There are several resources that can be found in the HCC Libraries. Use this page of the LibGuide to help locate books (printed and eBook) for your career field research assignment.
Your library card is your student ID/Hawkcard. To view eBooks, you must be logged in - see the Trouble Logging-In page for log in instructions.
"Careers In..." - There are several series of books that have have tittles or descriptions with "careers in". This is a good starting search term:
"Careers in" AND engineering
Try the name of your career AND additional keywords such as:
Career OR Careers
Job OR jobs
Profession OR professions
Vocational Guidance OR career guidance
Employment forecasting
Salary OR salaries OR wages
Working conditions
Work environment
Below are a few examples of search results using the above search terms.
The book publisher, Salem Press, has a book series called "Careers in" that covers multiple different types of career fields and industries. The Careers In series can be accessed both as a printed book or as an eBook. To search the HCC Libraries online catalog for careers AND Salem.
The following book titles are newer publications on different career fields in both print and eBook format.
As the semester moves forward, more books on careers will be added to both the HCC Libraries print and eBook collection. As more are added, they will be posted here for easy access.
A sample of the types of books and eBooks available through HCC Libraries.