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Do you need help finding possible graduate programs around the U.S.? Are you preparing for the GRE, LSAT, MCAT, or other exam as you begin your grad school search?
The library has access to several types of study guides for various graduate prep exams, as well as some online resources that might help you determine the best program for your interests. The following list includes books in the Reference and Main Collection of Zondervan materials, as well as an online database for college and university searching and a few key web sites that may help direct you to the schools best matched for your areas of interest.
Reference Books
- Cracking the GRE 2009. Reference 378.1662 P93L 2009
This edition provides over 300 practice questions and exclusive free access to two full-length practice exams and further review online.
- Barron's MCAT 2009. Reference 610.76 B27 2009
- Barron's LSAT 2009. Reference 378.1664 B27L 2009
Provides seven practice exams full answer keys and analyses, along with specific tips for answering each section (Reading comprehension, writing sample, etc.).
- US News & World Report: America's Best Colleges. 2008. Reference 378.73 Am35u
From the college ranking standard, this provides insight to the "best" colleges, grad schools, etc. around the U.S.
- US News & World Report: America's Best Graduate Schools. 2008. Reference 378.155 Us11
Highlights the United States' most prominent graduate schools divided up by subject matter studied and specialties within the universities.
- Peterson's Graduate and Professional Programs. 6 volumes. 2008. Reference 378.73 P56GP
Provides wide-ranging information on the graduate and professional programs offered by accredited colleges and universities in the United States and U.S. territories and those in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Africa that are accredited by U.S. accrediting bodies. Book 1 includes institutional profiles indicating the degrees offered, enrollment figures, admission and degree requirements, tuition, financial aid, housing, faculty, research projects and facilities, and contacts at each institution.
- American Universities and Colleges. 2 volumes. 2008. Reference 378.73 Am35
Includes extensive information on 1,900 accredited colleges and universities that offer at least the baccalaureate degree. The institutions are arranged by state, and then alphabetically by institution. Volume 2 of the set provides four indexes, including an Institutional Index, a Subject Index, a Levels of Degrees Offered index, and a Tabular Index of Summary Data by State.
- Nelson's Complete Guide to Colleges and Universities for Christians. 2002. Reference 378 N33
This resource is the first of its kind in quantity and quality. While other guides provide a limited amount of information on the Christian components of the university, Nelson's guide offers over 1,000 listings of colleges and universities that are affiliated with a denomination, offer a religion (e.g. theology) major, or provide superior Christian organization(s) on campus.
- Peterson's Four Year Colleges. 2010. Reference 378 P56f
A staple for anyone researching college, Peterson’s guide is packed with information on more than 2,500 colleges in the U.S. and Canada.
- Peterson's Two Year Colleges. 2007. Reference 378.1543 P56
This comprehensive guide to more than 1,800 accredited two-year colleges gives students a complete picture of their choices. School profiles describe academic programs, student life, standardized testing requirements, and more.
Books to Check Out (Main Collection)
- Petersons Master the GRE 2010 and 2009. Main Collection 378.1662 G79P
- GRE: Graduate Record Examination 2009. Main Collection 378.1662 B27W
- GRE Exam: Strategies, practice, review. 2009. Main Collection 378.1662 G79KP
- GRE Exam Comprehensive Program. 2009 and 2008. Main Collection 378.1662 G79K
- Cracking the GRE biology subject test. 2005. Main Collection 378.1662 P88B
- GRE biology. 2004. Main Collection 570 K14L
- GRE psychology. 2005. Main Collection 378.1662 K14P
- Master the GRE CAT. 2000. Main Collection 378.1662 M36m
- Barron's LSAT 2008. Main Collection 378.1664 B27L 2008
Search for more materials in:
- Online Catalog
- Find books in the Zondervan Library.
- Use the Advanced search option to specify material format, campus, language, and date range.
- WorldCat
- Find books related to graduate preparatino exams and other help tools which you can request via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Electronic Library Resources
- CollegeSource
CollegeSource is a database featuring over 10,000 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover original page format for 2-year, 4-year, graduate, and professional schools. Multiple search options including criteria (tuition, enrollment, affiliation, major) and geographic search. Offers links to college home pages, financial aid resources, and career information sites.
- US News & World Report
This journal publishes rankings of national schools and higher education programs. Their web site provides some of the rankings, but their print and electronic subscription services provide the full reports. Taylor has a print subscription to this publication--so you can find it along the shelves of Current Periodicals. We also subscribe have the electronic version through various databases. The linked title above will take you the Academic Search Premier version. Click the "Search this publication" link to begin a search. Or, browse for a specific year, volume, and issue.
Internet Resources
- US Higher Education
The most comprehensive collection of web sites and information on institutions of higher education in the United States. Produced and maintained by the University of Texas at Austin. You can download the complete catalogs of the colleges and universities identified on this site from the database CollegeSource, listed in the above section of this guide.
- Though the study guides and other help is not free, a few web sites for publishers of GRE and other grad school prep materias provide online versions of their books, prep tests, etc.
Peterson's Graduate Planner
The Princeton Review Grad Schools & Careers
Kaplan: Grad School
Product descriptions on this page are incorporated from book reviews and product descriptions from various sources.
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