Research Guides: Career & Job Search: Finding Articles & Videos

Why Article Databases?

Databases contain full-text articles from-

They are a good source for finding up-to-date information.

Try the following searches with your job title:

Careers AND social worker

"Vocational Guidance" AND nurse

"Career Development" AND firefighter

"Job Outlook" AND librarian

Education AND physical therapist

Salary AND police

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

Here is a list of databases that contain career information -

Career & Technical Education Database This link opens in a new window
Includes nearly 600 titles, with more than 500 available in full text for research on careers and vocations, trade and industry, technical resources, and job searching.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center This link opens in a new window
Provides job and industry profiles, workplace and job hunting skills, career and industry resources, career news, career interest assessment, and more.
Business Market Research Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes: Hoover’s Company Profiles which covers global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, and officers; OxResearch which has articles covering regional economic and political developments; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports which provides global industries in depth; and Snapshots which are market research overviews on industries and countries. Coverage: 1986 - current

Films On Demand - Career & Job Search
24/7 access to closed-captioned digital educational video collections.

Below is a sample of Films On Demand online videos on career and job search.