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    The following resources are located at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library unless otherwise indicated.

    Career Resources
  Career Encyclopedias
  • Career information center (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 C32)
  • Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance (Ref. HF5381 .E52)
  • Occupational outlook handbook (At Reference Desk, Ref. HF5881 .U62)
  • Specialty occupational outlook : trade & technical (At Reference Desk, Ref. HF5382 .S63 1996)
  Career Newsletters
  • Adams electronic job search almanac (Ref. HF5382.7 .A34)
  • U.S. employment opportunities (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 U53)
  Career Research Guides - General
  • The career guide : Dun's employment opportunities directory (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 D86)
  • Career opportunities for bilinguals and multilinguals (Ref.HF5382.5 .U5 W44 1994)
  • Career planning : a developmental approach (HF5381 .B29 1998)
  • Green at work: finding a business career that works for the environment (Ref. HF5382.75 .U6 C64 1995)
  • The Harvard Business School guide to finding your next job (Ref. HF5382.75 .U6 G37 2000)
  • Job strategies for people with disabilities (Ref. HV1568.5 .W58 1992)
  • Jobs and careers with nonprofit organizations : profitable opportunities with nonprofits (HD2769.2 .U6 K7 1996)
  • Jobs rated almanac : the best and worst jobs (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 K72 1999)
  • 100 best careers for the year 2000 (Ref. HF5381 .F476 1992)
  • The 100 best companies for gay men and lesbians (Ref. HF5382 .M48 1994)
  • 100 jobs in social change (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 J4 1996)
  • Lifelong learning : your career journey : career development and training opportunities (Gov. Docs. L 1.2:L 62) 
  • Navigating your career : twenty-one of America's leading headhunters tell you how it's done (HF5381 .N358 1999)
  • Planning job choices (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 C622)
  • Planning job choices. Diversity ed. (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 P554)
  • Planning job choices. Two-year college ed. (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 P553)
  • Researching your way to a good job (Ref. HF5382.75 .U6 C76)
  • What color is your parachute? (Ref. HF5382.7 .B64)
  • Where the jobs are : the hottest careers for the 21st century (HF5382.75 .U6 S3 2000)
  • Your first job (Ref. HF5382.7 .F79 1996)
  • You're certifiable : the alternative career guide to more than 700 certificate programs, trade schools, and job opportunities (Ref. L901 .N24 1999) 
  Career Research Guides - Occupation Specific
  • A career guide for PhDs and PhD candidates in English and foreign languages (PB11 .C37 1985)      
  • A career guide for the health services manager (RA440.9 .K68 2000)
  • Career guide in pathology (RB112 .B46 1998)
  • Career opportunities in advertising and public relations (Ref. HF5828.4 .F54)
  • Career opportunities in theater and the performing arts (Ref. PN1580 .F5 1999 +)
  • Careers in focus : animal care (Morrill Ref. SF80 .C27 1998)
  • Careers in government (Ref. JK716 .P58 1999)
  • Careers in international affairs (Ref.JX1293 .U6 C28 1997)
  • Careers in social work (Ref. HV10.5 .G55 1998)
  • Career opportunities in the music industry (Music ML3795 .F497 2000 +) 
  • Career opportunities in the sports industry (Ref. GV734 .F545 1999)
  • The complete guide to environmental careers in the 21st century (GE60 .D69 1999)
  • Developing a lifelong contract in the sports marketplace (GV734 .C94 1994)
  • The essential career guide to becoming a middle and high school teacher (LB1776.5 .M35 1999)
  • The Harvard Business School guide to careers in finance (Ref. HG65 .F56)
  • Health-care careers for the 21st century (Ref. R690 .W565 2000)
  • How to make it in musicals: the insider's guide to a career as a singer-dancer (Music ML3795 .A737 1999)
  • Job choices ... in business (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 C623)
  • Job choices ... in science, engineering, & technology (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 C625)
  • Job$ in the drug industry : a career guide for chemists (Phys. Sci. QD39.5 .F75 2000)
  • Marine science careers : a Sea Grant guide to ocean opportunities (Morrill Ref. GC30.5 .M36 1996)
  • Music business handbook and career guide (Music ML3795 .B33 2001)
  • Nursing career directory (Ref. RT25 .N9)
  • Opportunities in recreation and leisure careers (GV160 .J45 2000)
  • RN careersearch (Ref. RT82 .N8)
  • Up the political ladder : career paths in U.S. politics (JK1726 .F66 2000)
    Job Hunting Resources
  Job Hunting Guides
  • The guide to Internet job searching (Ref. HF5382.7 .R557 1998)
  • How to find your first job out of college (Ref. HF5382.7 .H353)
  • Peterson's job opportunities. Business. (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 B88)
  Regional Employers
  • Connecticut JobBank (Ref. HF5382.75 .U62 C83)
  • Dun's regional business directory (Ref. HD9727 .C8 D76)
  • Doing business in Boston (Ref. HG4058 .B7 D65)
  • How to get a job in Greater Boston (Ref. HF5382.75 .U62 M48)
  • Metropolitan New York JobBank (Ref. HF5382.75 .U62 N615)
  • Northern New England JobBank (Ref. HF5382.75 .U52 N49)
  • Job seekers guide to Silicon Valley recruiters (Ref. HF5382.75 .U62 C224 1998)
  Nationwide Employers
  • Almanac of American employers (Ref. HF 5382.75 .U6 A45)
  • Career Guide/D&B’s Employment Opportunities Directory (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 D86)
  • National JobBank (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 N34)
  • Peterson’s job opportunities for business majors (Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 B88)
  International Employers
  • Almanac of international jobs and careers (Ref. HF5549.5 .E45 K72)
  • American jobs abroad (Ref. HF5549.5 .E45 A446)
  • Directory of American firms operating in foreign countries (Ref. HG4538 .A1  D5)
  • International jobs:  Where they are, How to get them (HF5549.5 .E45 K63)
  • International jobs directory (Ref. HF5549.5 .E45 K72)
  • Summer jobs abroad (Ref. HF5382 .D5)
  Nonprofit Employers
  • Non-profit job finder (Ref. HF5382.75 .U6 L328)
  Executive Recruiters
  • Directory of executive recruiters (Ref. HD38.25 .U6 D57)
  • Guide to executive recruiters (Ref. HF5549.5 .R44 G95)
  • Job seekers guide to executive recruiters (Ref. HD38.2 .H86)
  • Job seekers guide to wall street recruiters (Ref. HG181 .H845)
For more internet resources, link to the Campus Career Network Library! (http://www-ccn.acad.umass.edu/careerlibrary/index.htm)


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