General and Career Resources - ENG 1020 - Morgenstein, B. - Research Guides at Cuyahoga Community College

Career Information

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
Covers 100s of occupations; includes salary, work environment, education, and more.
NOTE: OOH citations, in U.S. Government Printing Office style, must be reformatted. See link below.
How to Cite Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center This link opens in a new window
Information about 100+ careers; includes earnings, work environment, education, career ladder, and more.

Career E-books

Ebooks on Careers

To find a book on your career of choice:

Scroll through the list OR
Limit by subject OR
Add a search term at the top of the page (leave the text in the first box)

If you add search terms, you can use an asterisk to do a wild card search. For example, if you want books about computer programming but not sure if you should search for programming or programmer? Search for computer prog* to find both.

Finding Books

Tri-C Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Find books, magazines, journals, newspapers, and audio visual materials.

My Library Account
Renew books, review holds, and check for book deliveries.

OhioLINK Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
A combined catalog of millions of books and other library materials from many of Ohio's universities, colleges, community colleges, and the State Library of Ohio.

Step-by-step instructions for finding books in the Tri-C library catalog:

For help finding and requesting books in OhioLINK, please contact a librarian.

Using E-Books

E-books publishers each create a different interface for their books, so the features and functionality are not all the same. Refer to About Electronic Books for more information.

Library Instruction Video

Library Instruction Video
How to use Occupational Outlook Handbook, Ferguson's Career Guidance Center, and career-related E-books; and how to get in touch with a Librarian.

General Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text articles on topics in multiple disciplines, useful as a starting point for most subjects.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
An online resource that includes articles from academic journals, newspapers, magazines; audio; videos; opinion essays; and primary sources on current controversial issues. A good source of topic ideas for papers and speeches.
New York Times (1980 - current) This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage of the US newspaper. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions, and presidential press conference transcripts.