Resource Guide:
Career Exploration and Social Intelligence
Websites and Digital Archives
The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.
Subject Headings
Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.
- Vocational Guidance
- Career Development
- Leadership
- Self-actualization (Psychology)
Research Databases
The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.
Online Journals
The following journals supply articles to the library’s databases. You can see if a specific journal supplies articles to our databases by searching the journal title on the library journal page.
- Journal of Career Development
- Career Planning and Adult Development Journal
- Career Development Quarterly
Print Materials at the Von Canon Library
Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.
| Title | Call Number |
|---|---|
| Competency-based Resumes: how to bring your resume to the top of the pile | HF 5383 .K47 2005 |
| How to Create a Picture of Your Ideal Job or Next Career: the quick job-hunting (and career-changing) map | HF 5382.7 .B627 1991 |
| Career Opportunities in Advertising and Public Relations | HF 5828.4 .F54 |
| Career Choice and Development | HF 5381 .C265143 1984 |
| How to be a Positive Leader: small actions, big impact | HD 57.7 .H683 2014 |