COMM 121- Thomson- Careers

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Finding Books

To find books in FLITE, try either Subject or Keyword searches in the online catalog.

Suggested SUBJECT search: (tip: sort by reverse year)

• occupations
• vocational guidance
• career development

Suggested WORD search:

• careers
• careers and (field of interest)
  Example: careers and technology

Book Locations:

• Main Stacks, Call Numbers A-H - Lower Level
• Main Stacks, Call Number J-Z - Third Floor
• Reference - First Floor
• Government Documents - Second Floor

Research Guides: Careers

Reference Guide: print reference sources that are useful for career research.
Subject Reference Guide for Careers: contains both electronic and print resources for career research.

Finding Journal Articles

To find journal articles on a particular topic, it's necessary to use one or more of the databases available on the FLITE Web site. These databases cumulatively provide indexing to thousands of journal titles. A few of the databases provide full-text (content of the articles is found directly within the database), but most only provide citations (description of where the article originally appeared in print).

General Databases

O*NET
O*NET provides information on hundreds of career paths, including necessary skill sets and required tasks. Wages and employment trends are also available at the national or state level.

General OneFile
A very large, full-text database with over 50 million articles covering a myriad of subjects, General OneFile indexes both newspapers and journals. Coverage is from 1980 to present. A few journals, especially older dates, give only selective full-text.

Wilson Select Plus
This completely full-text database includes articles from a wide range of subject fields including science, humanities, education and business. Coverage is from 1994 to the present.

Additional Resources

Online Resources:

• Occupational Information Network O*Net Online: Find occupations, search skills, outline abilities, define knowledge and abilities needed. , from the Department of Labor.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: Find occupations and descriptions. Use OOH ONET Codes to search Occupational Information Network O*Net Online for additional information.
• Occupation Outlook Quarterly: Database of articles from Occupational Outlook; also see: Career Guide to Industries
  
• Michigan Jobs and Career Portal: Information from our state government.
• Working in the 21st Century: Information from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• What Do You Like?: Exploring Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Print Resources:

• Chronicle Occupational Briefs
  HF5382.5 .U5 O33 v.1-4
  Location: Reference Use index in first pages of Volume one to find occupation.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  HF5382 .O25
  Location: Ready Reference
• Encyclopedia of Associations
  AS22.E5
  Location: Ready Reference

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