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English 1301 : Expository Essay / Career
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DEFINE TOPIC

This first part is designed to assist you in limiting or defining your research topic. These sources are some of the SAC reference materials that can be used to do career research.

Career Dictionaries
Internet Resource O*NET online
Ref HB2595 .O16 2004 O*NET dictionary of occupational titles
Ref HF5381 .U62 Occupational outlook handbook
Ref HF5381 .E52 2008 Encyclopedia of careers & vocational guidance
Ref HF5381.2 .C37 2007 Career discovery encyclopedia

Specialized Careers
Ref HF5382 .E98 2007 v.9 Extraordinary jobs in leisure
Ref HG173 .F55 2007 Career opportunities in banking, finance, and insurance
Ref HV8073 .E34 2008Career opportunities in forensic science
Ref HV8143 .E34 2006 Career opportunities in law enforcement, security and protective services
Ref KF297 .E245 2007 Career opportunities in law and the legal industry
Ref ML3795 .B33 2006 Music business handbook and career guide
Ref PN4797 .B87 2007 Career opportunities in journalism
Ref R690 .F54 2007 Career opportunities in health care
Ref T65.3 .E95 2006 Exploring tech careers
Ref TK5105.875 .I57 T376 2007b Career opportunities in the Internet, video games, and multimedia
Ref TT507 .V63 2007 Career opportunities in the fashion industry
  


DEVISE STRATEGY

Once you have defined your topic, you will need to know where to search for additional information. The sources you use are often determined by the instructor or assignment. You will need to make a list of keywords to search the library catalog, databases, and the Web.

SEARCH SOURCES

Begin at the library's home page at http://www.accd.edu/sac/library/

Searching these sources can be as easy as using the index of a book or it may involve advanced searching methods used in the catalog, databases, or Web search engines. Use your list of keywords to search in the following:

Click on Books & Media to search the catalog for books, government documents, microforms, audiovisuals, and electronic/digital resources. You may search by author, title, subject, and keyword. On the keyword search page on the right are examples of boolean operators (and, or, and not) and wildcards (*) (**) (?).

Examples of keyword searches:

  • acting and career*
  • acting and vocational guidance
  • nurs* and (career* or vocational guidance)
  • nurs* and burnout
  • computer* and identity theft
  • librar* and privacy
  • medical and malpractice

To access eBooks only go to netLibrary.

Click on Articles & Reference to search for magazine, journal, newspaper articles, reference, and more. The following databases may be helpful for your assignment:

Full text articles may be emailed to your address, downloaded to a disk, or printed after purchasing a print card. If an article is not full text it may be available in another database or in paper or microfilm on the 4th floor. Check Journals by Title to see if the article appears in another SAC database, or do a title search in the catalog to see if the library subscribes to the journal you need.

Click on Web Guides to find additional sources on the Web. For example click on Career & Job Finding Resources or Writing & Research Guides.

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