Grant or Proposal Writing Guide

Use these encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs for background information about book reviews, definitions or general information.

• Demystifying grant seeking : what you really need to do to get grants Ref HG177 .B767 2001
  A step-by-step guide to grant funding for organizations.
• Winning grants step by step : the complete workbook for planning, developing, writing, successful proposals Ref HG177 .C374 2002
• I'll grant you that : a step-by-step guide to finding funds, designing winning projects, and writing powerful grant proposals Ref HG177 .B868 2000
• Catalog of Federal domestic assistance
  Current issue online.
• The Grants register Ref LB2338 .G7 2006
  Primarily for students at or above the graduate level and for all who require further professional or advanced vocational training.
• Annual register of grant support Ref AS911.A2 A67
  Includes details of grant support programs of government agencies, public and private foundations, corporations, community trusts, union, educational and professional associations, and special interest organizations.

Book reviews resources are located throughout the library: items in the Reference Room, Serials and in the circulating collection are all arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System. Once you locate a book or journal that is useful in one of these areas, you can locate information on the same or similar topics by locating the same call number in the other areas of the library. See Call Numbers and Floor Plans for assistance.

Many book reviews journals are now available through online subscription databases and through the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center. Various terms can be used to search these databases, including subject, keywords and relevant dates. Most databases allow access by current YSU faculty, students and staff from off campus, although a few are restricted to in-library use only. For more information about connecting from home, see off-campus access.

• Academic Search Premier    OFF CAMPUS LINK
  Full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This resource indexes over 4300 periodicals and contains full text for over 3400 scholarly publications. Academic Search Premier includes full-page images as well as color embedded images.
• Education Abstracts
  An electronic version of the printed Education Index. Author, title, and subject index to over 400 educational periodicals, yearbooks and book series since 1983.
• ERIC
  Educational Resources Information Center. Index and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice.

These databases provide a starting point for your research. To see other available databases, visit the Research Databases page.

The links below provide access to book reviews resources on the Internet.

• Book reviews Topics
  Links from the Librarian's Index to the Internet.
• Grants.gov
  Includes grant opportunities and applications from federal grant-making agencies. Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services.
• SRA International
  A resource sponsored by the Society of Research Administrators. Covers governmental as well as private sources.
• Federal Grants and Awards
  This site from GPO Pathway Services provides links an site descriptions to the many government agencies providing grants and research awards.
• Grantsource
  The GrantSource Library website is organized by category of resource, such as funding databases, funding alerts, specialized funding guides, and others.
• YSU's Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs
  The Office of Grants & Sponsored Programs (OGSP) is dedicated to helping YSU faculty and staff submit, obtain, and effectively use external funds for research, service, and other scholarly activity.
• Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County Grant Center
  The Grant Center at the Youngstown Public Library is one of more than 200 cooperating collections of the Foundation Center, headquartered in New York City.