This guide is an introduction to material useful in choosing a career and finding a job.  For further information, consult the staff in the University's Career Services office. Career services maintains its own set of career materials.

You can find introductions to career-related topics in a variety of reference books. Reference books are great for several reasons: you can quickly learn professional terminology, read short articles about your topic, or find valuable secondary sources (other books or journal articles on topic, or relevant organizations and websites). The following titles are located in the Reference Collection (next to the Research Help Desk). They cannot be checked out, but you can take notes, or make photocopies of relevant pages. If your topic is not covered in the texts listed below, feel free to contact the Research Help Desk to see if there is a reference work that would be helpful to you.

 

Job Descriptions

• Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance.  REF HF5381 .E52 2005
• Occupational Outlook Handbook.  GOV DOC FED REF L 2.3/4 (current editional also online)

Educational Directories

• Peterson's Guide to Graduate Programs in... 6 vols.  REF L901 .P442-447
• Peterson's Four-Year Colleges.  REF L901 .P44
• The Europa World of Learning.  REF AS2 .E97 2005

Directories for Job Hunters

• Overseas Summer Jobs.  REF HF 5382.5 .G7 D54 2002
• Peterson's Internships.  REF L901 .I66 2005
• Peterson’s Summer Jobs for Students.  REF HF5382.5 .U5 S76 2003

Directories of Businesses and Associations

• Associations Unlimited.  Online directory of information on organizations and professional associations worldwide.
• Internships 2005.  REF L901.I66
• Minnesota Manufacturers Register.  REF HD9727 .M6 M57
• Moody's Manuals.  REF HG4961...
• ReferenceUSA.  Online directory of over 10 million U.S. businesses.
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers.  REF T12 .T6
• Wisconsin Manufacturers Register.  REF HD9727 .W6 W58
• The Lexis-Nexis Academic database contains a large amount of information on companies. Click the Business tab.

Quality of Life and the Job Market Around the Country

• ACCRA Cost of Living Survey.  REF HB235 .U6 C58
• Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide.  REF ATLAS CASE G1019 .R22 (2000)

Government Information

• See the web page Career and Job Information: Selected Government Web Sites

Writing  Resumes

• 101 Best Resumes.  REF HF5383 .B534 1997
• High Impact Cover Letters.  REF HF5383.B323

 

For BOOKS on your topic, search Voyager, the library's online catalog.  Enter a terms into the boxes; try combining the term “vocational guidance” with the career field you are interested in (e.g., vocational guidance in first box, and teacher in second box).  Example:

 

Guided Keyword               Search for: any of these all of these as a phrase    Search in: Keyword Anywhere ISBN Title ISSN Author Subject Publisher: Name Series       AND   OR   NOT  Search for: any of these all of these as a phrase    Search in: Keyword Anywhere ISBN Title ISSN Author Subject Publisher: Name Series       AND   OR   NOT  Search for: any of these all of these as a phrase    Search in: Keyword Anywhere ISBN Title ISSN Author Subject Publisher: Name Series

10 records per page 20 records per page 25 records per page 50 records per page

 

You may also search with terms such as:

 

 

"Great jobs for..." series

Our library also has a series of books called "Great Jobs for _______ Majors.." Included in the series:

 

Great Jobs for English Majors (Main Stacks HF5382.7 .D43 2000)

Great Jobs for Business Majors (Main Stacks HF5382.7 .L347 2003)

Great Jobs for Foreign Language Majors (Main Stacks P60 .D44 2001)

Great Jobs for Psychology Majors (Main Stacks BF76 .D44 2001)

Great Jobs for History Majors (Main Stacks D16.9 .G34 2001)

Great Jobs for Criminal Justice Majors (Main Stacks HV8143 .L335 2001)

Great Jobs for Communications Majors (Main Stacks P91.6 .C36 2002)

 

We also have several "Great Jobs" books via NetLibrary; these are ebooks that you can view online. You can search our online catalog to find them. You must CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT from an ON CAMPUS computer first; once you do that, you can view the ebooks from any location. If you need help finding a book in your field, please contact the Research Help Desk.

 

Please find below a list of recommended online journal article databases. They contain (mostly) scholarly journal articles. As a student, you can use these databases from any computer in the world that has Internet access (when off-campus, enter Falcon Account information when prompted).  If you need help selecting or searching the databases, please see the Research Help Desk or use the SuperSearch Tutorial.

Hoover's Company Records

Featuring profiles of more than 40,000 companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives. Includes company overview, history, competitors, products and operations, auditors, rankings, related industry information and historical financials.  

ABI/INFORM GLOBAL

ABI/INFORM Global offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels, including information about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.

Business Source Elite

Provides full text from nearly 930 journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting and much more. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 1,570 journals.

Lexis-Nexis Academic

Use the “BUSINESS” link along the left side to access business news, industry and market information, and company information.

Academic Search Premier (1985-present)

The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more

Proquest Newspapers

Provides full-text articles from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Star Tribune, and a number of other papers from around the country. 

Subject indexes

We subscribe to numerous subject-specific databases that contain valuable information about particular industries or career fields. For example:

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus

Education Full Text

General Science Full Text

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

Humanities Full Text

Social Sciences Full Text

 

 

 

UWRF Career Services Web Page. 

Be sure to visit the Career Services web page. There you will find many links to useful career and job hunting information available on the Internet. 

 

Riley Guide

A well-known site that leads you to many career information sites on the internet.

 

Sperling's Best Places

Demographics, preferences, and the selection of "Best Places" to live, work, or retire. 

 

Internet Gateways

Try gateways to selected internet resources to find higher quality internet sites.  The library has links to a number of gateways on the Library Web page; noteworthy are the Librarian’s Internet Index and Infomine.

 

Google.com

A general web search engine that produces relevant results is Google.

 

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