New Resources!

The library has three new resources!  They have been added to our list of databases.

• Job & Career Accelerator -- interest assessment, career exploration, resume builder and job search platform.
• LearningExpress Library -- practice tests & interactive skill building tutorials. Prepare for the GED, as well as professional certification, licensing, and aptitude tests in civil service, law enforcement, firefighting, EMS, military, real estate,and healthcare. Prepare for college and graduate school admissions tests including the SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT.
• NBC Learn Higher Ed -- thousands of videos, historic newsreels, primary source documents, and  photographs from NBC News.

Please give these resources a try. Find them userful?  Not your cup of tea?  Post a comment and share.  Feedback on the usefulness of any database is appreciated!

Some Job Hunting Resources @ the library

E-JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS (PERIODICALS):

1. Under DATABASES, click "Online Periodicals By Title/SFX"
2. Type career or an occupation (ex: nursing) into the search box.
3. Click Go.

Video tutorial (requires Flash).

BOOKS AND E-BOOKS:

1. Under LIBRARY CATALOG, click "Books, Periodicals, etc..."
2. Click "Advanced Search Options"
3. Change Library drop down box to "TSC-Career Services"
4. Type career or the name of an occupation (ex: nursing) into the keyword search box.
5. Click Search.

Video tutorial (requires Flash).

Note: Items labeled "TSC-Career Services" are not located in the Dick Smith library. They are in the Tarleton Student Center, in the Career Services office (campus map).

Obsolete Occupations -- What Might be Next?

Time's passage brings with it many changes:

• Advanced technologies become commonplace.
• Medical discoveries enhance people's well-being.
• Professions never before imagined become everyday occupations.
• Occupations that once employed many people become extinct.

A glimpse into occupations that no longer exist is provided by the NPR article "The Jobs Of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations." This interactive, slideshow article offers photographs and descriptions of 12 by-gone professions, as well as several recordings of folk reflecting on "those oft-forgotten jobs."

The article also prompts some interesting questions:

• What changes might the future hold?
• Which of today's professions might be headed for extinction?
• Any ideas?