Monster and CareerBuilder aren’t your only options when scouring the Web for any prospective internships out there. Below are some noteworthy sites aimed at getting you started on your job-hunt. If you don’t end up landing your dream internship soon, these will at least give you some insight on preparing for your next big chance.

BuddingUp.com

The Web site’s crowded format shocks you a bit at first. Design isn’t their strongsuit, but links to internship opportunites are what the site is for and they do it quite well. Pairing you up with US and Canadian companies, BuddingUp has a long list of possible internship opportunities that range from Genentech to Haliburton.

Idealist.org

Started by Action Without Borders, this website focuses on linking you with opportunities that don’t necessarily involve the corporate world. Instead, you will find internships and full-time jobs with nonprofits that deal with environmental and global issues. In a downsized economy, volunteerism has become quite an important option to consider.

Vault.com

It’s not entirely straightforward at first when you’re looking for prospective internships on the site’s main page. You have to type in the word “internship” in the search box before you actually receive results, which leads you to believe that it’s geared more towards jobseekers with work experience and a college degree under their belts. However, the message board feature is quite helpful in offering insight into a given industry. It also gives some interesting facts and statistics on over a hundred companies in terms of employee numbers and salary amounts. In order to get the full service, though, you have to pay $70 for three months.

InternShare.com

This site leads the pack as it gives you company reviews and feedback from previous interns who interviewed for jobs at various companies. There are also internship listings that are easily accessible if you would like to learn more information on a specific listing. And if you already have a Facebook account, simply use your login information through FacebookConnect and you can zip right through those annoying signup forms.

InternAbroad.com

Looking for greener pastures outside America’s borders? This website will pair you together with internship opportunities from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. It doesn’t match you up with a specific internship but gives you results on listings from each country.

If you thought that tuition and housing were the main things to worry about when paying for college, it’s the school supplies that really leave a nasty bite. Spending on college textbooks alone can burn a hole through your wallet from anywhere between $500 to $1000.  Textbook publishers have taken note of this and have started rental services that would allow students to get discounts up to 70% off.

Cengage offers a rental plan that will automatically make the textbook’s first chapter available online. They have a number of shipping options that will let you keep the items for 30, 60 or 130 days. After that, you can choose to either buy it or return it. Other textbook rental services worth a look are Chegg and BookRenter.

Deciding whether or not you need a textbook to survive a class is up to you. One way to get a hold of a texbook for free besides borrowing one from a friend is to go to the school library for it. The only downside to this is having to wait awhile if it’s checked out. And if that book is a reserve copy, you only have a limited time to use it.

The Higher Education Opportunity Act, which was passed by the Department of Education in 2008, allocated $10 million in grant aid to support textbook rental programs.  Since then, over 20 college bookstores have applied for assistance.