Bristol Community College Library Learning Commons: ANS100: Professional & Academic Success Seminar (Winokur): Career Resources

Recommended Resources for Career Research

It might be surprising, but blindly googling isn't your best bet here. The government actually collects lots of information about careers that you're looking for, all packaged in nice neat pages on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, linked below. There are other great resources, like O*Net which will help you understand the characteristics required of certain positions, which you'll also find below.

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Outlook Handbook
The OOH can help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations.
O*NET OnLine
O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more!

Another great resource for researching your potential career is our Vocations and Careers database, linked below. It's probably best to identify the career first in the OOH and O*Net before research in V&C.

Vocations and Careers OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

Finding videos can be easy as well! The Bristol Library Learning Commons has two fantastic databases for educational/academic streaming videos you can use for your research. I've linked them below.

Alexander Street Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers over 70,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 18,000* titles are exclusive to Alexander Street.
Curated for the educational experience, the massive depth of content and breadth of content-types (such as documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc.) in Academic Video Online makes it a useful resource for all types of patrons.
Films On Demand This link opens in a new window
A web-based digital video delivery service that allows you instant 24/7 access to over 6,200 full-length programs and 65,800 video segments grouped into prearranged subject-specific categories: Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Mathematics, Health & Medicine, Technical Education, Family & Consumer Sciences, Careers & Job Search, and Guidance & Counseling.