It's the time of the year where those about to go to post secondary school are looking for the right colleges and universities that can jumpstart a great career in the future. Before, if you needed to check out details about a university, you need to physically go to each school you like and ask details from the admissions officer or ask him or her a copy of the school brochure. It takes time, gas and effort that not everyone can freely spare.

Thank heavens for a site called College and University Guide. Their website, http://www.collegeanduniversityguide.com gives you the opportunity to check on and see details about USA schools and Canada schools. It is a free college directory that offers the information you need on each school present in each state.

So how does this university directory work? Well, the website is very user friendly and very easy to navigate as it has a site map if you get lost. So for starters, on the first page, click the link USA since you are looking for USA schools. Another page would show, asking you to specify which state are you particularly interested in. You can either click the state on the interactive map or on the left side; there is a panel that gives all the states that you can choose from. The next page will ask if you want to check the colleges or the universities.

The final page will give you the names of the universities and that page houses the link you would want to press to check out that specific university's website.