Psychology

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The reference sources: Child Development, The Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior, The International Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, and Psychologists and Their Theories are available online in the Gale Virtual Reference Center (under "Reference, Facts, Encyclopedias, etc. on the Library's Homepage).

Want to get a jump-start on finding what's available through MCC Library? Try our new 360 Search. You can search 19 of our databases plus iBistro all at once.

Or search the following individually:
Check iBistro (the Library's book, video, DVD, etc. catalog) and PsycBooks for e-books on psychology and related topics.

For articles on psychology related topics use the principal database for psychology research, PsycInfo, on the Library's Homepage under "Magazine, newspaper and journal articles".

For any articles or books not available at MCC Library, use the Interlibrary Loan request forms. MCC Library will have the materials delivered here for you to use.

Other sites:
The APA Formatting and Style Guide from OWL (Online Writing Lab at Purdue University)

or try the University of Illinois' Citation Styles Handbook:APA

You can also check some of the links from MCC Library's Citation Formats Page.

If you need help in learning to use PowerPoint, check out this tutorial from University of Rhode Island, this one from Internet 4 Classrooms, or check out the list of PowerPoint tutorials available on the web, courtesy of the University of Alberta.

A grad student from U of Minnesota provides a free downloadable APA Style Sheet for MS Word for many versions of Word. Please note the librarians have not tested this software, so user beware! A different APA Style Sheet is available for Word 97, 98 and 2000. Note that to date, none of these templates are set for the new Electronic Style Manual.

Remember that the Reference Librarians are here to help!
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Career and Job Information

FINDING CAREER INFORMATION

Check iBistro to find books on your career choice or options for careers in your field of study. Try searching using the word careers and also vocational guidance.
Can't find what you need at MCC Library? Check WorldCat for additional titles and request them through Interlibrary Loan.

The Library's database Facts on File, has a career section called Ferguson's Career Guidance Center.

FUN TIP: Check Biography Reference Bank to read biographies of noted individuals in a particular field. Just start typing the occupation (not all occupations are listed) under "Profession/Activity" and hit search.

CAREER INFORMATION WEBSITES

• Check the "Occupational Outlook Handbook" at the US Department of Labor website.
• Search O*Net for additional career information. (Produced by the US Department of Labor).
• The State of New Jersey's Workforce New Jersey Public Information Center.
  
• Try the New Jersey Occupational Outlook Handbook. (Click on "Download".) If you are using a newer version of Adobe, you can use the "binoculars" on the left to search for your career.
• Do a Google search for any of the Associations listed in Ferguson's or the Occupational Outlook Handbook for additional career information.
• America's Career Infonet is also a good place to check.
• The Digital-Librarian Employment page also has links to many career related sites.
  

WAGE AND SALARY INFORMATION

Salary information from many of the sources listed above may be country-wide averages. Check wage statistics for New Jersey at the US Department of Labor.

Look at the Wall Street Journal's Career Journal for salary information on professional jobs.

Try Salary Expert

Or when using O*Net, search for your career choice in the "Quick Search" box, selecting your career from the list provided. At the bottom of the screen select "New Jersey" to find the estimated wages for the occupation in New Jersey.

COLLEGE SEARCH

Check the College Blue Book (In the Gale Virtual Reference Library) to search for colleges that offer the degree programs you want.

You can also search Peterson's College Search or CollegeNet.

NEED TO FIND A JOB?

America's Job Bank

New Jersey's Job Bank

Job listings from the Star Ledger and other NJ newspapers.

Use JobWeb for openings geared to college students.

Check MCC Career Services for job listings.

Reference Librarians are here to help!
Stop by the Reference Desk
Call us at 732 906-2561
Email us at refmcclibrary@yahoo.com
orPost a question on this Blog.