Web Site: ENG 101 / 102 Loomis: Library Resources

Books (Online & in Print) and Videos

Occupational Outlook Handbook
written by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
CareerOneStop
written by the U.S. Department of Labor
Illinois Career Information System
written by IntoCareers (Note to student: Select the IL Residents tab to get started. You do not need to create an account to use this site).
MyNextMove
written by Infobase
O*Net
written by the National Center for O*Net Development

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center This link opens in a new window Get information on careers and industries, as well as help with resumes, cover letters, and interviews.

General All-Purpose Databases:

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Includes articles from local, regional, national and international newspapers, magazines, online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs, transcripts, and legal research, as well as federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also includes access to Nexis Dossier.

Business Database:

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window Business news and analysis. Peer-reviewed research. Case studies and SWOT analyses. Country reports. Includes Harvard Business Review.

Education, Childcare, and Coaching Databases:

Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
ERIC This link opens in a new window ERIC is the source for information on all aspects of education for all age groups, including counseling, tests, and measurement. ERIC indexes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, standards and guidelines.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window Professional Development Collection includes full text for high-quality education journals and reports

Medical/Health Databases:

Health Source - Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window Access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

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