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Suggested General Databases
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Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowSource of peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines.
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General OneFile This link opens in a new windowA one-stop source for news, magazines, and periodicals articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowMulti–disciplinary database that provides fulltext articles and abstracts in all subject areas.
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eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new windowMore than 135,000 eBooks representing a broad range of academic subject matter.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAccess to many scholarly journals in the arts, literature, botany, ecology and the social sciences. Access to over 3 milliion high quality Artstor images.
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TOPICsearch This link opens in a new windowTeachers, librarians and student researchers can use this database to explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics frequently discussed in the classroom
Careers Databases and Resources
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Vocations and Careers Collection This link opens in a new windowProvides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. The database offers hundreds of current and applicable periodicals, from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
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Policy Map This link opens in a new windowCreate maps and reports of the United States using census data and other supplied data from a variety of sources. Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates.
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Vocational & Career Collection This link opens in a new windowDesigned to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this database provides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals for high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public.
Helpful Credible Resources
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Occupational Outlook Handbookprovides information on what workers do; the work environment; education, training, and other qualifications; pay; the job outlook; information on state and area data; similar occupations; and sources of additional information, for 329 occupational profiles covering about 83 percent of the jobs in the economy.
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O*NET OnlineProvides an occupation search, skills search and a tools and technology search.
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Texas Reality CheckInteractive website to see how much money you will need in the future. Occupation assessment included.
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Career One Stop (U.S. Dept. of Labor)contains tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals
Keyword Searches
Search Strategies
Exact Phrase
Put quotation marks around your keywords and you'll get results that match your exact phrase. "dental assistant"
Abbreviations
Abbreviations are often used in job listings, so including them in your search is a great strategy. RN OR "registered nurse"
Using AND, OR, and NOT
Using the words AND, OR, and NOT can really help you focus your job search:
AND: writing AND designing
OR: engineering OR "quality assurance"
NOT: engineer NOT software