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Fall 2009 - SDEV 0370

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SDEV 0370 - Student Development @ NLC Library

HANDOUTS

ACTIVITIES:

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG

Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Regional Business News
Vocational & Career Collection (Find articles about different careers)
Testing & Education Reference Center (Find a college and prepare for an entrance exam)

INTERNET SITES

Business & Employment

Department of Labor (Statistical, legal and more information on employment, unemployment, etc.)
USA.gov (Click on Jobs and Education)
Job Outlook in Texas (Statistics and analyses of labor market in Texas)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (Educational requirements, salaries, outlook)
San Antonio Express News Jobs Online (Job ads)
HotJobs (Job ads plus more)
Indeed - one search, all jobs
WorkinTexas.com (Job ads in Texas)
Reality Check

Want money?

SEARCH STRATEGIES

Boolean - AND, OR, NOT (Example: nursing AND employment; teachers AND occupations)
Field searching - Subject, Author, Title (Examples: SUBJECT: teachers; SUBJECT: vocational guidance)
Quotation marks for exact phrase (Example: "air traffic controller")
Truncation - root + variants (*) (Example: employ* will find employ, employee, employer, employment)
Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???