Library Resources for Careers
Best Databases (Core)
- Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
- Provides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills.
- InfoTrac Vocation & Careers eCollection
- Provding content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
- O*NET Online (Occupational Information Network)
- Contains occupational information containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors (job titles), an interactive application for exploring and searching occupations, and a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers. (Sponsored by the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration)
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Provides the following information for each job: the training and education needed; earnings; expected job prospects; what workers do on the job; and working conditions.
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