AHS 119 - Health Careers
Best Bets - Databases
These databases can help you find information on health careers.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowProvides access to full text of hundreds of highly regarded and popular titles. And Credo brings the facts alive with images, sound files, animations, and much more. Find speedy, simple answers and authoritative, in-depth articles.
- Ferguson's Career Guidance Center This link opens in a new windowFeatures expertly researched, detailed content on more than 140 industries and more than 1,000 professions, with current information on earnings, employment trends, job requirements, and essential skills. Learn more about a career or take a career interest assessment to find a career that might suit you.
- Vocational & Career Collection This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs. Full text access to over 330 trade and industry-related periodicals.
- USAJobsGovernment job listings- you can sort and filter according to location, occupation, and experience.
Best Bets - Books
These eBook resources can help you find information on health careers.
- Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowA collection of eBooks ranging across all academic subjects. eBook Central gives students and faculty seamless and immediate access to the eBooks they need.
- EBSCO Academic Collection This link opens in a new windowA collection of multidisciplinary eBooks representing a wide range of academic subjects.
- Fact Check.OrgA reliable fact-checking website.
- Media BiasA reliable site that ranks bias of information based on a comprehensive scale. This is an excellent source which addresses current social media campaigns, but also ranks resources such as websites, news organizations, etc.
- University of Michigan Social Media rankerThe University of Michigan has created an "Iffy" quotient that ranks information on social media websites.
- SnopesAnother fact-checking website, Snopes is another resource that attempts to rapidly address misinformation as it begins to spread.
- PolitifactA fact-checking website primarily focused on politics (as the name suggests). They are highly transparent in not only their process, but also their funding.
Websites
These websites can help find information about specific health careers.
- Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvides a ‘snapshot’ of national data obtained from different BLS surveys and programs including state, county, and metropolitan area data.
- Career OnestopA source for career exploration, training and job hunting. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
- Occupational Outlook HandbookThe OOH details the duties, education, training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of careers.
- O*Net OnLineIncludes information on the required skills, abilities, knowledge, work, and interests for over 900 occupations.
Note:
Most professions have associations that certify and create guidelines for career paths. For example, physical therapists have the American Physical Therapy Association. Try searching for your career and its related professional association.