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Career & Job Search: Finding Books

This guide is created to assist students in their career research.

Search words to try in the library catalog:

Try the following search terms in the catalog to look for books:

Books that talk about multiple careers

  • career changes
  • career development  
  • job hunting
  • labor supply 
  • occupations 
  • Vocational guidance
  • Wages

Books that talk about a specific career

  • automobiles AND vocational guidance
  • educational counseling
  • music AND vocational guidance
  • nursing AND careers

Sample eBooks

These eBooks can be accessed 24/7 by current Mt.SAC students, faculty and staff. Use your portal username/password for off-campus access.

Career Book Series

Some career books are published in a "Series". A series is a sequence of books having common characteristics and is formally identified together as a group.

Click a link below to browse books in that series -

Sample Books

Find these books in the Library's Vocational Collection and take them home to read!