SDEV101 -- Ms. C. Topolski
Using the library for research
Find books and media...
Use the library catalog to locate materials on your topics.
Below are some reference resources that can serve as a starting poirnt:
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Careers
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
Career Information Center (multi volume set)
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance
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REF HF 5381 U54 2006-2007a
REF HF 5382.5 U5 C32 2007a
REF HF 5381 E52 2005
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Stress
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Encyclopedia of Stress
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REF QP 82.2 S8 E53
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Healthy Eating
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Perspectives in Nutrition
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REF QP 141 W38
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Drugs and Alcohol
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Encyclopedia of Understanding Alcohol and other Drugs
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REF HV 5017 O37
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Recycling
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Access Science
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Online encyclopedia of Science and Technology
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Find articles...
The library subscribes to research databases, which provide online access to articles in magazines and newspapers.
You will need to login to access them off campus.
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Academic Search Premier
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A large academic multi-disciplinary database, includes peer-reviewed titles from Ebscohost
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Research Library
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A large collection of journals, magazines and newspapers on a broad range of general reference subjects from Proquest.
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Internet Resources...
The web can be a wonderful resource for information. A variety of tools are available to find web sites, directories may find evaluated sites, whereas search engines return a greater number of sites but the evaluation process rests entirely on you. The library can help you evaluate web resources.
Some web sites useful for career research:
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Describes job duties, working conditions, education and training requirements, earnings levels, and employment prospects for hundreds of occupations.
Career Zone
A career exploration and planning system.
Career Services
What can I do with a major in...? From the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.
Career Interest Game
Provided by the Student Success Center -- University of Missouri-Columbia
Some web sites for nutrition:
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
FDA.gov
FDA.org
Some web sites for recycling:
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA.gov
EPA.org
Help guides
On the Help Guides page you will find help on citing resources (APA style for this class), evaluating resources and much more.
A few last and important words...
Remember to give credit where credit is due! Avoid plagiarism with tips from our CCBC guide.
Page amended 04/04/08 -- MM
