General Reference Sources:
VOC
REF 331.7 En19 2008 (5 volumes)
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance
VOC
REF 331.702 C18 2007 (13 volumes)
Career Information Center
VOC
REF 331.702 V1 2002
VGM’s Careers Encyclopedia
VOC
REF 371.425 Un3o 2008-2009
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Link to Online Version
362
In3p EB
Information Plus: The Information Series on Current Topics (Vol.1 Careers
& Occupations)
Call Number Areas to Browse in
Reference, the Stacks and the Library Catalog:
Call number area varies by career (e.g.
nursing careers are in VOC 610; teaching careers are in VOC 370).
Browse the Vocational Collection (VOC or VOC REF) or search
the library catalog.
Keywords or Subjects to Search
or Browse in the Library Catalog:
Specific field and career (e.g. nursing
and career)
Specific field and vocational (e.g. teaching and vocational)
Occupations
Series to Search in the Library
Catalog:
Careers
for You
Opportunities
Professional
Careers
Keywords or Subjects to Search
in the Periodical Databases:
Career Development
Careers
Education
Labor Supply
Occupations
Salaries
Training
Vocational
Wages
Combine terms using “and”
(e.g. nursing and vocational).
Recommended Databases:
Academic
Search Premier,
Business
Source Premier, ,
Vocational
and Career Collection (Ebsco),
Career & Technical Education (ProQuest)
Websites of Interest:
California Occupational Guides: http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/occguides/
JobStar: http://jobstar.org/index.php
Mt. SAC Library Employment Web Index: http://library.mtsac.edu/WebEmploy.html
Tips and Tricks:
Be specific in
your searching. If you want information on being a special education
teacher, search for “special education teacher and careers”
or “special education teacher and vocational.”
To find relevant
Internet web sites, use the IPL2: http://www.ipl.org/, the new combined site of the Internet Public Library and the Librarians' Internet Index.
Be highly critical
of information found on the Internet and apply appropriate evaluation
criteria (see http://library.mtsac.edu/EvalWebsites.html).
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