Grant Writing Study Guide

This guide provides links to help you create a research strategy for Grant Writing. Knowing which options are available allows you to quickly select those most appropriate for your topic: grants.

To facilitate your research, SCC Library Information Specialists suggest:

• LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists which are linked to SCC Library College Success holdings including the Call Number & Availability for each.
• Internet Links
• Suggested Periodical Databases to use to locate articles on grants.

LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists which are linked to SCC Library holdings & include the Call Number & availability for each.

• Endowments United States Directories
• Fund raising
• Grants in aid
• Proposal writing for grants
• Proposal writing in education
• Proposal writing in research
• Research grants

Grant Writing Internet Links

Central Florida

• American FactFinder (U.S. Census)
• Central Florida
• Central Florida Statistics (about.com)

Federal

• American FactFinder (U.S. Census)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CSA)
• Federal Department & Agency Home Pages (UIC)
• Fedstats
• Law Links: Federal (SCC Library)
• National Center For Educational Statistics (NCES)
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
• U.S. Census
• U.S. Department of Education
• Discretionary Grant Application Packages
• Education Funding Opportunities

Florida

• American FactFinder (U.S. Census)
• Census
• Education (My Florida)
• Education Publications & Statistics (DOE)
• Enterprise Florida
• Florida Crime Statistics (FDLE)
• Florida Department of Education (DOE)
• Florida Information Resource Network (FIRN)
• Florida Map & Data (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Florida Population (EDR)
• Florida Research & Economic Database (FRED)
• Florida Statistical Sources (UF)
• Florida Statutes Funding Opportunities (DOE)
• Health Statistics- Florida
• Labor Statistics- Florida
• Law Links: Florida (SCC)
• My Florida
• Office of Economic & Demographic Research (EDR) is a research arm of the Legislature
• Online Sunshine
• University of Florida Bureau of Economic & Business Research (BEBR)
• Vital Statistics 

General

• Donors Guide to Charities & Nonprofits (Philanthropic Research, Inc.)
• Education Grants (Yahoo)
• Foundation Center
• Funding for Technology & Funding & Related Resources (McREL)
• Grant Seeker's Guide to the Internet : Revised and Revisited (Andrew Grant, Suzy Sonenberg)
• Grant Sites (Lamb)
• Grants & Resources Guide (MSU)
• Information about Foundations: Nonprofit Charitable Organizations Net Links (Stan Hutton)
• Proposal Writing: Internet Resources (Univ. Of Wisc.)
• Research Funding Opportunities & Administration (TRAM)
• Statistical Resources on the Web (Univ of Michigan)
• U.S. NonProfit Gateway

SCC

• Fast Facts for 2001
• Fast Facts 2002
• Institutional Research: SCC Fast Facts
• Government Relations Website
  
• Media Relations

To Search for full text or citations to magazine, journal & newspaper articles on this or any other subject use databases.

FirstSearch (Borrower Identification Number required.) Use of these links is limited to the current students, faculty, & staff of SCC.

• Click on the Database Area that leads to the Specialized Database you need. Then click on the desired Specialized Database.
• Suggested Database Areas & Specialized Databases for Articles on grants:

  Database Areas	Specialized Databases
  Conferences and Proceedings	GPO (Not Full-Text)
  Education	EducationAbs (Some Full-Text)
  General & Reference	WilsonSelectPlus (Full-Text)
  Social Sciences	PAIS (Some Full-Text)
  Statistical Sources

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