Location Location - ENC 1102 - Nolasco (Ybor City) - LibGuides at Hillsborough Community College

Recommended Websites

In the United States

To help you find your perfect place to live—in the US, or a foreign country.

Sperling's BestPlaces
Comparison information—cost of living, health, housing, crime, climate, transportation—on thousands of U.S. cities. Includes profiles of neighborhoods, statistics on schools, and interactive tools to "display a ranking of the cities which best meet your criteria."
Cost of Living Wizard
See how relocating (or staying where you are) might affect your standard of living. You can compare living-cost indexes and salary differentials between your current and future locations.
CNN/Money.Com Find a Job
View current job listing nationwide. Use Advanced Job Search to find a specific job in a specific state. On the right, Search by Job Category—OR—below that—Search by Company Name.
Wages By Area and Occupation: State
Wages by Area & Occupation: Metropolitan Area
Outside the United States
Transitions Abroad
Comprehensive portal for working or studying abroad, cultural travel overseas and international living.
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The site provides job opportunities abroad and also tips on traveling abroad touching on topics such as cuisines, budgets and legal aspects. Also read articles from TAzine.
The University of Michigan International Center
Nationally-recognized site with a wealth of information about working, studying, or traveling abroad, plus FAQs and links to useful information such as hostel and scholarship sites.
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While the information regarding study-abroad opportunities is directed toward University of Michigan students, the rest of the site is useful to anyone interested in going abroad, not just to the Univerisity of Michigan community.

Helpful Book in the Library

America's Top-Rated Cities: A Statistical Handbook
Call Number: REF HA 214 .A43

REF in front of the Call Number indicates a Reference book (not for check-out).

Library Database About Countries

If you plan to move to a foreign country, use this database to find out everything you need to know about the way of life, government, etc. Click the button for tips. If prompted to log-in, please refer to the HCC ID & Library LogIn tab.

Global Road Warrior (World Trade Press)
Select a country. The Country Snapshot will include sections on the Land, People, History and Current Conditions. Links on the left include Climate, Food, Health and Medical, Language Glossaries and Money and Banking. Every page has a "Cite this Document" tool at the bottom.

Library Databases

For finding mostly articles on many topics. If prompted to log-in, please refer to the HCC ID & Library LogIn tab. Click the button for tips.

Need more? Try Databases by Subject

General OneFile (Gale)
Select More Options:Full Text Documents before you click Search. This way you will only bring up results that have the full article, and not just information about the article.
When you have your results, you can narrow them down by Subject, Document Type, etc.

Search Tips

Try the name of your desired place.

The name of your desired place + the phrase quality of life.

Moving household.

If you find an article you like, click on a "subject" link to search for other, similar articles.

ENC 1102 - Nolasco (Ybor City): Location Location

Recommended Websites

Helpful Book in the Library

Library Database About Countries

Library Databases

Search Tips