Class Help Page: Valpo Core: Worker Paper Assignment, Spring 2009

Education, Salaries, and Background Information

Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance Ref. HF5381 .E52 2008
  Vol. 1: Career field overviews; job title index; organization, website index
  Vols. 2-5: Alphabetical listing of jobs with in-depth information
    The 2003 & 2005 editions are available for checkout; 3rd floor, HF5381 .E52
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America's top 101 jobs for college graduates : detailed information on major jobs for people with four-year and higher degrees Ref. HD6278.U5 2005

America's top 300 jobs Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 A716 2004

College majors handbook : the actual jobs, earnings, and trends for graduates of 60 college majors Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 F644 2004

Professional careers sourcebook Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 P76 2002

Occupational outlook handbook Ref. HF5382.5 .U5 U5 2008-09 [online access]

Almanac of American employers Ref. HF5382.75 .U6 A45 2002-03

O*NET Online: Occupational Information Network http://online.onetcenter.org/
America's Career InfoNet http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
Career Voyages http://www.careervoyages.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Career Information http://www.bls.gov/k12/
Career Journal/Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/careers

Societal and Issue-related Information

Working Americans, 1880-1990 Ref. HD8066 .D47 2000
  Vol. 1: The Working Class
  Vol. 2: The Middle Class
  Vol. 3: The Upper Class
  Vol. 4: Their Children
  Vol. 5: America at War
  Vol. 6: Women at Work
  Vol. 7: Social Movements

Work and family in America : a reference handbook Ref. HD4904.25 .S84 2001
Work in America : an encyclopedia of history, policy, and society Ref. HD8066 .W637 2003
Encyclopedia of business ethics and society Ref. HF5387 .E53 2008
Gender, race, and ethnicity in the workplace : issues and challenges for today's organizations Ref. HF5549.5.M5 G46 2006

Searching for additional information on your own: Recommended starting points

Federal Government: [more...]
   American Fact Finder: Most-recent Census data; American Community Survey data
   Statistical Abstract of the United States
   Bureau of Labor Statistics

Indiana State Government: [more...]
   Hoosiers by the Numbers (Indiana Workforce Development)
   Indiana Business Research Center
   Stats Indiana

Other:
   Encyclopedia of associations Ref. AS22 .E5
   Google Directory: Associations http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Associations/
   Google Directory: Employment http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Employment/
   Associations on the Internet Index http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/
   ASAE Gateway to Associations Directory http://www.asaecenter.org/directories/associationsearch.cfm

Academic Search Premier an excellent place to start for almost any class assignment, offers full-text access to many resources [more...]

Lexis Nexis Academic especially useful for finding full-text newspaper articles [more...]

Occupational Outlook Quarterly Full-text in many databases and also available in print in the Christopher Center. Search JournaLocator to various subscriptions.

   All professional and discipline-related article resources and databases...

   If you already have a journal title, use JournaLocator to determine if VU has a subscription.

GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog resources available at VU libraries [more...]

WorldCat resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]

VU Writing Center  http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter/

A Pocket Style Manual Writing Center Collection, CCLR First Floor

Diana Hacker's Bedford St. Martins Research and Documentation Site http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/  An outstanding site!

Annotated Bibliography Assistance http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html

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