There are library databases and other websites where you can find high-quality, reliable information sources that are specific to college majors and careers. Use these resources to find you college- and career-specific sources for your Passion Project
This Facts On File resource provides career and job specific information with industry and professions articles, school planning resources, and skills and career advice.
Users can explore a multitude of industries, career fields, and professions, as well as evaluate schools. The material draws from a range of authoritative sources, including more than 880 updated articles and entries from the Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, 16th Edition. It also features a career advice blog, a networking section, and links to outside jobs and internships.
This is a ProQuest database useful to both students and instructors to research most technical topics, including computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
Users can find access to trade publications such as Marketing, Journal of Nursing Education, Physical Therapy, Logistics Today, Accounting Horizons, and Agricultural Research. Vocational publications also provide users with occupation-focused titles such as Marketing Week, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Broadcasting & Cable, Nursing, Law & Order, Chemist & Druggist, Electronic Engineering Times, and many more as well as access to ebooks and career advice blogs.
A Gale database that provides access to professional and popular journals, newspaper articles, and other resources in the fields of careers and vocations, career counseling, and various areas of technical education (including engineering and allied health among others).
Not limited to career and vocational literature, this database also includes professional literature for many technical and medical technology fields.
Provides data-based information on almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy. Details on the worker characteristics, worker requirements, experience requirements, occupational requirements, workforce characteristics, and occupation-specific information are provided for each occupation in the database.
A free online search tool that lets you explore hundreds of potential careers. Select a career that suits your interests and learn about educational requirements, job prospects and wages – all localized to the tri-state region. You’ll also get to view current job postings in the area and develop your own resume.
Career Guide Ebooks
Login with your G# and password if prompted. These career guides describe specific jobs you can attain in the field.