About the CRL

Getting Started

• Career Resources By Major or Field
• Graduate School Planning
• Resumes and Cover Letters
• Job Hunting Online
• Get Help from a Librarian
• Workshops and Instruction

• Resources for:
  • New Graduates
  • Undergraduates
  • Graduate Students
  • Alumnae/i
  • Faculty and Staff
  • International Students
  • Jobseekers with Disabilities
  • ALANA (African, Latina, Asian, Native American) Jobseekers
  • LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Jobseekers
  • Women and Careers

Career Resource
e-Library

Choose your resource Career Exploration Career Search dbase Company/Ind. Research Fellowships and Grants Gap Year Grad School Planning Internships Internships USA dbase International Study International Work Interviewing Job Search Tools Networking Job Hunting Online Get Help from a Librarian Relocation Resources for Alumnae/i . . . for Career Changers . . . for Faculty & Staff . . . for Graduate Students . . . for Undergraduates . . . for International Students . . . for Jobseekers with Disabilities . . . for ALANA Jobseekers . . . for LGBT Jobseekers . . . for Women and Careers Resources by Major/Field Resumes & Cover Letters Salary Information Self-Assessment Transitions (new grads) Vault for students/staff Vault for alumni Workshops and Instruction

Library Catalog

• Search here for Career Books and more*
  *For a list of all books in the Career Resources Library, search by Non-LC call number and enter "CRL."
• Suggest an item for CRL

Related Resources

• Career Education Center -- Simmons career counseling
• CareerLink-- Simmons online recruiting
• CA$H -- Simmons work study and on-campus jobline
• Alumnet Professional Connections
• School of Management Library -- additional career and business resources at Simmons
• Study Abroad Office

Financial Aid

Funding Your Graduate Education
A basic guide to your options, from the Department of Education.
https://studentaid.ed.gov/students/attachments/siteresources/gradguide.pdf

FAFSA: Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Complete the FAFSA online in order to qualify for federal aid.
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

College Board
Scholarships, loans, and financial aid information from the College Board.
http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp

College Scholarships Online
Scholarship, loan, and financial aid information.
http://www.college-scholarships.com/

Fastweb
Searchable scholarship database for students of all levels.
www.fastweb.com

FinAid
Searchable scholarship and loan database.
http://www.finaid.com/

ScholarSite.com
Includes links for minority students.
http://www.scholarsite.com/links.asp

TERI College Access
TERI College Access assists young people and adults from all backgrounds with planning for college and identifying sources of financial aid through school-based programs and college access centers located in libraries and community agencies.
http://www.tericollegeaccess.org/

Access Group
This is a nonprofit group specialized in helping graduate student finance their education.
http://www.accessgroup.org/

Mach 25
A searchable bank of over 600,000 scholarships for students at all levels of study.
http://www.collegenet.com/mach25/app

MassCIS (Massachusetts Career Information Service)
Available to Massachusetts residents. In the "Education and Training" section, select "Financial Aid Sort" to generate a list of scholarships and loans you may qualify for.
http://masscis.intocareers.org/

The Gates Millenium Scholars Fund
Scholarships for minorities sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates and administered by the United Negro College Fund.
http://www.gmsp.org/

New England Regional Student Program (RSP)
Provides New England residents with a tuition break when they study certain majors - not available at public colleges in their home state - at public colleges and universities in other New England states.
http://www.nebhe.org

Fellowship Database from MIT Center for International Studies
Includes women’s studies/gender studies.
http://web.mit.edu/cis/dbsearch.html

Cornell University Fellowship Database
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/index.php?p=105

George Washington University Fellowship Database
http://www.gwu.edu/~fellows/outside.html

UCLA Fellowship Database
http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/grpinst.htm

Columbia University Fellowship Database
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas//handbook/chapter-3/pages/outside-fellows/sec/database.html

Yale University Fellowship Database
http://bin.yale.edu/%7Eetb6/fdb-index.html

University of Maryland Fellowship Database
More than 30 pages of links and information summarizing the fellowships.
http://www.education.umd.edu/EDPA/gsa/FELLOWSHIPS%20DATABASE.pdf

UC Berkeley Fellowship Resources on the Web
http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/fellowships/fellowships_resources.shtml

Fellowships.gradschools.com
http://fellowships.gradschools.com/

Ford Foundation
http://www.fordfound.org

Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org/

Fulbright Student Program
http://www.iie.org/fulbright/

Global Fund for Women
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/

In addition, the Career Resource Library has numerous books on financial aid.

Specific Program Information

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Sciences
Business
Dentistry
International Programs
Law
Medicine
Veterinary Medicine

Not finding what you need? Ask a librarian.

Page updated: September 1, 2006