Most colleges and universities have financial aid web pages designed to assist students with finding money for college.  Some pages have general information that can be applied to any college, and some pages are specific to the college.  

Cincinnati State’s Financial Aid page leads students to entrance, refresher and exit financial aid counseling, the FAFSA application, and other information.  Any financial aid questions students and parents have must be directed to the Financial Aid Office at Cincinnati State at 513-569-1530.  

There are several useful tools for finding financial aid information in the Johnnie Mae Berry Library. 

1.  BLINK, the Library catalog shows a variety of print resources under the subjects:                   

Student Aid    Student Loans and Scholarships  

Some of these are found in the "Stacks" (books that may be checked out of the Library), and others are located in "Reference" (books that may be used only in the Library).  Some popular general financial aid titles are: 

The College Blue Book, Scholarship Volume (Ref 378.73 C697, 2006)
The College Student’s Guide to Merit and Other No-need Funding (Ref 378.3 S338c, 2005-2007;  previous edition in stacks)
Don’t Miss Out (Ref 378.3 L527, 2006-2007;  previous edition in stacks)
Free Money for College for Dummies (Ref 378.3 R813, 2003)
College Money Handbook  (Stacks 378.3 P485, 2006

These titles address some specific needs:

The B (or Lower) Student’s Complete Scholarship Book  (Ref 378.34 B999, 1997)
Financial Aid for the Disabled and Their Families  (Ref 362.4 S338, 2000-2002)
Financial Aid for African Americans  (Ref 378.3 S338fi, 2006/08; previous edition in stacks)
Financial Aid for Asian Americans  (Ref 378.3 S338f, 2006/08; previous edition in stacks)
Financial Aid for Hispanic Americans  (Ref 378.3 S338h, 2003-2005; previous edition in stacks)
Financial Aid for Native Americans (Ref 378.3 S338d, 2006/08; previous edition in stacks)

2.  Periodical Indexes help you find articles in newspapers and magazines about financing your education.  Information about using the Periodical Indexes is found in the Library, or on the Library's home page.

3.  The Library’s Home Page provides some links to quality financial aid web sites.  This list of web sites includes government sites that explai grants, scholarships, students loans, and informational sites that discuss scholarship scams and advice.  Searching the regular internet may also be helpful-- use specific words for your searched to retrieve better results.

Please note: Scholarship search sites may be very useful, but beware-- some web sites charge a fee for services, while others are free.

Kathi Epperson      

8/2006