Susan Delker - SDEV with information on Careers

Books	Magazines, Journals & Newspapers	Research Tips:
Career Web sites	Other resources on Careers	College Information

 Books:
Use the Library Online Catalog to find books on your topic. Most of the books on Careers are in the HF section and the Diversity books are in various are areas of the library depending on your topic.
Hint- Start with a subject search on a broad topic, ex: occupations or narrow your topic with a keyword search ex: career and nursing.

Reference Material on Careers:
America's Top Jobs for People Without a Four-Year Degree REF. HF 5382.75 .U6 K716 2005
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance Ref. HF 5381.E52 2008 Vol.1-5
Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-9 Ref HF 5381 .A1 o36
Career Development Ref. HF 5381 .E517 2006 Career Information Center Ref. HF 5382.5 .U5 C32 2002
Career Guide Ref.HF 5382.5.U5D86

Magazine, Journals and Newspapers:
Choose a Database from the Library CCBC Magazines, Journals and Newspapers Articles web site to find articles on your topic.
See Instructions for off campus to access these databases from home.
Use the Cultures/Diversity Databases to find articles on diversity
Use the Current Issues Databases to find articles on your topic.

Search Tips for Databases - Remember to try different search words to find information. Use your particular topic or use broad terms

Suggested Career Web sites: Top

• Occupational Outlook Handbook: keyword search on specific occupation or look at type of occupation.

• Career Zone :  Find jobs by different career clusters or Assess Yourself

  discover Students can log in and do a variety of assessments: Interest, Abilities, Values...(See counselor for password.)
• Kuder Online Career Portfolio provides a gateway to lifelong career planning that allows individuals to store personal and academic information; search and save educational and occupational data; build resumés; and access assessment progress and results 24 hours a day from any Internet connection. (Career Assessment access codes may be obtained by calling the Tech office, at 443-840-4710.)
• Vocational Biographies - Find out what it is like to be in over 1,000 careers. (See librarian or counselor for password.)
• What can I do with a major in? from the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.
• Maryland's Career Net - Information on Seeking jobs, Employer Services, Career/Planning.

• Maryland Careers - by Tom Coates' Includes links and content to assist Marylanders with job search, career change, recruiting and counseling.

• America's Career InfoNet :  information on general outlook, wages, state profile

• California Career Guides are a series of about 300 information sheets covering individual occupations or groups of related occupations. Complete job descriptions.

• O*NET OnLine is a Web-based application that provides user-friendly access to occupational information contained in the O*NET database.

• Career Interests Game find different careers by personality type.

• Career One Stop government career development resource that provides job search assistance, career guidance, salary data and training and education resources.

• Mapping Your Future:  Planning a Career. Find out how to choose a career and how to reach your career goal.

• The Riley Guide :general info on jobs and careers

• The Riley Guide: Explore Career Options : list of web sites for career & occupational guides

• Collegeboard : Career Search

  College Information: Top

• A list and description of Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
• Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) for scholarships, transferring, Maryland colleges listing and more.
• Maryland Transfer Guide (ARTSYS) Articulation among Maryland Universities and Colleges
• Peterson/Thompson Testing and Education Resource Center - From Gale a full text information database on careers, colleges, vocational information and test preparation. This is a library databases. Off campus instructions for students to log into database.
• Collegestepz (College Steps) provides ways to make attending college and transferring to colleges in all US states a reachable possibility.
• The grade point climber calculates what grade you need to get in order to improve your grade point average.
• University of Texas at Austin college search site Alphabetical and regional college search. It provides links to other accredited institutions of higher learning in the United States.
• Yahoo college search School search, admissions tips, test preparation, scholarships, and more. Provided byPeterson'scom

 Research Tips :Top How to Do Research
How to Write a Research Paper - From OCLC Hot Topics - June 5, 2002
Citing Sources -Make sure you use the correct citation for your research material.
MLA guide in PDF or APA guide in PDF
Plagiarism - Make sure you do not plagiarize

Other ways to find information on careers: Top  

• Use Search Engines, such as Google to focus your search for web sites in your field. .

• To get better results connect your terms with the Boolean term "and"(ex:  health and career,) or put quotes around a phrase (ex:"licensed practical nurse ".)
  See Performing Precise Searches on web searching.

• Use the career books in library. - Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (Ref HF 5381.E52 2003) is a good starting point for researching careers

• Remember to look for Organizations and Associations associated with your career field. See Encyclopedia of Associations (Ref. HS 17 .G334) in the library. It will give you the organizations is your career field.

• See web sites on organizations and associations such as: Associations on the Net. from Internet Public Library.

 

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