Finance resources on college aid

Next to federal or state financial aid, scholarships offer a helpful way to defray or cover the cost of a college education.

A number of Web sites offer useful tools that can help you track down scholarship opportunities and answer scholarship-related questions.

Here are a few worth visiting:

Collegeboard.com

cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html

Features an online questionnaire that matches information with specific scholarship opportunities.

CollegeLink

www.collegelink.com/clnk/scholarship/

Browse scholarships by academic field.

FastWeb

www.fastweb.com

Provides details on more than 60,000 scholarships.

Scholarships.com

www.scholarships.com

Contains a scholarship search and insights on a variety of scholarship-related topics.

Scholarship Resource Network Express

www.srnexpress.com/schfaq.htm

Useful questions and answers on how to research and find scholarships.