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Best Place to Start

Colorado College Office of Study Abroad, Director Sarah Schultz
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/international/studyabroad.asp
The best starting point when choosing, funding and preparing for a study abroad experience. All aspects of study abroad are covered: preparation - CC, ACM, and non-affiliated programs - policies and procedures - funding - returning home.

Study Abroad Blogs and Podcasts

There are thousands of study abroad blogs available on the web, providing a very good way to evaluated study abroad programs. In addition, many academic instituions are showcasing blogs of students who are attending their study abroad programs. To find the blogs of students studying abroad, search "Study abroad blogs" in Google or search "Study abroad" in the blog title in Google Blog Search using Advanced Blog Search.

BlogAbroad.com - The Living, Breathing Study Abroad Handbook is the original Study Abroad reality show!
"It's a place where three designated college students record their daily abroad experiences via an interactive web log, or blog. Hundreds of students
audition for this opportunity but only three are chosen to star as the bloggers."

Students and institutions are also creating podcasts of study abroad information which can be found on the web.

General Study Abroad Guides

Peterson's summer study abroad : a guide to summer academic and language programs
1st Floor North-Reference; LB2376 .P467

Peterson's study abroad : a guide to semester and yearlong academic programs
1st Floor North-Reference; LB2376 .P46

Academic year abroad by the Institute of International Education
1st Floor North-Reference; LB2375.U46

Study abroad by UNESCO
1st Floor North-Reference; LB2338 .S86

To find more books on study abroad opportunities, search the TIGER Catalog with a SUBJECT Search using the terms: "Foreign study" or "Educational exchanges".

Selected Study Abroad Web Sites
http://www.umich.edu/~icenter/overseas/study/studyabroad1.html
The comprehensive list of all major study abroad web sites, originally created for the SECUSSA section of NAFSA: AIE by William Nolting, University of Michigan Overseas Opportunities Office.

Location-Specific Study Abroad Guides

Get set for study in the UK
Studying and working in Spain
Studying and working in Germany
Living, studying and working in Italy
Living, studying and working in France

To find more location specific guides, search the TIGER Catalog with a SUBJECT Search using the terms: "American Students", i.e. "American Students - Foreign Countries".

Funding

Financial aid for study and training abroad
1st Floor North-Reference; LB2337.2.F576

Financial aid for research and creative activities abroad
1st Floor North-Reference; LB2337.2.F574

Financial resources for international study : a guide for US nationals
1st Floor North-Reference; LB2337.2 .F586 1996

Dan Cassidy's worldwide college scholarship directory
1st Floor North-Reference; LB2338 .C3587

To find more books on funding for study abroad, search the TIGER Catalog with a SUBJECT Search using the terms: "Foreign study - Scholarships, fellowships, etc" or "Foreign study - Research grants".

Travel Guides

Tutt Library collects travel guides for all countries which host CC or ACM affiliated study abroad programs.

Search TIGER Catalog with a WORD Search using the terms <country or city name> and "Guidebooks".

Foreign Location or Foreign Language Videos

To find videos about a country or a region or a city:

Search TIGER Catalog with a SUBJECT search using <country or region or city>. Change "View Entire Collection" to "Audio/Video (Films, DVDs, and Sound Recordings)".

To find foreign films:

Foreign Newspapers

Political, Economic and Historical Country Information

Country Studies by Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Comprehensive geographic, economic, political, historical on individual countries.

EIU Country Reports by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Up to day economic and political information on individual countries.

Library of Congress Portal to the World Subject specialist collected links to educational, political, economic, historical information on individual countries.

Cultural Guides for Individual Countries

To find more cultural guides for individual countries, search the TIGER Catalog with a SUBJECT Search using the <country name> and terms: "National characteristics" or "Intercultural communication" or "Description and travel".

Overseas Access to CC Full Text Resources

A librarian at Tutt Library will be happy to design a guide to CC full text resources which you can access while studying abroad.

A sample library research guide for a CC course taught in Taiwan:
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Library/Course/ID/PA350.html

(Presented by Sarah Schultz, Kimberly Shephard, and Krystyna Mrozek at Tutt Library Lunch and Learn November 30, 2006.)
(Presented by Kimberly Shephard, Krystyna Mrozek during Colorado College's International Opportunities Week, September 21, 2006.)
(Presented by Sarah Kawano and KrystynaMrozek at Tutt Library Lunch and Learn, November 11, 2004 .)

Study Abroad Resources