LibGuides: Managing Yourself: Career Exploration

Library Sources for Career Exploration

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Subjects: Business
Description: Research database from ProQuest containing full text.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Trade/Professional Articles; Company Reports; Industry Reports

Tip: Go to LMU's Career and Professional Development (CPD) for more links.

Career One Stop
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, this site offers tools to help job seekers, students, businesses and career professionals.
Glassdoor
Career community that is changing the way people find jobs, and companies recruit top talent.
Indeed Job Trends
LinkedIn
My Next Move by O*Net
Developed for the U.S. Department of Labor, this site includes information on over 900 occupations.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Offers occupational profiles that highlight job responsibilities, education requirements, earnings, work environment and more.
Riley's Guide: Career Research Center
Includes jobs, salary and education information on over 400 careers that require education beyond high school.
Salary.com
Vault Career Intelligence
Offers information on industries and professions including salary info, skills, and education requirements.

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LINK+
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*Please note it can take up to three weeks for a book requested through ILLiad to arrive at LMU.

Book Request Form - ILLiad
Requesting books through ILLiad can take up to a few weeks, due to mailing time.
Create an ILLiad account and fill out the book request form to have books that are unavailable at LMU or in LINK+ delivered from another library. Due dates are set by the lending library and can vary. Books delivered to LMU are held at the Circulation Desk.
WorldCat
Search for books at more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. Then complete the online book request form in ILLiad.