Selected Career Information Books and Websites

Occupations

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. On reference on 1st and 5th floor ref. area (GP 3.22/2: 270). Also available at http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) provides an alphabetical index to the titles of professions, occupations and jobs. It was used primarily by employment service offices to classify applicants and job openings (On 5th floor reference - ELA47 D555 1991. See also http://www.oalj.dol.gov/libdot.htm). This is being replaced with O*NET, The Occupational Information Network, ( http://online.onetcenter.org) which uses the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System (http://www.bls.gov/search/soc.asp).

Jobs/Careers

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (331.702 E56) Similar in scope to Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Career Information Center (331.702 C2717 - 1st floor reference) and Chronicle Occupational Guide (331.7020973 - 1st floor reference) Careers for high school and college graduates. Both multi-volume sets offer summaries of various professional fields.

Career Guide (331.128C2705) Fits the needs of recent college graduates who need an overview of large companies, both public and private companies listing arranged alphabetically, by region or SIC code.

What Color is Your Parachute? (331.128B691w) Various years that circulate and recent edition on 1st floor reference. Info at http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/intro/wciyp.shtml Info at http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/intro/wciyp.shtml)

America's CareerInfonet (http://www.acinet.org/acinet/) Occupational requirements, wage and employment trends, state-by-state labor market conditions.

College Board On-Line (http://cbweb9p.collegeboard.org/career/bin/career.pl) Hundreds of job descriptions, job outlooks, and related occupations for 32 major groups of jobs.

FIRSTGOV for Workers (http://www.workers.gov/) Connecting American workers and their families to government services and information

Certification/Accreditation

Certification and Accreditation Programs Directory (331.7020257 C418 - 1st floor reference) Guide to national voluntary certification and accreditation programs for professionals and institutions.

Professional and Occupational Licensing Directory (331.7020973 P964 - 1st floor reference) Descriptive guide to state and federal licensing, registration and certification requirements.

Internships

Peterson's Internships (331.25922 I61); Internship Bible (331.25922 I605) Other books on internships in same area, both reference and 4th floor.

http://www.internships.com

http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Career_and_Vocational/Career_Planning/Internships/

Resources for People With Disabilities

Montana State University-Billings Career Services ( http://www.msubillings.edu/careers/disabilityemployers.htm)