Collecting sources for a report

Your Name:________________________________________

Career Research Assignment

Apply for a Library Card online from the bottom of the Library Homepage or, at the Circulation Desk in the Library (Bring a photo ID if you apply in person)

Write the name or description of one career

Career:______________________________________________

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Reading, making choices, and selecting a file or site to view are regular activities in the online world.
Interacting with the online world takes place whenever you fill out a text box or dialog box with your own words and then examine the results of your search. Remember, the online sources are not "smart." You have to spell the words correctly and choose a variety of words to get useful information back from these tools. .

1. Use the Occuptional Outlook Handbook

Occupational Outlook Handbook From the US Department of Labor:

Go to http://www.bls.gov/oco/ for the Occupational Outlook Handbook
Select the A-Z index or Search by occupation
The articles will include:
Was your occupation there? What was it listed as?________________________________

2. Find a fulltext magazine article

select Fulltext Articles from the Library Homepage, Select Magazine & Journal Articles
Select EBSCOhost Web
Type in a word or words to describe your career choice
Author name____________________________________________________________
Article title____________________________________________________________
Name of the Magazine in which the article was published (listed as the SOURCE)
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3. Find a fulltext Newspaper article

select Fulltext Articles from the Library Homepage

Click on National Newspaper Articles

Type in your search

Select one article to look at

Author name____________________________________________________________

Article title____________________________________________________________

Source newspaper name:_______________________________________________

Date of publication______________________________________________

4. Using Google

From the library homepage select Search the Internet

then select Google

Using Google, identify at least one Internet resource on your topic.

Title:____________________________________________________________________

Author:____________________________________________________________________

Internet Address____________________________________________________________________

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