Transcript Library Main Page - Nicholls State University

University Studies:
Career Research
Dr. Tony Fonseca
Serials Librarian
[email protected]
Library Main Page: How to find books
You will see the Power Search link below the main search box
The iLink Power Search
Here we have put in two search terms. Notice also the helpful links: Reserve
Desk, I Need Material (Placing a Hold), and My Account (see what you
have checked out, and renew books online.
Results
By clicking on Details, we can see the item record for
each book. Notice that the first two are in Career
Reference, located behind Reference on the second
floor.
Details (Item Record)
Note the call number and availability/location. This item
says nocirc, which means it cannot be checked out
(because it is a reference book).
Let’s see another Power Search….
We want books on careers in food service.
We’ve put in our search terms….
And added a limiter under Type, to get only books in our results list..
And got our results…
Notice the links on the right. They allow you to follow new
subjects searches.
The Library also has articles in your interest area….
Click on Subject Guides
Notice there is a guide for Career Research. Click it.
Here are your career research databases
You can click on and search any one, but we recommend you begin
with Academic Search Premier.
We can try two search terms and a full-text (the checked box)
limiter so the articles you retrieve can actually be called up on
appear on your computer. This saves you photocopying fees and
a lot of time.
63 Hits, Full-Text
Here is page 2 of your results. Suppose you are interested in
the fourth article… . Click on it.
This page gives you all the bibliographic information on the
article, as well as two links to Full Text. The html version is
basically a web page on which the article was typed. The pdf
version, on the other hand… .
Is basically a photocopy
delivered to your desktop
Just Remember….
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Always use the Adobe Acrobat toolbar to save
or print. Otherwise, you get blank pages.
You can email the article to yourself by clicking
the link that says E-Mail.
You can jump back to the bibliographic page by
clicking Citation.
And remember….
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If we do not have an article as full-text, we may
have it in print, and you can photocopy it. Ask a
librarian how to determine this.
If you don’t happen to be in the library by the way,
all you have to do is call the Reference Desk, at
448-4625. The librarian on duty can talk you
through the process of determining if we have
something in print.
We also have various web links…
Again, starting at the main page, go to Subject Guides… .
Click on Career Research
Look for The Big 3
SIGI
Can be found on the Nicholls State University
Career Services page, in the links on the left
(directly above What Can I Do With This
Major?, another very useful career source). You
can access SIGI only from campus and you will
need an ID and password, given to you by your
instructor.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Type in the name of the occupation you are interested in in
the Search the Handbook box. For example if you typed in
nursing… .
You’d get 3 pages of hits
These are all links to information about those types of nursing careers.
Here is one example…
This is the type of information
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Nature of the Work
Working Conditions
Training, Other Qualifications, and
Advancement
Employment
Job Outlook
Earnings
Related Occupations
Sources of Additional Information
And then there’s O-Net Online
O-Net is unique in that it
allows for a Skills search, as
well as a search by the
occupational title. Just type
your terms into the search
box as you did with
Occupational Outlook
Handbook.
This is the results list of occupations dealing with writing and law.
They are all clickable links. Let’s look at Law Clerks….
This is the type of information
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Tasks
Knowledge
Skills
Abilities
Work Activities
Work Context
Job Zone
Interests
Work Styles
Work Values
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment
So you see, you too can find information
on almost any career….
And go on from your college career to
be almost anything, and thanks to
SIGI, O-Net, OOH, databases like
Academic Search Premier, and the
ability to perform Power Searches, you
may actually be able to figure out a way
to get there…
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