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Resources Available at the Library (Psych/Counseling: Wilson)

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Reference Books/Web Sites  |  Library Subscription Databases  |  Library Catalog  |  Searching EbscoHost  |  Emailing/Printing Articles

To begin, go to the Library’s web site: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/ 

Reference Books/Reliable Reference Websites

For this assignment, you should go to reliable reference resources to get the most authoritative information on your career.  Searching randomly on the Web will lead you to problems as anybody can put anything on the Web.  To search further, you can search our online subscription databases, listed below.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Reference Shelves: HF5381.A1 O362
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Best Jobs for the 21st Century Reference Shelves: HF 5381.15 F37 2004

Career Guide to America’s Top Industries

Reference Shelves: HF 5382.5 U5 C315 2004

America’s Top 300 Jobs: A Complete Career Handbook

Reference Shelves: HD5724 .A587 2004

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance

Reference Shelves: HF 5831.E52 2003

Career Information Center

Reference Shelves: HF 5382.5 U5 C32
Occupational Outlook: East Bay Reference Shelves: HF 5382.5 U5 A43 2003

Online Reference Shelf: Employment, Careers, and Study Abroad

http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/employment.html

Librarians’ Internet Index: Career Development

http://lii.org/pub/subtopic/822

Vocational Guidance Journals
Look at especially Occupational Outlook Quarterly.  Some of these titles are in EbscoHost or another library subscription database.

http://tinyurl.com/y99uxf

Encyclopedia of Associations    
This source lists tens of thousands of associations, including professional organizations..  Each listing gives a short description and includes an address and phone number, along with Web site address. 

Reference Shelves: HS17 G33

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Reference Desk: HC202 U58

Online Reference Shelf: College Guides, Grants, and Scholarships

http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/college.html

Resources By subject

http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/subjectindex/
Internships Reference Shelves: HD 59.6 U6 I585

Professional Careers Sourcebook

Reference Shelves: HF5382.5.U5 P76 1997

Library Subscription Databases: From the Library home page, select “Magazines, Journal Articles, Newspapers” or go to  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html.  —To find articles related to your topic that originally appeared in magazines, journals, and newspapers.  Originally published in print form, meaning these articles have been screened by editors and other professionals and the information has been determined to be accurate and any opinions have been well backed up and stated by a credentialed expert.

Mainly Magazines and Journals

Mainly Newspapers

EbscoHost Academic Search Elite
A multi-subject database, covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more!   Tutorial available at: http://tinyurl.com/yzp8nl
Paper tutorial available in last two pages of this handout.

ProQuest Diversity Databases
Alt-PressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch.  Coverage of the alternative, ethnic, and gender newspapers and magazines written by and for their audiences.
Paper handout available to print at http://tinyurl.com/dgg2v

EbscoHost Health Databases
Search CINAHL Plus Text and other databases to find information related to any of the health professions.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
A newspapers, company information, and legal database.  Search “Quick News Search” for articles from newspapers, magazines, and news transcripts from the last two years.

Library Catalog

Good to find a book that provides more detailed background on your desired profession, however in most cases, the information here is not as up to date.  Good to use if you want to do more further detailed study.  You may have to search under more broad terms and in some cases, you may have to find a desired, fairly up to date book at other libraries.  You locate a book in our collection by its call number.

Searching the Catalog:  This is the best approach when your research need relies you to combine search terms.  Make sure words or phrase is selected underneath Search For and narrow your search down to Chabot College if you only want to find books available at Chabot.  Combine different terms such as: united states AND iraq or cloning AND religion.   . enter your terms with AND in between and then click on the search button.

See Your Search Strategy for more information on phrasing a search statement.

Library Catalog Search Form

Searching EBSCOhost

First, before searching any database, come up with a search strategy. 

For this class assignment, select Academic Search Elite.  From the Library home page, go to Magazine, Journal Articles, Newspapers.   The selection for Academic Search Elite is listed under All Subjects.  Click on Go Directly Into The Database.  Or . . .

EbscoHost Academic Search Elite selection

If you have a computer with low memory or you have a disability, click on Academic Search Elite, and then click on the link to the right of the Text Only icon.  Then, click on Academic Search Elite to get into the database.

EbscoHost Text Only: For Slower Connections and for Disability Accessible Software

EBSCOhost Search Form

EbscoHost Search Form Screen Capture

You can also search by ONE TERM at a time by clicking on Subjects. If you get results you do not want, click on  Refine Searchand perform a different search.  To view your past searches, click on  Search History.

 

By default, results in EbscoHost are listed by date, most recent first.  By clicking on the pull down menu on the top right of your results, you can change how you want your results, sorted.  Changing your results by relevance may help you in some cases.

Sort by Pull Down Menu
   

Reading the Results List Screen 

Results List Screen Capture 

Reading the Top of an Article

When you click on the full record of a result, which should be clicking on the title (NOT the full text icon) you will read information about the article.  If you find a really good article and want to find more like it, clicking on links next to Subject(s), Source, or Author(s) may help.
 

Title:

Bilingual education.

Subject(s) :

EDUCATION, Bilingual

Source :

Phi Delta Kappan  , May98, Vol. 79 Issue 9, p672, 6p, 1bw

Author(s) :

Rothstein, Richard

Abstract :

Focuses on the controversy surrounding bilingual education. The arguments of proponents and opponents of bilingual education; The history of bilingual education; The mixed findings on bilingual education.

EMAILING/PRINTING ARTICLES

EMAILING An Article

1.       Make sure you have the article itself on the screen.  Otherwise, you may be emailing yourself a list of citations.

 2.       Click on the Email button:  E-Mail.  It is available on the top of the screen of each database.  On the right are Email buttons as they appear in our many databases

3.       You may be asked to make certain selections.  If you want full text make sure it is selected and then click on "Submit" or "OK"

4.       Enter Email address and then select "Submit" or "OK"

Printing An Article

1.      Make sure you have the article itself on the screen
2.      Click on the Print button on the EbscoHost screen:  Print

3.      Make sure Detailed Citation and Abstract and HTML text is available.

4.      From your browser, select Print Preview to Preview your print jobs.  When done, select print.

5.      If what you have is a PDF file, you need to click on the Print icon from the Adobe Acrobat toolbar itself, Printer Icon from Adobe Acrobat Reader Toolbar, otherwise you will end up printing a blank page.

6.      If you’re on campus, you will need to then go to a Go Print station to then use your Go Print card to pay for your print job (ten cents per page).  For information on how to Print on campus using the Go Print card, go to http://tinyurl.com/ydlubk