General Information and Resources

Primary Resources

General Data Bases

Financing your study abroad experience--You can't afford NOT to go!

• CSULB Study Abroad Office (Funding data base and workshops)
• Studyabroad.com (Financial Aid and scholarships for study sbroad)
• ILEPassport (General information on study abroad funding)
• DiversityAbroad (Includes information on minority/low income study abroad scholarships and grants)

GoAbroad Network (Social networking site for travelers which includes travel journals and chat groups)

The Frog House (Where Friends Make Friends Abroad)

Translations

• Language Translations (Multiple engines to translate phrases).
• Verbix (Conjugates verbs in 142 languages, including some that are extinct).
• Babel Fish (Multiple languages from and to English). When you type in the text, the translation appears on the screen.
• Dictionary.com
• Language Line Services
• Google Language Tools (Google's 'Language Tools' that search web pages in any language and in any country - and translate existing web pages)

Other Resources

• List of colleges and universities throughout the world. Designate the country and then contact the university of choice to arrange direct enrollment.
  • List of Colleges
  • Yahoo List
• Google Earth satellite maps
  • "Visit" the university or area where you'd like to study or work.
• British Council-Unitied States
• Embassies and Consulates

• Travel Documents (For general Information, including specifics on visas)
• Embassies
• Embassies/Consultates in the U.S. and abroad (Project VISA—Information on obtaining VISAs)

Primary Resources for Overseas Study, Service, Internships, Jobs, and Travel

• Comprehensive Study abroad data bases for opportunities throughout the world
  • IIE Passport -- (The most complete student guide to education abroad with over 5,000 opportunities) and "It's Your World" (IIE Passport Student Guidebook)
  • International Center - Univ. of Michigan (A non-commercial overview of programs for work, internships, volunteering, and long-term options for working abroad)
  • Peterson's Guide for Study Abroad
  • Planet Education
  • PLATO (Project for Learning Abroad, Training, and Outreach—an integrated study abroad training, certification, and diversity outreach program)
  • Resources for Students AND Region-Specific Directories.
  • International Exchange Locator: A Resource Directory for Educational and Cultural Exchange (available in the CSULB Library: LB2376.166 2005)
• Upper-level courses in various majors that are taught in English (Academic year, semester, summer)
  • Courses in English
• Cultural History Tours through Eastern Michigan University
  • History Tours
• Study abroad resources for visa (international) students in the U.S.
  • Study Abroad for International Students

• Annotated web sites for work, study, & travel abroad
• Global Experiences (Internship, volunteer, and work opportunities—including fashion)
• Go Abroad.com (Includes jobs, internships, volunteer programs, and language schools)
• Institute for International Education of Students (IES): (Nearly 30 programs in 15 countries)
• International Opportunties Program ­ Univ. California, Irvine (Includes study, work, internships, and volunteer programs)
• LEAPYear Experiential College Alternative (Nine months of study, travel, and internship)
• Languages Abroad (Language immersion programs in 50 countries, as well as internships and private tutoring arrangements)
• Learning Abroad Center (International work, study, travel, and volunteer opportunities data base; Univ. of Minnesota)
• Overseas Opportunities Office (Work abroad/internships - Univ. of Mich. International Center)
• Study Abroad.com (Study and work abroad programs through "The International Partnership for Service Learning")
• Transitions Abroad (Valuable magazine guide for overseas study, intern, and work abroad, for cultural travel overseas, and international living)
• Work Abroad (Book to guide international job hunters and interns)
• Work Abroad InterExchange (Work and internship opportunities)
• Work, Intern, Study, Educate Abroad (WISE)--Programs in 10 countries
• World Endeavors (Study, intern, work opportunities in 18 countries)