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ENC 1101 - College Composition, Prof. Smeltz Research Companion: Career Databases

Recommended Databases

Greetings Students! The two databases I recommend for finding your research are Ferguson's Career Guidance Center and the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Below, you will learn how to access the library database collection, & get some tips for searching.

Accessing Databases

Polk State Libraries provide you access to over 100 databases.  They can be viewed alphabetically, in an A-Z list, or they can be filtered by subject. Click here to access the library databases! You login with your Polk State Email credentials.

 

 

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive career research database, providing detailed and up-to-date profiles of more than 2,900 of today’s most popular jobs in 93 industries. This database now contains more than 1,000 new and updated in-depth job and industry descriptions from the new edition of Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance and from the popular Career Opportunities series—as well as a searchable archive of articles from current and past issues of Career Opportunities News, a 16-page, bi-monthly newsletter that provides timely information about colleges and the job market.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

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