All of the following resources can be found in the DHS Guidance Office, College/Career Center, or Library. Many can be purchased at local bookstore.
DESCRIPTIVE GUIDES TO FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES
Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges, Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., Woodbury, NY.
Peterson’s Two-Year Colleges, Peterson’s Guides, Princeton, NJ.
Peterson’s Guide to Four-Year Colleges, Peterson’s Guides, Princeton, NJ.
The College Handbook and Index of Majors, College Entrance Examination Board, NY.
Chronicle Four-Year College Data Book, Chronicle Guidance Publ., Morania, NY.
American Universities and Colleges, Walter De Gruyter, Inc., Hawthorne, NY.
The Fiske Guide to Colleges, Edward B. Fiske, Times Books, New York, NY.
Best Buys in College Education, Edward B. Fiske, Time Books, New York, NY.
How to Get Into the Right College, Edward B. Fiske, Times Books, New York, NY.
Comparative Guide to American Colleges, James Cass and Max Birnbaum, Harper and Row.
College Admissions Data Handbook, Orchard House, Inc.
Insider’s Guide to Colleges, Yale Daily News.
A Guide to Colleges for Learning Disabled Students, ed. Mary Ann Liscio, Academic Press.
National College Databank, Kim R. Kaye, editor, Peterson’s Guides.
National Directory of College Athletics, Men’s Edition and Women’s Edition, Ray Franks Publishing.
Learning Resources Network, Laser Discs previewing over 150 colleges.
Guidance Information System (GIS), an up-to-date database of facts about colleges, professional schools, occupations, military careers, scholarships and financial aid.
How to Beat Test Anxiety and Score Higher on Your Exams, James H. Divine and David W. Kylen, Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., Woodbury, NY.
How to Prepare for the American College Testing Program (ACTP), Murray Shapiro, Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., Woodbury, NY.
How to Prepare for the SAT, Samuel C. Brownstein and Mitchel Weiner, Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., Woodbury, NY.
How to Prepare for the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), Samuel C. Brownstein and Mitchel Weiner, Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., Woodbury, NY.
SAT Success, Carris with McGuade and Crystal, Peterson’s Guides.
Ruggs Recommendations on the Colleges, Frederick E. Rugg.
The Gourman Report, National Education Standards.
Playing the Private College Admissions Game, Richard Moll, Director of Admissions, University of California at Santa Cruz; now in paperback edition
The Public Ivies, Richard Moll.
Handbook for College Admission, Thomas C. Haayden, Atheneum.
The Black Student’s Guide to Colleges, Barry Beckham, Editor 1982.
College Planning/Search Book, ACT Publications.
Independent Secondary Schools, Peterson’s Guides.
Don’t Miss Out – The Ambitious Student’s Guide to Scholarships and Loans, Robert Leider.
Winning Money for College, Alan Deutschman, Peterson’s Guides.
The College Money Handbook, Peterson’s Guides.
The College Cost Book, The College Board, New York, NY.
The A’s and B’s of Academic Scholarships, Priscilla S. Goeller, Octameron Press.
Lovejoy’sGuide to Financial
Aid, Robert Leider.