General Reference Sources:

VOC REF 331.7 En19 2003
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance

VOC REF 331.702 C18 1999
Career Information Center

VOC REF 331.702 V1 2002
VGM’s Careers Encyclopedia

VOC REF 371.425 Un3o
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Link to Online Version

362 In3p EB
Information Plus: The Information Series on Current Topics (Vol.1 Careers & Occupations)

Call Number Areas to Browse in Reference, the Stacks and the Library Catalog:

Call number area varies by career (e.g. nursing careers are in VOC 610; teaching careers are in VOC 370).
Browse the Vocational Collection (VOC or VOC REF) or search the library catalog.

Keywords or Subjects to Search or Browse in the Library Catalog:

Specific field and career (e.g. nursing and career)
Specific field and vocational (e.g. teaching and vocational)
Occupations

Series to Search in the Library Catalog:

Careers for You
Opportunities
Professional Careers

Keywords or Subjects to Search in the Periodical Databases:

Career Development
Careers
Education
Labor Supply
Occupations
Salaries
Training
Vocational
Wages

Combine terms using “and” (e.g. nursing and vocational).

Recommended Databases: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Expanded Academic ASAP, Vocational and Career Collection (Ebsco), Career & Technical Education (ProQuest), Vault Online Career Library

Websites of Interest:

California Occupational Guides: www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/cgi/career/?PageID=3&SubID=139
JobStar: http://jobstar.org/index.htm
Mt. SAC Library Employment Web Index: http://library.mtsac.edu/WebEmploy.html

Tips and Tricks:

Be specific in your searching. If you want information on being a special education teacher, search for “special education teacher and careers” or “special education teacher and vocational.”

To find relevant Internet web sites, use the Librarians Internet Index: http://lii.org.

Be highly critical of information found on the Internet and apply appropriate evaluation criteria (see http://library.mtsac.edu/EvalWebsites.html).