The big picture:

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.

Where is Google?

From the library homepage select Search the Internet Select Google

or, click in the location box at the top of the browser screen type this address: www.google.com

Why use Google?

1. Tips for searching the web: 

• Google automatically searches as if an AND were between any search words.
      acupuncture career
• Use quote marks to create a phrase and search for words in exact order, like:
  "mass media"
  "web designer"
  
• Limit your search to one domain by typing the words for your search followed by
  site:.gov or site:.edu
  example:
  "mass media" site:.gov
  pre-school teacher site:.edu

Find your career in one of these Web resources

1. 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 information you find will include:

     Nature of the Work and Working Conditions
     Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement
     Job Outlook
     Earnings
     Related Occupations
     Sources of Additional Information

2. California Occupational Guides
   at http://www.calmis.ca.gov/htmlfile/subject/guide.htm
   

   For each occupation listed, these reports include information on wages and benefits, skill, education, training and experience requirements, worker supply and demand assessment, advancement potential, occupational projections, employment trends, and recruitment. Reports are by county; most counties are available and others will be added as they are completed. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view online or download and print.

   
   
3. College Grad
   http://www.collegegrad.com/careers
   There is information on more than 350 careers, along with specific information for each career on the nature of the work, working conditions, educational requirements, job outlook and salaries, as well as links to associations and further sources for information.

4. Occupational Information Network
   http://online.onetcenter.org/
   Occupational information is interactive and accessible. Job accommodations for people with disabilities are also included in this site.

5. Cabrillo Library Job Search and information Site
   at http://libwww.cabrillo.edu/depts/counseling/S03jobsearch.html
   This site was developed by Topsy Smalley, Cabrillo Librarian, and has great information.
   

Go to the CareerKey from North Carolina State University at: http://www.careerkey.org/english/

1. Click on the word you
2. Next, click on Take the Career Key

Go to the Career Interests Game from the University of Missouri Career Center  at: http://career.missouri.edu/holland/

Choose one of the Holland categories and select careers from the following Web pages. This is essentially a shortcut to the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

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• Go to the library homepage at: libwww.cabrillo.edu
• Select Library catalog

• If you want to search for a topic, always select the WORDS search
• Then, type in two or three words that describe a topic of interest to you

How does a WORDS Search work? If you type in:   mass media press enter This is the result: Mass is in 482 titles Media is in497 titles Both Mass and media are in 192 titles There are 192 entries with MASS & MEDIA   Think very carefully about the words you use. Try more than one search for every topic Spell carefully. The computer looks for EXACTLY what you typed

Using EBSCOhost Web

• Select Fulltext Articles from the Library Homepage
• Click on Magazine & Journal Articles
• Choose   EBSCOhost Web    from the center of the next page
• Try this search:   mass media and children
• Check the box next to the choice for Full Text    
• Click on the SEARCH button
• Examples of other ways to search with those same two words:

And	Or	Not
Each result contains all search terms.	Each result contains at least one search term.	Results do not contain the specified terms.
The search mass   AND  media   finds items that must contain both  mass  and media. Result is more than 8700	The search mass  OR media finds items that contain either  mass  or items that contain media (some items may have both). Result is more than 81,000	The search media  NOT mass finds all the records for items that contain media  but do not contain mass Result is more than 47,000

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