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Finding Information on
Grants


This and other research guides are on the ACC Library web page,
http://library.sunyacc.edu, under Research Guides & Tutorials.

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Books:

Search ACC Library's online catalog with these subject headings: on the ACC Library (http://library.sunyacc.edu) web page, click Fiinding Books > Catalog. These subject headings, though more formally worded, work better than keywords!:

  Proposal writing for grants -- United States
  Grants-in-aid -- United States
  Fund raising -- United States

Among the books on grants and grant-writing in the Adirondack Community College Library are:

The only grant-writing book you’ll ever need
CIRCULATING HG 177.5.U6 K37 2003

The Foundation directory
REFERENCE AS 911.A2 F65 1999

Guide to grantseeking on the Web
REFERENCE HV 41.2 .F68 2001

New York State foundations : a comprehensive directory
REFERENCE HV 98 .N7 N57 2001

National guide to funding in higher education
REFERENCE LB 2336 .N38 2000

The complete grants sourcebook for higher education
CIRCULATING LB 2336 .B37 1996

Articles:

Search our online databases to find articles about writing successful grants. Reach these by clicking on the Finding Articles link on the ACC Library's Web page:

Under General Databases:

Try these three databases:
- EBSCO's Academic Search Premier:
use search terms such as grant-in-aid, proposal writing for grants, or other keywords.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: the bi-weekly newspaper of higher education.
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: the newspaper of the nonprofit world. It is the No. 1 news source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise. From publishers of The Chronicle of Higher Education.


Under Subject Databases:

Under the Social Sciences group, search The Chronicle of Higher Education, ERIC and Education Research Complete.

Web sites:

ACC Library's Subject Directory Search Engine
Search only top-notch Web sites! Try our new search engine that searches nine subject directories, which are collections of librarian-chosen Web sites. Use the term grants or proposal writing for grants, or the term grants and [your academic subject].

Written by JM, 9/06; updated Sept.. 2007