SDEV 0370 - Student Development @ NLC Library

HANDOUTS

• Library Essentials 
• Using Online Databases
• Employment & Careers 
• SDEV - Career Information Tutorials

ACTIVITY: Career Scavenger Hunt

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

• Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance (REF HF5381 .E52 2008)
• Occupational outlook handbook (REF HD8051 .A62)
• Career discovery encyclopedia (REF HF5381.2 C37 2003)

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)
• WorkinTexas.com (Job ads in Texas)

SEARCH STRATEGIES

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Subject: "Vocational Guidance"
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

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

•  PDF or HTML in database
• A to Z Online Journal Locator
• IDB & ILL 
   

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