The Cost of College Research Guide

The Cost of College Research Guide

Prepared by: Alice Abbott-Moore, Susan Irving, and John Watts
Library Liaison: Lois Tucker
(502) 456-6773
libsul@sullivan.edu

Updated April 2007

Finding Books:

Search the library catalog using a specific topic, such as personal finance or college, or browse the following subject areas below.

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s)in the box below, then click GO!

Also, Sullivan University Library offers the Library Alert service, which is designed to alert SUS students, faculty and staff of the latest titles @ the Sullivan University Louisville library! Sign up to be notified by e-mail when the library receives new books, videos, DVDs, etc., in the categories that interest you.

Reference Books:

Affording higher education. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/378.3097 A257
America's 101 fastest growing jobs: detailed information on major jobs with the most openings and growth. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.7 F239a
The best jobs for the 21st century Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.7 K89b
The Big book of jobs. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.702 B592
The College blue book. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/378.73 C697
College costs & financial aid handbook, 2000 / College Scholarship Service. Sullivan-Louisville Reference / R378.3 C697
College costs & financial aid handbook, 2005 / College Scholarship Service. Sullivan-Louisville Reference / R378.3
Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.7 E56e12

Handbook of U.S. labor statistics : employment, earnings, prices, productivity, and other labor data Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.1 H236

Jobs rated almanac: the best and worst jobs--250 in all--ranked by more than a dozen vital factors, including salary, stress, benefits, and more. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.7 K89j

Kentucky occupational outlook to 2006. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.12 K37

Occupational outlook handbook. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.7 O15

Specialty occupational outlook--professions Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.7 S741

State occupational outlook handbook. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.7 S797

VGM's careers encyclopedia / the editors of VGM Career Books. Sullivan-Louisville Reference R/331.702 V597

Audio/Visual:

Secrets to college success: the essential video guide to getting the most out of college [videorecording]. Sullivan-Louisville VIDEO 378.19 S446

Periodical Search:

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases. For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

Periodicals: the following paper-format periodicals in the Sullivan University Library may be searched for articles in this subject area:

Chronicle of Higher Education

College quarterly

College student journal

Financial planning (Atlanta, Ga.)

Financial services advisor

Financial world

Kiplinger's personal finance

Occupational Outlook Quarterly

Databases & Electronic Journals:

If you are accessing these databases from off campus, please go to the Remote Access Page tab under the Databases menu. NOTE: You MUST enter your Sullivan username and password to access the remote database passwords. Click here for more help logging in, or check with library staff for more information.

ABI/INFORM®: Available through ProQuest® and comprising nearly 1,400 North American journal sources, this database provides information on advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers, plus 60,000 companies. Also, ABI indexes The Wall Street Journal® from 1984 to the present.

Academic Search Premier: Available through EBSCOhost®, this database indexes 4,450 scholarly /peer-reviewed journals in all academic disciplines back to 1975 and provides the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles . Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

College Student Journal

Current Issues in Economics and Finance

Education economics

International journal of social economics

Journal of labor economics

Journal of socio-economics

Review of economics of the household

Vocational education journal

Business Source Premier (An EBSCOhost® database): Business Source Premier has a tab to company profile information. The company profile information is compiled by Datamonitor and includes: a company overview, key facts, a business description, a history, a listing of key employees, a listing of top competitors, and other information. Business Source Premier® can be accessed from EBSCOhost®, located on the Sullivan University Library web page (http://library.sullivan.edu) in the Databases section.

Relevant journals in this database:

Applied Economics

Applied Financial Economics

Bell Journal of Economics

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Current Issues in Economics and Finance

Education economics

International journal of social economics

Journal of labor economics

Journal of socio-economics

Vocational Training News

Click here for detailed information on how to locate Company Data needed for the Personal Finance project using Business Source Premier®.

KVYL This database comprises sources from K-12 through adult education to college/university and professional curriculums to provide information on the general & reference, education, arts & humanities, business & economics, science & medicines, and social sciences.

MasterFILE Premier: An EBSCOhost® database primarily designed as a general reference tool for public libraries, this database provides full-text articles from reference sources including magazines, books, biographies, primary documents, photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.

10 Minute guide to paying for college

College Student Journal

Current Issues in Economics and Finance

Journal of socio-economics

Vocational education journal

Regional Business News An EBSCOhost® database indexing full-text articles from 75 U.S. regional business journals, newspapers, and newswires.

NOTE: The date of incorporation can sometimes be difficult to locate. A print source that contains information about companies, along with the date of incorporation is the International Directory of Company Histories (R 338.7 I61). This is a non-circulating multi-volume set found in the Sullivan University Library reference area.

Louisville Free Public Library Databases: users need a Louisville Free Public Library card to access these databases.

Business and Company Resource Center: A comprehensive database of company and industry information, and business journals and newspapers.

New York Times: Newspaper articles from New York Times, many include full text.

Webliography (Internet Resources):

The Cost of College

http://collegeky.com/ : This website provides numerous college resources for Kentucky. They include the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, and the Kentucky Council on Post-Secondary Education.

US Department of Education : Central source of information about education.

FastWeb : Contains information about scholarships, loans and other financial aid. Also contains tuition, housing, and fee information about specific colleges. Note--to make full use of this site, you must register with an email address and password. An option not to receive unsolicited emails from sponsored is offered.

FinAid Calculators : A program designed to assist in calculations of various costs and expenses involved in college planning. Among those included are Savings Plan Designer, Expected Family Contribution, Loan Payment Calculator.

FSA – Federal Student Aid on the Web : Contains information about all federally sponsored student-aid programs.

Economics and Opportunity Cost

EconNews Online: Scarcity, Choice and Opportunity Costs : A collection of news articles about applications of opportunity cost analysis to various situations.

The Library of Economics and Liberty : Includes articles on a variety of subjects. The searchable list of articles is located here.

Occupational Outlook Handbook : Provided by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

Opportunity Cost : An encyclopedia article containing definition, examples, and discussion of opportunity costs.