located at the Willis Reserve Desk)
  • Scholarships.  LB2338 .S347 2006
  • Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans LB2338.F4 22nd ed.
  • Scholarships for African-American Students LB2338.S365 1st ed.
  • Sports Scholarships & College Athletic Programs.  GV583 .P39 2004


Located in the Willis Library - 2nd Floor
Many of the books located on the Willis Library 2nd floor are available to be checked out by UNT students.

  • The Best Kept Secrets For Winning Scholarships / Brenda S. Smith. LB2338 .S65 2003
  • The Complete Guide to Academic Stardom / James Duban.    LB1062.6 .D92 2005 (Also a copy at the Willis 1st floor Reserve Desk)
  • Free $ for college for dummies / by David Rosen and Caryn Mladen.  LB2337.4 .R65 2003
  • Money-winning Scholarship Essays and Interviews / Gen S. Tanabe, Kelly Y. Tanabe.  LB2351.52.U6T36 2003
  • Paying for College Without Going Broke. LB2337.4 .P744 2002
  • The Scholarship Handbook. LB2338 .C5971 8th ed. 2005  

Online Books available in netLibrary
Online books are available for students to use over the Internet.  Students may want to create a free netLibrary account so they can check out online titles.  For more information on how to use  netLibrary check out the netLibrary tutorial http://www.library.unt.edu/genref/tutorials/netlibraryprinterfriendly.htm .

For additional books on scholarships or other topics search the UNT Library Online Catalog http://iii.library.unt.edu.

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Internet Scholarship Resources

  1. Cornell Fellowship Database
    http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/
  2. UNC: Scholarships by Field of Study
    http://www.research.unc.edu/grantsource/specific.html 

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Databases

  1. GrantSelect
    An online version of the GRANTS directory database.  Use GrantSelect to locate funding opportunities for scholarships, internships, fellowships as well as grant resources.  Select "paid subscriber" to access this product. Grant Select contains specific information on over 10,000 funding opportunities provided by more than 4000 sponsoring organizations.

  2. Academic Search Premier
    A scholarly collection providing full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study.

  3. Research Library
    (Formerly known as Periodical Abstracts Research II.)  Contains indexing and abstracting to significant articles appearing in top general and academic periodicals, as well as full text from more than 600 journals.

  4. WorldCat
    OCLC Online Union Catalog, containing more than 1 billion records describing items owned by your library or libraries around the world; each record contains library holdings. Does not include individual articles, stories in journals, magazines, newspapers, or book chapters. 

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Locating Your Journal in the UNT Libraries

Journals may be located in any of these four UNT Libraries locations:

  1. Willis Library

  2. Science and Technology Library (Information Sciences Building)

  3. Media Library (Chilton Hall)

  4. Research Park Library

  5. Remote Storage (Libraries Annex) 

Journals are shelved in alphabetical order by their titles. A journal title that appears as an abbreviation is shelved at the beginning of the section starting with that letter of the alphabet. (Example: CSF Notebook is shelved in the C section before Cable T.V. and New Media, Law & Finance.) 

New or current journals are shelved separately from bound journals. If you cannot find the journal issue you need, check the UNT Online Library Catalog, http://iii.library.unt.edu  or ask for help at the nearest Service or Reference Desk .

For more information see How to Find Books & Articles
http://www.library.unt.edu/instruction/howtofind.htm

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Additional Resources 

  1. Library Services for Off-Campus Users
    http://www.library.unt.edu/remote/offcampus.htm
  2. Toll Free Telephone Number for the UNT Libraries
    (877) 872-0264
  3. Online Reference Help Desk
    http://vrlplus.cb.docutek.com/unt/
    Ask a librarian for help in real time in the Libraries' chat room.  Available Monday through Friday.
  4. How Do I Begin?
    http://www.library.unt.edu/instruction/begin.htm
  5. How to Find Books & Articles
    http://www.library.unt.edu/instruction/howtofind.htm
  6. Interlibrary Loan Online Request Forms  http://www.library.unt.edu/ill/default.htm
    If UNT does not have your library materials, use these forms to borrow or retrieve journal articles, books, dissertations and newspaper articles from other libraries in the United States.
  7. Call Number Location Guides
    http://www.library.unt.edu/genref/callnos/callnos.htm
  8. Online Style Manuals and Writing Tips
    http://www.library.unt.edu/genref/quickref/style.htm  

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