A great place to start for career information is the Occupational Outlook Handbook. You can search for a specific career using the search box or browse careers by occupation groups using the tabs on the left side of the page.
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If you are looking for books, try the following in the library catalog:
1. Select the Subject Words search option from the library home page.
2. Always combine the phrase "vocational guidance" (with quotations) AND your selected career, for example:
- "vocational guidance" AND accounting
- "vocational guidance" AND teachers
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If you are looking for articles try searching the Nexis Uni database using a similar strategy. Combine the keyword career AND your selected career. For example:
- "graphic designer" AND career
- "marketing" AND career
Note that you can filter your results by geography on the left hand side of the screen.
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