Resources for Students: Careers by Major

Resources for Students: Occupations & Careers | Careers by Major | Self-Assessment
The Job Search / Salary Information | Transfer / Career Success | Industry & Company Resources

Professional Resources: Teaching & Learning | Research Resources | History of Cooperative Education at LaGuardia
The Global Workplace

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Subscription Resources | Internet Resources | Books

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Subscription Resources (databases)

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 8,500 publications, including more than 7,300 scholarly journals. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Some content goes back as far as 1887. Highly recommended for all academic subjects.
• Associations Unlimited A directory of approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields including IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations.
• Business and Company Resource Center Includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals.
• Business Source Complete Covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost. Provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Some full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
• Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Provides information on jobs and industries as well as information on resume writing, interviews, scholarships, schools and internships.
• Job & Career Accelerator
• LearningExpress Online tests and tutorials for a variety of tests and subjects, including the firefighters exam, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), TOEFL, Basic Writing Success Skills, U.S. citizenship, and GED.
• LexisNexis Academic Full-text access to newspapers from around the world. Also contains legal and business information. Here is a video introducing LexisNexis.
• Research Guide: Career Research — Experiential Education & Internship Programs

Internet/Web Resources (unlicensed)

Majors Exploration

• Prentice Hall Student Success

Commercial photography

• American Society of Media Photographers
• National Press Photographers Association

Dietetic Technician

• American Dietetic Association
• New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions: Dietetics and Nutrition

EMT/Paramedic

• National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
• New York City Fire Department
• International Association of Flight Paramedics

Fine Arts

• American Institute of Graphic Arts
• Art Jobs: Art & Design Career & Employment
• Arts Opportunities
• College Art Association
• National Association of Independent Artists
• National Endowment for the Arts
• New York Foundation for the Arts

Foodservice Management

• Culinary Careers
• National Restaurant Association
• New York State Restaurant Association

Mathematics

• American Mathematical Association
• Association for Women in Mathematics
• American Statistical Association
• Mathematical Association of America
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Mortuary Science

• National Funeral Directors Association
• New York State Funeral Directors Association

Nursing

• Library Media Resource Center Resources for Nursing

Occupational Therapy

• American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
• Rehab Career.com
• New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions: Occupational Therapy
• New York State Occupational Therapy Association

Paralegal Studies

• American Association for Paralegal Education
• National Association of Legal Assistants
• National Federation of Paralegal Associations
• International Paralegal Management Association
• American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Assistants

Physical Therapy

• American Physical Therapy Association
• LaGuardia Community College Physical Therapist Assistant Program
• New York Physical Therapy Association
• New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions: Physical Therapy

Travel and Tourism

• American Society of Travel Agents
• New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association

Veterinary Technology

• American Veterinary Medical Association
• National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA)
• New York State Association of Veterinary Technicians
• New York State Department of Education Office of the Professions: Veterinary Medicine

Books

You can also find more books by searching the library catalog, CUNY+, using the keywords college majors

Fogg, Neeta. The college majors handbook with real career paths and payoffs: the actual jobs, earnings, and trends for graduates of 60 college majors / 2nd ed. Indianapolis, IN: JIST Works, 2004.
REF HF 5382.5 .U5 F644 2004

Goldgerg, Jan. Great jobs for computer science majors / Jan Goldberg. Chicago: VGM Career Books, 2003.
QA 76.25 .G62 2003

To find more books in the "Great jobs for" series search for the keywords great jobs and majors in CUNY+, or the keywords great jobs and the specific major, for example: great jobs and accounting majors, great jobs and English majors.

Phifer, Paul. College majors and careers : a resource guide for effective life planning / Paul Phifer. 4th ed. Chicago, IL : Ferguson Pub. Co., 2000.
REF HF 5382.5 U5 P445 2000

Shatkin, Laurence. Quick guide to college majors and careers / Laurence Shatkin. Indianapolis, IN: Jist Works, 2002.
REF LB 2361.5 S53 2002