Career and Job Resources

An online database of information on careers, colleges, and financial aid. Includes personality self-assessment tools. Students must create a user account; see librarian or career counselor for first-time registration.

Describes hundreds of jobs. For each job, it describes the training needed, the salary, the working conditions, what people do in that job, and the outlook for that job in the future. Published by U.S. Department of Labor.

This database offers hundreds of current and applicable periodicals ranging from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

In-depth news, opinion, advice and jobs for higher education. Free access for all CSM students, faculty, and staff. Users can create a personal account by accessing the library's link and using the Sign-on/Sign-up link to set up a free personal account (optional).

Articles on issues affecting the environment including renewable energy, sustainable development, green jobs, and much more.

Company profiles and full-text articles from business publications.

Resource for researching a company or preparing for an interview. Company profiles, histories, investment reports, financials, rankings, suits and claims, industry overviews, and associations. Includes links to full-text newspaper and magazine articles.

This database offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, magazines, and news sources in many subject areas. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and much more.

Find full-text articles on careers and jobs in newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and newsletters. Search using terms such as "career development," "occupations," "employment," and "vocational guidance."

Current news related to all branches of the military and government; contains articles from over 400 publications.

Provides full text articles from 800+ newspapers, as well as thousands of television and radio news transcripts. Includes major newspapers such as The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Times of London, The Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, and others.

Summary of US social, political and economic statistics taken from Federal agencies and private organizations. A continuation of a resource previously published by the Census Bureau.