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RI 100 Instructor: Kim Smith
Library Instructor: Sandra Williford
Topic: Careers
I.
Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
Note:
Tennessee
Employment Forecast to 2007 from the OOH
1. Read the introductory
page.
2. Search by clicking on the <OOH
Search/A-Z Index> link in the top right corner.
3. Type in an occupation OR click on the letter in the
alphabetical index.
4. Select from the list if necessary.
5. Examine the information in these categories:
Nature of the Work
| Working Conditions | Employment | Training, Other Qualifications, and
Advancement |
Job Outlook | Earnings | Related Occupations | Sources of Additional
Information
II. Search
CSTCC library databases. (Passwords required from off-campus.)
1.
Electronic books
- Click
netLibrary eBook Collection.
- Search by Keyword: your interest with the word
career (ex. nursing career)
- Browse by Title: opportunities in, great jobs, or
careers for types
- Browse by Keyword: wetfeet insider guide
and/or vgm opportunities series
- Print selected pages
You may find these ebooks useful.
2. Articles
from magazines, newspapers,
reference books, primary source documents,
and biographies
On the
library's web page,
3. Videos to view
online (with a DSL or broadband connection)
Search
United Streaming
Videos (requires separate passwords)
- Search career and health (or technology, or
education, or computer, or engineering, etc.)
- Search the phrase "careers for the 21st century" to
browse a list of titles
- Limit the results by "Grade 9-12" on the left side of
the screen
- View with Windows Media Player or Quicktime
- Choose the Full Video or Video Segments
4. College catalogs and other information about
colleges that have degree programs for your career field
CollegeSource Online
Click the "Search" option at the top of the page for full search
capability--find a college by location, degree programs, tuition costs,
etc.
U.S. News 2007 College Rankings (Judged on what colleges will do for
the student.)
The
Princeton Review (Information about colleges, majors, prep test
tutoring, scholarships, etc.)
III. Search
for books to check out.
On the
library's web
page, Click the
tab.
Type in your topic in one or two words (don't use and).
Select "Main Library" for books to check out;
or leave limit to "None" to include ebooks. Search
Check Location and Status to see if the book
may be checked out or is online.
For career information try these
searches:
(your major) and vocational guidance; ex. accounting
vocational guidance
Opportunities in as title with limit as
None
Careers--search in keyword--limit
to last 5 years
You may find ebooks from netLibrary such
as this one.
|
Guide to Internet job
searching [electronic resource] / Margaret Riley Dikel, Frances E. Roehm
|
Dikel, Margaret F. |
2002 |
| Library Location:
Online netLibrary Book
Collection |
Call Number:
HF5382.7 .D55 2002eb |
Status:
Online Electronic Resource |
|
V. Cite
your sources correctly by using these documents:
MLA Citation Examples
(Electronic Databases).
MLA Citation Examples
(WWW Sites).
V.
PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts
|
Ctrl +N |
New presentation |
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Ctrl +Enter |
Move to next pane.
If in the last placeholder on a slide, this will insert a new slide with
the same slide layout as the original slide. |
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Ctrl +M |
New slide |
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Tab |
Demote paragraph |
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Shift-Tab |
Promote paragraph |
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Ctrl +D |
Duplicate selection (slide, objects, etc.) |
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F5 |
Start Show from slide 1 (Esc to stop) |
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Shift F5 |
Start Show from
current slide |
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Alt Tab |
Switch from Show to
Normal view |
Tisa Houck
last updated by S. Williford 3/1/07