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Career Exploration: Selected Resources |
This guide, compiled by Monica White, is related to an assignment in David Morse's English 105 class. It is designed to help students begin their research at the LAC Library and on the World Wide Web. For further assistance, please contact Monica White or consult a librarian at the Reference Desk. |
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| Find Reference Books | Find Books to Check Out | Find Articles | Find Web Sites | Cite Your Sources | ||||
| FIND REFERENCE BOOKS |
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In addition to the general reference collection, the Library maintains a print collection of books related to career exploration and vocational guidance along the north wall of the Reference Room. Here is a sample listing: |
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| Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance |
Career Ref HF 5381 .E52 |
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| Occupational Outlook Handbook Also available online at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ |
Ref Desk HF 5381 .A1 O36 |
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| Career Information Center | Career Ref HF 5382.5 .U5 C32 |
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| The following books list professional associations along with their contact information. These associations are sources of career-specific information. |
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| Encyclopedia of Associations | Ref Desk HS 17. E5 |
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| National Trade and Professional Associations of the U.S. | Ref Desk HD 2425 .N37 |
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| Trade and Professional Associations in California | Ref Desk HS 17 .D4 |
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| FIND BOOKS TO CHECK OUT |
| General resources on careers and vocational guidance may be found in both the career and circulating collections. Try browsing the shelves under Call Nos. HF 5381 through HF 5382.5. To find resources on particular careers, try entering a keyword search the Library’s online catalog, Voyager, using the terms "vocational guidance" or "careers" with the name of the occupation. Search tips: Use quotes to search phrases. Use + to mark required terms. Use ? with partial words to find all possible variant endings. |
| "vocational guidance" +nursing | [Keyword Search] | |
| careers +law | [Keyword Search] | |
| "vocational guidance" +art | [Keyword Search] |
| Since LBCC Library has a partnership agreement with CSULB, you may check out books from the University Library. To identify books, search CSULB's online catalog, called Coast, which is accessible over the Web at http://coast.library.csulb.edu. |
| FIND ESSAYS AND ARTICLES |
| The Library subscribes to a number of online databases, which are accessible over the World Wide Web, from remote computers or those located in the Library. These databases index and abstract articles, and in some cases, provide the full text, enabling you to print a copy at a cost of $.10 per page. Alternatively, you may e-mail a copy of the article to your e-mail address, if you have one, and print it later at home. Most of the databases are password-protected. You can pick up a list of current passwords at the Reference Desk. The following databases will give you access to general-interest periodicals, newspapers, and trade and scholarly journals. |
| NewsBank | ||
| ProQuest | ||
| FIND WEB SITES |
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| Some useful Internet sites related to career development are accessible from the Library's homepage at http://lib.lbcc.edu. Click on "Internet Resources," then click on "Career/Job Info." |
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| Use a subject directory, such as those listed below, to find annotated, reviewed listings of Web sites by subject. |
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| Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) |
http://www.lii.org | |
| Infomine |
http://infomine.ucr.edu |
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| Use a search engine to do a keyword search. |
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| http://www.google.com | ||
| AltaVista | http://www.altavista.com | |
| AllTheWeb |
http://www.alltheweb.com |
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| When selecting additional Web sites for research, consult Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages to learn how to identify authoritative Web pages that are useful for research purposes. |
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| CITE YOUR SOURCES |
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| Remember to list the sources used in your research in a bibliography or works-cited page following a documentation style, such as MLA (Modern Language Association) or APA (American Psychological Association). The most up-to-date guides for citing Web pages and other electronic sources in footnotes and bibliographies are on the Web, and they are accessible from the Library's homepage at http://lib.lbcc.edu. Click on "Internet Resources," then click on "Citation Guides." |
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| Contents: | ||||
| Find Reference Books | Find Books to Check Out | Find Articles | Find Web Sites | Cite Your Sources | ||||
E-mail questions and comments to mwhite@lbcc.edu
Monica White, Liberal Arts Campus Library
http://lib.lbcc.edu/monicawhite/orientations/careers.html
Last updated: December 11, 2006
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