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ECSU Smith Library Research Guide for Career Services

Compiled by Hope Marie Cook

8/9/2005

          Databases and Indexes

ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER

The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.

BUSINESS AND COMPANY RESOURCE CENTER

Provides over 300,000 company profiles and includes their industry rankings, financial overviews, products, statistics, and more.  Dates of Coverage: Indexing & Abstracting 1977- ; Full-text 1985-Current.

COLLEGE SOURCE

A cover to cover collection of over 28,000 college catalogs from 2 year, 4 year, professional,and graduate schools across the United States.  Some international schools are also included.

EBSCO BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER

Indexes article citations in various areas including business, humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social sciences and technology.  Majority of sources are in English, but coverage is international.

EDUCATION INDEX

Is a bibliographic database that indexes articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed.  Topics, from preschool through college, include educational technology, special education, family literacy, teacher evaluation and more.  

EDUCATION-A SAGE FULL-TEXT COLLECTION

Full-text articles about methodology, higher education, secondary education, vocational, measurement & testing, educational psychology

ERIC RESOURCES IN EDUCATION

ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, is a national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. It provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Topics include curriculum design, classroom technique, computer literacy, learning disabilities, teacher and parent relationships, school governance, pilot programs, and legislative issues.

GENERAL REFERENCE COLLECTION GOLD

A collection of scholarly and general interest material (periodicals, journals, newspapers, and encyclopedias) covering a wide variety of topics including business, politics, current events, arts & entertainment, health care, personal finance, computing and more.

ICONN (CONNECTICUT DIGITAL LIBRARY)

A Connecticut State funded program providing discounted access to a variety of databases.

NetLIBRARY ELECTRONIC BOOKS

Provides access to your library's collection of eContent.  eContent can be digital versions of printed material such as books or journals, databases or any digital content. All available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.

   REFERENCES RESOURCES Online & Print

REFERENCE USA -Online

The ReferenceUSA database contains contact and basic descriptive information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses.  Information is compiled from Yellow Page and Business White Page telephone directories, annual reports, federal, state, provincial and municipal government data, Chamber of Commerce information, leading business magazines, trade publications, newsletters, major newspapers, industry and specialty directories, and postal service information, including both U.S. and Canadian National Change of Address updates.

Xreferplus - Online

Xreferplus is a giant online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of reference books from a total of 169. Xreferplus includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, not to mention a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law

Print Reference Resources (This is just a brief listing of what is available.  Please visit the Career and Information area for the full selection of available materials).  This area is found on the 2nd floor of the Library.

American Salaries and Wages Survey, Detroit: Gale Research, Location ECSU Career and Information Ref HD4973.A67 2003

Barron’s How to Prepare for the Graduate Management Admissions Test, GMAT., Hauppauge, N.Y. Barron’s 2004, ECSU Career and Information Ref HF1118.J332 2004, Disc can be obtained for 4 hour reserve

Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL Test,  by Jolene Gear and Robert Gear, Cambridge, UK; New York, N.Y. USA, ECSU Career and Information Ref PE 1128.G35 2002 Disc can be obtained for 4 hour reserve

Career Opportunities in Casinos and Casino Hotels by Shelly Field, New York: Facts on File, ECSU Career and Information Ref HV6711.F54 2000

Career Opportunities in Law Enforcement, Security and Protective Services, Susan Echaore-McDavid ECSU Career and Information Ref HV8143.E34 2000

Careers in Social Work by Leon H. Ginsberg, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, ECSU Career and Information Ref HV10.5.G55 2001

Designing the Perfect Resume by Pat Criscito, Hauppauge, N.Y.:Barron’s 2000 ECSU Career and Information Ref HF5383.C74 2000

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance/edited by Andrew Morkes, Chicago, Ill, Ferguson Pub. Co 2003, ECSU Career and Information Ref HF5381.E52 2003, v.1-v. 4.

Guide to America’s Federal Jobs: A Complete Directory of U.S. Government Career Opportunities/Bruce Maxwell and the editors at JIST ECSU Career and Information Ref JK692.G85 2005

Guide to Distance Learning Programs: Lawrenceville, N.J. Peterson’s ECSU Career and Information Ref LC5805.P48 2005

Guide to Law Enforcement Careers by Donald B. Hutton & Anna Mydlarz, Hauppauge, NY:Barron’s Educational, ECSU Career and Information Ref HV8143.H87 1997

GRE Exam, by the staff of Kaplan Educational Centers, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000, ECSU Career and Information Ref LB2367.4.G725

Higher Education Directory, Falls Church,Va, Higher Education Publications, ECSU Career and Information Ref L901.H46 2005

Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology, New York: Guilford Press ECSU Career and Information Ref RC467.7.157 2000/01

Moving and Relocation Sourcebook and Directory, Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, ECSU Career and Information Ref HT334.U5 M58 2004

Occupational Outlook Handbook/U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C.:2004/2005 ECSU Career and Information Ref HF5381.U62

Peterson’s CLEP Success, Australia; United States: Thomson/Peterson’s , ECSU Career and Information Ref LB2353.68.c588 2005 (Note this book comes with disc.  Disc can be obtained through ECSU 4 hour Reserve)

Peterson’s Graduate and Professional Programs, an Overview, Princeton, N.J. : Peterson’s, ECSU Career and Information Ref L901.P442 2005

Peterson’s Graduate Programs in Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Environment and Natural Resources, Princeton, N.J.: Peterson’s, ECSU Career and Information Ref L901.P446 2005

Peterson’s Graduate Programs in the Biological Sciences, Princeton, N.J.: Peterson’s, ECSU Career and Information Ref L901.P444 2005

Peterson’s Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, Princeton, N.J.: Peterson’s, ECSU Career and Information Ref L901.P443 2005

Peterson’s Graduate Programs in the Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Agricultural Sciences, the Environment and Natural Resources, Princeton, N.J.: Peterson’s, ECSU Career and Information Ref L901.P445 2005

Peterson’s Summer Opportunities for Kits and Teenagers, Princeton, N.J.:Peterson’s Guides, ECSU Career and Information Ref GV186.S85 2005

Plunkett’s Employers’ Internet Sites with Career Information, Houston, Tex.:Plunkett Research, Ltd., ECSU Career and Information Ref HF5382.75.U6 P487 2002/03 (Note this book comes with disc.  Disc can be obtained through ECSU 4 hour Reserve.

Professional Resumes for Accounting, Tax, Finance, and Law: A Special Gallery of Quality Resumes by Professional Resume Writers, Indianapolis, IN: JIST Pub, 2000. ECSU Career and Information Ref HF5383.N6227 2000

Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary and Secondary Schools: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ECSU Career and Information Ref LB1771.W6 2004/05

Scholarships, Grants & Prizes, Lawrenceville, N.J.: Peterson’s Thomson Learning. ECSU Career and Information Ref LB2337.4.P475 2005

Study Abroad, Stamford, Conn:Peterson’s/Thomson Learning. ECSU Career and Information Ref LB2376.P46 2005

The Big Book of Jobs Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, ECSU Career and Information Ref HF5382.5.U5 B54 2003/04

The Book of U.S. Government Jobs: Where They Are, What’s Available, and How to Get One/Dennis V. Damp, Moon Township, PA: D-Amp Publications, ECSU Career and Information Ref JK716.D36 2000

The Directory of Executive Recruiters, Fitzwilliam, N.H., Kennedy Information, ECSU Career and Information Ref HF5549.5.R44 D58 2003 (Note this book comes with disc.  Disc can be obtained at ECSU Circ Desk)

The Internship Bible, New York: Random House, ECSU Career and Information Ref LC1072.I58 I46 2004

CAREER RELATED INTERNET SITES

CAREER GUIDE TO INDUSTRIES

CAREERS AND JOBS IN CONNECTICUT

STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ADMINSTRATIVE SERVICES

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

U.S.DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

THE ENVIORNMENTAL CAREERS ORGANIZATION

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY CAREERS IN CONNECTICUT