Career Books:

• Browse the HF 5381-5386 sections (vocational guidance and career development books) upstairs in the Main Collection and downstairs in the Reference Collection.
• From the Library’s Homepage, Click on Finding Books. Some Keywords to search: jobs, vocational guidance, careers, career development, occupations or try searching for your chosen career: nurse practitioner, journalist, interpreter, etc.

Find an Article in an Online Library Database:

• Library Databases: From the Library’s Homepage, Click on Finding Articles.
• Examples of Library Databases: Gale Database Collection; Academic Search Premier
• Sample online library database search: Click here

Websites:

• Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/oco/
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly: http://www.bls.gov/ooq/
  Search the site or browse the Index
• CareerOne-Stop:http://www.careeronestop.org/ and O-Net Stop:http://online.onetcenter.org/
  Both sites are run in collaboration with the U.S. Dept. of Labor.
• University of North Carolina Wilmington: What Can I Do With A Major In...:
  http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/index.htm
• Kansas State University: What Can I Do With A Major In...:
  http://www.k-state.edu/acic/majorin/
• University of Tennessee Knoxville:  What Can I Do With This Major?:
  http://career.utk.edu/wcidwtm/wcidwtm.php
• University of Texas at Austin Sangert Learning and Career Center:
  http://www.lifelearning.utexas.edu/c_learnaboutcareers.html
•  Professional Associations: Professional Associations often offer free career resources. Search the Web or The Encyclopedia of Associations AS 22 .E5 1997 to find the name of a professional association in your field and then see if you can find the assoication's website.
• Pine Manor College Career Services: http://www.pmc.edu/career-services

Created 11/12/10