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Explore Career Options
American Almanac of Jobs & Salaries
by John W. Wright
Bus. Ref 331.11 Wright
America’s Fastest Growing Jobs
by J. Michael Farr
Bus. Ref 331.7 Farr
Do What You Are
by Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger
Bus. Ref 650.14 Tieger & 650.14 Tieger
Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance
(JG Ferguson Publishing).
Bus. Ref 373.426 Encyclopedia (prior year in 373.426)
Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
edited by Jane Malonis (Gale Publishing).
Bus. Ref 338.003 Encyclopedia
JobStar (www.jobstar.org)
Career information & job resources site created and
maintained by the California library system. Excellent source of
information.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
by US Dept. of Labor
Bus. Ref 373.246 U.S.
Occupational Outlook Handbook Online (www.bls.gov/oco/)
Online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Research jobs
and career fields.
What Color is Your Parachute Workbook
by Richard Nelson Bolles
Bus. Ref. 650.14 Bolles & 650.14 Bolles
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Identify Potential Employment
Leads
Connecticut's Job and Career Connection
(www.ctjobandcareer.org)
Sponsored by the Department of Labor, this site provides not only
links to Connecticut job banks, but also career exploration and job
searching tips.
Career XRoads
by Gerry Crispin & Mark Mehler
Bus. Ref. 650.14 Crispin (prior year in 650.14 Crispin)
Encyclopedia of Associations
edited by Kimberly N. Hunt (Gale Publishing).
Bus. Ref 060.03 Enc
Reference USA (www.simsburylibrary.info/busidata.htm)
Access via Simsbury Public Library’s web site. Requires valid
Simsbury Library card for password to access from home, anyone can
use in library. Database of over 12 million public & private
businesses. Searchable by type of business, sales, location and
more.
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Gather information for
networking & interviews
FindArticles.com (www.findarticles.com)
Free online source for full text magazine and newspaper articles.
Good source for company information.
Hoovers (www.hoovers.com)
Free source for company and industry information.
Iconn
(Connecticut’s Digital Library) (www.iconn.org)
Access periodical articles via Infotrac Onefile or General Reference
Center Gold. Requires a valid CT library card. Access newspaper
articles via Newspaper resources (Hartford Courant, New York Times,
Washington Post.) And more….
Yahoo Finance
(www.finance.yahoo.com)
Free source of information about public companies.
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Other Useful Resources
Google
(www.google.com)
My favorite search engine.
Librarians Index to the Internet
Portal. Provides annotated lists of valuable websites for a large
variety of topics.
Simsbury Public Library (www.simsburylibrary.info)
Access Infotrac Onefile (newspaper & magazine database),
ReferenceUSA (company information), Hartford Courant, New York
Times, and Washington Post..