Careers- Job Searching

CAREERS - JOB SEARCHING

RESEARCH GUIDE

Prepared by: Library Staff
Library Liaison: Lois Tucker
(502) 456-6773
libsul@sullivan.edu

Updated May 2008

Finding Books:

Search the library catalog using a specific topic, such as careers, jobs, occupations,etc.

Dewey Decimal Call Numbers:

Careers, jobs, occupations, work, career development, career planning, vocational guidance - 331.7, 650.14, 650.1408, 650.1421, 650.1, 651, 651.374, 658, 658.3, 658.4092

Also, Sullivan University Library offers the Library Alert service, which is designed to alert SUS students, faculty and staff of the latest titles @ the Sullivan University Louisville library! Sign up to be notified by e-mail when the library receives new books, videos, DVDs, etc., in the categories that interest you.

Reference Books:

America's 101 fastest growing jobs : detailed information on major jobs with the most openings and growth / Michael Farr.	Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 331.7 F239a
The best jobs for the 21st century / Ronald L. Krannich, Caryl Rae Krannich. Krannich, Ronald L. Manassas Park, VA : Impact Publications, 1998. 305 p. ; 23 cm.	Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 331.7 K89b
The big book of jobs / from the editors of VGM Career Books and the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; The job-seekers guide by Barbara Spencer Hawk. Chicago : VGM Career Books, [2002] 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm.	Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 650.14 B592
Dressing smart for men : 101 mistakes you can't afford to make - and how to avoid them	Sullivan-Louisville Reference R 646.32 N626dr
Dressing smart for women : 101 mistakes you can't afford to make - and how to avoid them	Sullivan-Louisville Reference R 646.32 N626d
Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance	Sullivan-Louisville Reference R 331.702 E56 1-5
Ferguson career resource guide to internships and summer jobs / Carol Turkington.	Sullivan-Louisville Reference R 331.25 T939f v. 1-2
Guide to America's Federal Jobs	Sullivan-Louisville Reference R 351.7 G646
Handbook of U.S. labor statistics : employment, earnings, prices, productivity, and other labor data	Sullivan-Louisville Reference R 331.1 H236
Kentucky occupational outlook to 2006	Sullivan-Louisville Reference R 331.7 E56e12 1
Occupational outlook handbook. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works, c2004. x, 678 p. ill. ; 28 cm.	Sullivan-Lexington Reference Non-Circ R 331.7 O15 2006-2007

Videos:

Achieving peak performance on the job - VIDEO 650.1 A178

Careers - VIDEO 331.7 I72

Careers: preparing for your future - VIDEO 331.7 C271

Interview success [videorecording] : landing the job / Education Video Network - DVD 650.14 I61 1999

Knowledge, skills and abilities - VIDEO 650.14 K73

The virtual job interview [videorecording] : practice & preparation for getting the job you deserve! / produced by Carrie Rafanello-Bazar & Dan Peters. - DVD 650.14 V819

The Winning job interview - VIDEO 331.7 W776

Databases:

If you are accessing these databases from off campus, please go to the Remote Access Page tab under the Databases menu. NOTE: You MUST enter your Sullivan username and password to access the remote database passwords. Click here for more help logging in, or check with library staff for more information.

Many articles from these databases contain full text articles and can be accessed from the library?s web page:

Academic Search Premier: An EBSCOhost? database indexing 4,450 scholarly /peer-reviewed journals back to 1975 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles in all academic disciplines. Updated daily.

Business Source Premier: An EBSCOhost? database indexing 3,650+ scholarly/peer-reviewed business journals back to 1922 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles on all business subjects including management, finance and accounting. Also includes country economic reports as well as comprehensive profiles for the 10,000 largest companies: click the COMPANY PROFILE tab on the toolbar at the top of the page. Updated daily.

Career and Technical Education: Available through ProQuest?, this database may be used to research vocational and technical topics including technology, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, photography, and nursing.

MasterFILE Premier: An EBSCOhost? database primarily designed as a general reference tool for public libraries, this database provides full-text articles from reference sources including magazines, books, biographies, primary documents, photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.

Proquest?: among the available Proquest? databases, ABI/INFORM? Research is a scholarly business periodicals database comprising nearly 1400 North American sources in advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. ABI also provides access to information on 60,000+ companies and includes an index to the full-text files of The Wall Street Journal? since 1984. Also includes ProQuest Career and Technical Education database.

Louisville Free Public Library Databases: users need a Louisville Free Public Library card to access these databases

New York Times: Newspaper articles from New York Times.

Webliography:

America's Career InfoNet: Award-winning "best practices in e-government", U.S. Department of Labor site provides extensive federal- and state- sponsored career access to job banks, employment service providers and education. Updated daily.

CareerBuilder.com - 900,000 Jobs, The Internet's Largest Job

LouisvilleHelpWanted.com

Monster.com

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Provided by Quintessential Careers, this cite is an online source for searching the handbook.

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