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Research as Inquiry

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) provides valuable career-related information on hundreds of jobs. Information provided includes job and work environment descriptions, salary information, and job outlook projections.
O*NET OnLine
O*NET Online includes information on skills, abilities, work activities, and interests associated with more then 900 occupations. This information can be used to facilitate career exploration and vocational counseling.
Peterson's Test Prep
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Information about universities, career schools, test preparation, and career exploration. Review for and take online practice tests for standardized exams: GED, GRE, GMAT, SAT, ACT, ASVAB, and TOEFL, etc.
LearningExpress Library
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Includes materials for basic skills remediation, GED, college entrance exams, career licensing and certification, and improving job skills such as computer use and interviewing. Over 800 online practice tests which are immediately scored and more than 200 ebooks in PDF format are downloadable.

Academic OneFile
Covers multiple topics including the hard sciences, medicine, engineering and business. Includes the New York Times from 1985 to the present as well as the London Times and Financial Times. Covers 1980 to present.
General OneFile
One-stop source for news and periodical articles. Includes the databases in General Reference Gold.
College In Context
Gale In Context: College offers interdisciplinary content that reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. Learners can access news content including full-text newspapers and periodicals like The Economist, The New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Science, Smithsonian, and more. Empower learning with hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio selections that include archival film clips, broadcast video, BBC News, New York Times video, and NPR.
Discovery: search the catalog and more
Your all-in-one search tool to find books, media, articles, and more.

A-to-Z List & Subject List of Search Tools
See a list of all library search tools organized alphabetically and by subject area.

The article must be peer-reviewed and preferably less than 5 years old.

1. Attach the article you find to this assignment or copy and paste the permalink to the article into the Text Entrybox.

2. Include one sentence in the text box or submission comments explaining how this article helps you learn more about the career you are exploring.

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