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 PATHFINDERS  TOP
Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media 
on a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they
begin their research project.

Careers

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop. Type in the topic you want to search. If you don't already have 
a topic, you can find some lists of books on careers by typing in:

Careers
Occupations
Vocational Guidance
High School Graduates--Employment--United States
Employment Interviewing   
                       OR
Try a title search using these career book series' titles:
Opportunities in; Careers in Focus; Extraordinary jobs; Top careers in two years....

Some titles we have are:

610.69
POR		 Porterfield, Deborah. Top Careers in Two Years: Health Care, Medicine, and Science. New York: Ferguson, 2008.
647.94
CAR		 Careers in Focus: Travel & Hospitality. New York: Ferguson, 2007.
REF
331.7
AME		 America's Top 300 Jobs.  Indianapolis, IN : JIST,  2004.
REF
331.7
CAR		 Career Information Center. (13 vols.)  Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.
REF
331.7
ENC		 Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance. (5 vols.) Chicago : 
Ferguson, 2005.
REF
331.7
FAR		 100 Fastest-Growing Careers.  Indianapolis, IN: JIST, 2006.
REF
331.7
UNI		 U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook : 2008-2009.  Indianapolis, IN : JIST, 2008.
REF
331.702
FAR		 Farr, J. Michael. Top 100 Careers for College Graduates.  Indianapolis, IN: JIST, 2007.
REF
331.702
FAR		 Farr, J. Michael. Top 100 Careers Without a Four-Year Degree.  Indianapolis, IN: JIST, 2007.

SELECTED WEB SITES

Occupational Outlook Handbook
 http://www.bls.gov/oco/
The definitive source from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This handbook allows the user to search 
by career and get a description of the work, education required,  and expected salary.

What Interests You?
http://www.bls.gov/k12
The Bureau of Labor Statistics links you to information on various careers based on your general interests.

Career Browser
 http://www.collegeboard.com/apps/careers/index
Choose a general category and link to specific job information, including working conditions, forecasts, related careers, and job requirements.

What Can I Do with a Major in...
 http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/
University of North Carolina at Wilmington's Career Services.  Find info on various careers, related titles, job & internship opportunities, career planning, and professional associations.

Career Explorer 
 http://careerexplorer.net/descriptions.asp
Provides job descriptions about dozens of major career fields, the types of jobs you can find in each one, and what you might do in these jobs.

Quintessential Careers
http://www.quintcareers.com/index.html
A comprehensive career and job site. Look around, there are career tutorials, resume writing tutorials 
and lots more.

America's Career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/default.asp?tab=generaloutlook
A page that asks the user about different aspects of their
career interest and gives the user some options when it calculates the data. 

SELECTED COLLEGE SITES

Internet Public Library (Teen Division)--Career Pathways--College and Career
www.ipl.org/teen
Has many websites on colleges and career choices.

High School Ace--Colleges and Careers
http://www.highschoolace.com
Has info on college search, admissions and financial aid; also, SAT vocabulary, study skills, teen health.

Boston Public Library Teen Lounge--Teen Lounge--College Advice
www.bpl.org/teens
Links to college guides, MCAS practice, homework help.

College Source Online
http://www.collegesource.org/idxsearch.asp
Allows you to search college catalogs by specific criteria.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps, and TV transcripts.

Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 -  current), Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts Newspapers.

Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these
resources from home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available 
from the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member 
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.

CITING SOURCES

 

Using these links indicates the user is leaving 
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.

Edited by Media Staff
02/02/09
Date last edited
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