College and Career Search Tips and Resources

Using the Library

• General Call Numbers
  • The library has put most of the reference and circulating books in the Career Section of the the Library.
  • Career collection has hundreds of career research, GED, AP class resources, college entrance exam tutorials, specific job entrance exams, job info, & resume writing.
  • Call numbers are mostly in the 331-378 and 600-900
• Searching the Catalog
  • Catalog tutorial - http://tech.tln.lib.mi.us/web2/tutorial/
• Reference Books (Unless otherwise noted all materials are in the Career Reference Section)
  

  4 Year Colleges 378 Petersons 2004 College Blue Book - 378.73 College 29th Ed. Adams Job Interview Almanac 650.14 Adam Adams Cover Letter Almanac 650.14 Adam America's Best Colleges (U.S. News & World Report College Rankings) 378.73 Americas 2003 College Money Handbook 378.309 College 2004 Encyclopedia of Careers - 331.7002 Encyclopedia 2003 Guide to Distance Learning Programs 374.26 Guide Job Vault 650.14 Hamadeh

  Michigan Postsecondary Adminssion and Financial Assistance Handbook 378.105 Michigan Occupational Outlook Handbook Ref Desk 371.42 Occupational 2002-03 Peterson's Graduate Program Series 378,155 Petersons Scholarship Almanac 2003 378.309 Scholarship Scholarship Book 2003 378.34 Hastings Summer Opportunities for Kids and Tennagers 790.192 Peterson 2003 Two-Year Colleges 378.73 Petersons 2003 Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook Juv Ref Juv 331.7 Young

• Interloaning Materials
  • TLN - http://web2.tln.lib.mi.us/english/brit/ 65 other public libraries in Wayne, Washtenaw, Oakland and Livingston Counties. Can interloan all items except those marked local request. Can put items from our library on hold even if it is local request. Interloans through TLN generally take 3-7 days for delivery.
  • MiLE - http://brightonlibrary.info/mile.html - Academic and public libraries. Includes Macomb County, WSU, EMU, MSU and others. Interloans through MiLE take 7-10 days to be delivered.
  • WorldCat - (note: when logging in from home will need to type in library card number) This is a world wide mail-delvered interloaning system. Interloans through this system take about 6 weeks to be delivered to Brighton.

Using Online Library Resources (when logging in from home must type in library card number)

• Reference USA Business Database - research a company or organization - get information such as contact info, # of employees, CEO, credit rating, type of business, purchasing agent.
• General Reference Center Gold -
• Wilson Select Plus
• More Specific Indexes
• Using our website

Using the Web

• Search Tips
  • Check websites of associations and specific organizations in the field your interested in.
  • Check city/county/state websites.
  • If looking for jobs in other cities, check their online newspaper classified section
  • Put college names in parenthesis if not getting results quickly.
• Recommended Websites
  • College Entrance Exams
    • Learn-a-Test (register from a library computer, take sample tests free from any Internet connection) contains test for college entrance, job certification, citizenship, ESL, GED, career interest surveys, etc.
    • SAT http://www.collegeboard.com
    • ACT http://act.org
    • GRE http://www.gre.org
    • GMAT http://mba.com
    • LSAT http://lsat.com
    • MCAT http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/start.htm
  • College Websites
    • Peterson's Education Portal http://www.petersons.com/
  • College Rankings
    • Princeton Review http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/
    • U.S. News and World Report http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm
  • College Financial Aid
    • College Board's Scholarship Search http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp (does not require registration, does not have scholarship info for graduate work)
    • Fastweb.com fastweb.com (lots of ads)
  • Career Research
    • Michigan Career Portal- http://michigan.gov/careers - click on "Career Exploration" go get Occupational Outlook-type info with Michigan salaries and predictions. Also look at
    • Occupational Outlook - http://www.bls.gov/oco/
    • Wage, Earnings, and Benefits Statistics - http://stats.bls.gov/bls/wages.htm
  • Career Interest Testing
  • Kiersey Bates - http://www.keirsey.com/
  • Learn-a-Test (register from a library computer, take sample tests free from any Internet connection) has career interest surveys, etc.
  • Job Sites
    • America's Jobbank -http://www.jobsearch.org
    • Michigan Works - http://www.michiganworks.org/
    • monster.com
    • hotjobs.com
  • Michigan Job Certification Info
    • Michigan Licensed Occupations http://michigan.gov/careers - scroll towards bottom on click on Michigan Licensed Occupations.