Career Resources in Print


The following materials are located in the Career Resource Center, WHS Library, unless otherwise noted.

Periodicals, Annuals  | Reference  | Nonfiction

* indicates purchase made by School-to-Careers grant.
 

Periodicals, Annuals

• Occupational Guidance Series  - Grey filing cabinet, drawers 1-2
  
• Career World (monthly, 1996-present)  Self-indexed, May issue.
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly (quarterly, 1995-present)  Self-indexed, Winter issue.
• *Vocational Biographies - various call number -                                      Series A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, Z.
  
These are series of biographies relating to particular career clusters.  The series supplies a Comprehensive Career Library Index  (CRC REF 371.4 CAR) to help you locate careers of possible interest to you.   Another means to identifying careers through Vocational Biographies is to use the Career Pathways Directory (looks like a thin yellow pages).  Current issues in this series are now available online at http://www.vocbiosonline.com/index.php - check with the library staff for access passwords.



Reference Books 

• College Blue Book (vols. 1-4) - CRC REF 378.73 COL
  
• *Occupational Outlook Handbook - Ref 331.7 OCC
• *Complete Guide for Occupational Exploration - REF 331.7 COM
• *Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT, 2 vol.) - Ref 331.7 UNI
• *Enhanced Guide for Occupational Exploration - Ref  331.7 MAZ
• Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (12th eds.) - Ref 331.7 ENC
• Chronicle Guidance Publications:
• 2-year College Databook - Ref 378.3 CHR
  
• 4-year College Databook - Ref 378.3 CHR
  
• Financial Aid Guide - Ref 378.3 CHR
• Career college & technology school databook - Ref 378.3 CHR
  
• Peterson's series:
• Scholarships, Grants, & Prizes - Ref 378.3 PET
• College Money Handbook - Ref 378.3 PET
• ACT Success - Ref 378.1 ACT
• SAT Success- Ref 378.1 SAT
• 2-year Colleges- Ref 378.73 PET
• 4-year Colleges - Ref 378.73 PET

Nonfiction

The following materials represent a fragment of what is available in WHSL's Careeer Resources Center.  Search the library's catalog (keyword) using your career title to find more!

                                                                    D.O.T. #

Career Opportunities in:

•  Computers and Cyberspace - 004.HEN                            030-039
• Theatre and the Performing Arts - 791 FIE                   150.047
• Careers for Today:
• Health Care - 610 BAR                                                           075
• Personal Services - 331.702 BAR
• Telecommunications - 384 BAR
• Careers in Focus series:
• Animal Care - CRC 636 CAR                                        410, 073.101
• Cosmetologist - CRC 646.7 CAR                                       322.271
• Medical Technicians - CRC 610.69 CAR                           078.261
• Travel & Hospitality - CRC 647.94 CAR                          252.152
•  Careers Without College Series:
• Building - 690.023 STO                                                     840-869
• Cars - 629.2 SCH                                                                   620
• Computers - 004 BRU                                                       030-039
• Entertainment - 791.023 PET                                                   150
• Fashion - 687.02                                                                  142.061
• Fitness - 613.7 CUR
• Health Care - 610 GOR                                                      070-079
• Kids - 649.1 CUR                                                                   359.677
• Music - 780.23 CRE                                                              152.041
• Office - 651.3 LON
• Sports - 796.023 RIC
• Travel - 338.4 MIL                                                             252.152
• Exploring Careers in:
• Occupational Therapy - 615.8 BRO                                     076.121
• Science - 502.3 SHA
• *Health Careers:  CRC 362.1 HEA                                               070-079
• Business
• Health Realted, pt. 1
• Health Realted, pt. 2
• Management
• Patient Care, pt. 1
• Patient Care, pt. 2
• Patient Care, pt. 3
• Opportunities in:
• Cable Television Careers- 384.55 BON
• Carpentry Careers - 694 SHE                                            860.381
• Success Without College:
• Food Service Industry - CRC 647.95 OTT                               319
• Healthcare - CRC 610.69 WIL                                           070-079
• Computer Field - CRC 004 WAC                                       030-039
• 101 Careers:  a guide to the fastest growing
  
opportunities (1999) - 313.7 HAR
• What Color is your Parachute? - 531.BOL
• America's top jobs for college graduates - 333.71 FAR
• America's top  white-collar jobs - 331.7 FAR
• Best careers for bilingual Latinos : market your fluency in
  
Spanish to get ahead on the job - CRC 331.7 KEN
• Building and Construction Careers - CRC 371.4 BUI                840-849
• Career Guide to America's top industries - 650.CAR
• Careers and occupations:  looking into the future -
  
CRC 331.7 CAR
• Careers for music lovers & other tuneful types -
  
 CRC 780 JOH                                                                                152.041
• Careers for talkative types & others with the
  
gift of gab - CRC 331.7 EBE
• *Crafts Careers - CRC 371.4 CRA
• *Drafting and Graphic Arts Careers - CRC 371.4 DRA              141.061, 001-007
• Earning Money in Ways you Never Thought of -
  
331.7 ROW
• *Electricity and electronic careers - CRC 371.4 ELE                  824.261
• *Metals and Materials Careers - CRC 371.4 MET                       840-849
•  *Power Mechanics Careers - CRC 371.4 POW                               620
• Start and run a profitable student-run business -
  
CRC 658.1 SCH

 
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