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OU Libraries offers outstanding resources for advisors and students seeking major and career advice. To get started, below is an abbreviated list of recent resources Alden keeps for faculty, staff, and students. Let me know if there are others we should own, or if you have any trouble finding what you need. (Sherri Saines, Instructional Librarian, saines@ohio.edu)
Resources for Advisors:
Books: Meeting the needs of African American Women / Mary F. Howard-
Hamilton, ed., c2004.
Alden 6th Floor LB1027.5 .N48 no.104
Counseling the procrastinator in academic settings / edited by
Henri C. Schouwenburg ... [et al, c2004.
Alden 6th Floor LB2395.4 .C68 2004
Advisor training : exemplary practices in the development of
advisor skills /: NACADA, 2003.
On order
Strengthening first-year student learning at doctoral/research-
extensive universities : examples of current practice/ Brevard, NC : PCFYC, c2002.
Alden 6th Floor LB2343.32 .S77 2002x
Visible solutions for invisible students : helping sophomores
succeed / Laurie A. Schreiner, Jerry Pattengale,editors. Columbia, S.C. : NRCFYEST, c2000. Alden 6th Floor LB2343 .V57 2000x
Journals owned by Ohio University
Journal of Career Development e-journal
NACADA Journal current pers, 4th floor. The mentor: an academic advising journal. e-journal
Journal of College Counseling current pers, 4th floor.
Resources for Students
The most important thing to tell an advisee you might send to the library or Career Services is to ASK if they have ANY trouble finding ANYTHING. Thats what we do!
Series (scattered locations): Search by title in Alice to uncover titles in these series:
Career Opportunities in
.. , (60+ of these) for ex.: Career opportunities in the publishing industry / Fred Yager, Jan
Yager, c2005.
Opportunities in
, (210+ of these) for ex: Opportunities in biological science careers [electronic resource]/ Kathleen Belikoff. Chicago : VGM Career Books, c20
Electronic resources:
OU Career Services maintains very informative pages. Dig in here to find the CareerSearch database and Monster.coms Major-to-Career converter.
Ohio University Career Services: http://www.ohiou.edu/careers. CareerSearch (database for job and career information): http://beta.careersearch.net//client
Major to Career Converter: www.monstertrak.monster.com/resources/mtcc/resourceframe_index.html
Occupational outlook handbook. (e-book), 2004. A government document that outlines many careers and the prospects for each. First most used career resource. Find in Alice or Infotree by title.
Quick guide to college majors and careers [electronic resource]/
Laurence Shatkin, c2002. Find in Alice by title.
InfoTree has its own page of more than 34 career-related resources.
http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/bysubject/general/employment/
Books on the 6th floor:
Guide to college majors : everything you need to know to choose the right major, c2002
Alden 6th floor LB2361.5 .G85 2002x
Selecting a college major : exploration and decision making/ Virginia N. Gordon, Susan J. Sears, c2004
Alden 6th Floor LB2361 .G67 2004
Books in Reference on the 2nd floor:
The College Board book of majors. New York : College Board, c2004-. Alden 2nd Fl Reference L901 .C6787 2005
College majors handbook with real career paths and payoffs : the
actual jobs, earnings, and trends for graduates of 60 college
majors / Neeta P. Fogg, et.al., c2004.
Alden 2nd Fl Reference HF5382.5.U5 F644 2004
Videos:
You can be anything [videorecording] / a White-Hadary Production
for the Center for Women and Information Technology at UMBC, [2004]
Alden 2nd Floor IMTS HF5381.2 .Y68 2004x DVD VIDEO. | 
