O*NET OnLine is a portal for learning about occupations. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Scroll to the bottom of a career profile to view a list of professional associations under "Sources of Additional Information."
What you'll find here: Emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Over 1,000 short reference videos, nearly 300,000 high-resolution art images, and thousands of additional images across all subject areas. Subject coverage is especially diverse and equipped to address all key disciplines. How to search this database:Look at the Credo Video Tutorials help page.
What you’ll find here: A collection of entries providing general information on a wide variety on topics. It’s a good starting point if you have little or no knowledge about your topic and is a little more reliable than user-edited resources like Wikipedia. How to search this database:Look at the EBSCOhost help page.
Search for artifacts created by organizations or individuals in your discourse community. Link your library account to your Google account to access full-text articles through Google Scholar.
INSTRUCTIONS: https://youtu.be/dzIo2QSvqPM
Pew Research Center regularly makes the full datasets behind its survey reports available to the public for free. To download datasets, you’ll need to create a Pew Research Center account.
What you’ll find here: The world's largest archive of digital social science data. You can find 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, health and medical care, substance abuse, terrorism, demographics and other fields. There is also a searchable Bibliography of Data-Related Literature where you can find publications that use ICPSR data. How to search this database: Go to the Find Data tab.
What you’ll find here: Provides a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. You can browse or search for data tables, and download them as a pdf or XLS spreadsheet. How to search this database:Visit their guide page.
Searching for Trade Journal and Scholarly Journal Articles
What you’ll find here: Digital reproductions of science, social science, and humanities scholarly journals along with digitized primary sources, such as letters and images. How to search this database:Look at JSTOR’s help page.
Search tip: In the library's Books + search bar, do a search for the theoretical concept you're interested in (for example, gender, class, race, ecocriticism, etc.) AND "encyclopedia" to view specialized reference sources.
What you'll find here: A wide variety of resources including articles from more than 570 geographically diverse newspapers, magazines, and journals. Both broad and specific issues are included in country and issue topic pages. How to search this database:Visit the Gale Training Support Resource Guide.
What you’ll find here: A wide variety of resources including articles, essays, and statistics grouped by topic. These topics are current social issues, and the database covers both sides of the issue and provides background information on it. How to search this database:Visit the database’s Gale Training Support Resource Guide.