Career Library offers a comprehensive information resource for career and college research. Five user-friendly components help users match their interests to occupations, education prospects, and more.
The Exploration Center lets users assess career interests and explore information pertaining to occupations and higher education. It contains interest and skills assessments, connecting results to a career cluster and/or occupation list. It provides various search options and important information including: Occupation Search, College Search, Financial Aid Information, Apprenticeships, Military Occupations, College Majors, State-specific Data, Occupation Video Library (English and Spanish), and more.
The Planning Center lets users obtain printable resources and gather information to assist with entering the higher education community or the workforce. It includes resources such as a resume builder, and checklists for college and career planning.
The Resource Center lets users search for web resources related to colleges/universities, careers, curriculum, and much more. It provides information on items including: "Cool Jobs" (job profiles on up-and-coming or out-of-the-ordinary careers), Web Resources, Full Text Articles, Standards-aligned Curriculum, Occupation Video Library (English and Spanish), State-specific Data, and more.
The Activity Center offers ways for users to test their knowledge on history, vocabulary, math, English, and occupations in an engaging environment. It includes items such as Interactive Quizzes on history and vocabulary, online polls, sample proficiency and standardized test questions, GED sample tests and more.
Learning Express provides an interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. LearningExpress also provides study guides, test-preparation, and career/resume e-books to help people prepare for tests, explore careers, advance in school, or pass licensing, certification, or competitive entry-level exams.
List of E-book Titles and Practice Tests
NetLibrary e-books offers access to the full text of more than 22,000 reference, scholarly, and professional full-text books online. There are over 600 titles that cover career exploration and resumes/cover letters/interviewing.
Career Related E-book Titles
ReferenceUSA is a searchable database with detailed information, including addresses and phone numbers, on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, and 285,000 executives at 95,000 high-tech companies. Job seekers can look for companies that match their degree or interest, conduct research about industries and companies, and find executives (especially Human Resource officers), corporate families, and company descriptions.
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