ENGL 101 English Composition 1 (Theme: Career and Industry)

A collection of resources for assignments commonly seen in ENGL&101 with a focus on Career & Industry

ebooks: specific careers

Using Ebooks

Here are two links to lists of Ebooks on careers, followed by sample individual titles. 

  • Ebooks can be read online from anywhere you have an internet connection.

Career Exploration & Research with Career Planner [okay to map or copy]

Using Career Planner

After creating your own account, you can use Career Planner to research a specific career - finding profiles on jobs that list requirements, education and training needed, wages, employment outlook, and links to additional resources. Use the search tips below to learn how to better search this database. 

Search Tips

  1. The image below shows how you can search by keyword using the "Career Search" option from the menu on the left.

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search showing how to search by keyword

 

  1. Or try browsing a larger set of careers using the "Career Cluster" option from the menu on the left. This is a great way to browse related careers. 

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Search page showing broad topics of jobs

  • Using the menu on the left, you can search for career information using a simple keyword, as shown in the image below. Or search by larger career fields, interest areas, and personality types, and more.

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career research page of the database, showing the menu on the left and search boxes to search careers

  • Each career summary includes information on career duties, requirements, training, wages, employment outlook, and links to resources like career associations and more. You can also see a list of related careers. 

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search results showing tabs of information about each career

Search Tips

  • Search for careers by personality type by clicking on "Occupational Personality Types" on the menu to the left. 

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Search screen showing a list of personality types and related careers

Find information about careers

Career Research Tools 

Use the databases and websites listed below to find more information about careers. Find information about what jobs relate to your interests, job characteristics, job pay range, education requirements, job availability, the characteristics of people who do well in that field, and more. 

Career Materials in Holman Library

Strategies for finding career books:

  • Browse the book shelves for call #s 331.702* or 650.14* to see a range of books on choosing a career.
  • Browse series: We also have a select few titles on the Essential College Skills shelves near the Reference Desk. There's also the book series Great Jobs for __________ Majors.
  • Don't forget that we have lots of electronic books and videos too! You can find and access them through the Primo One Search Tool.
  • Browse subject keywords: Vocational guidance or College choice. Here's another interesting Subject Heading for you to browse: Environmental sciences--Vocational guidance.
  • Search by keyword - for example: Career AND accounting

Holman Library logo

Check out our Subject Guide devoted solely to Career and Job Research.

Career Research: Streaming video

Finding Info in Films

Use the Holman Library streaming video collection to find educational videos on choosing a career and getting a job in the field. You can watch an entire show or find relevant chapters, called "segments" on your topic. You may access Films on Demand off campus. Just go through the library website and enter your SID when prompted.


Follow the steps below:
  1. First, select Careers & Job Search from the drop-down menu called "Collections"

(click on image to enlarge)Screenshot of the Films on Demand database showing the "collections" tool on the menu, and the drop down option for career and job research


  1. Then use the options to the left to focus your career research by topic - such as Career exploration, Career Fields, Job Search Skills, Job Success Skills. Each major area is further broken down by sub-topic. 

screenshot of the database page showing how to pick a larger topic to see the more narrow sections under each, as outlined in the text above the image.

Note: You can also try typing in keywords, such as "engineering career." 

Why research careers?

woman working on an airplane wing, black and white photo

image source below

Things you might want to know before choosing a career:
  • How much money will I make?
  • Can I get this job in Washington?
  • How much school will I have to complete?
  • Do I need to take lots of math classes?

The sources on this page will help you answer these kinds of questions.


Image source: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Workers of many races push plane output" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939 - 1945. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-8198-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Beyond Our Collection: Interlibrary Loan

Using the Interlibrary Loan Service

InterLibrary Loan: No library has it all! But the InterLibrary Loan (or ILL) is a service offered by Holman Library for borrowing books and articles from other libraries. InterLibrary Loan requests are free to current GRC students, faculty and staff.

For your research, it is important to search many places.
  • First, start with the books and articles available through the Holman Library.

  • Then, If you find books and articles that the Library does NOT have access to, just request them through Interlibrary Loan.

  • Using Interlibrary Loan increases the amount of resources available to you and helps you become a more thorough researcher.

Note:
  • Books and other items that require mailing may take 1-2 weeks.

  • Articles and other digital items may arrive within 2-5 days. Use your email as your contact info and the article will be sent directly to you.

If you need help filling out this form, call the library reference desk at (253) 931-6480.

Other places you can search...

Use the links below to look for books, articles and more beyond our collection:

Branch Campuses

We Deliver!

We deliver library materials through campus mail to students, faculty, and staff at Auburn Center, Kent, and Enumclaw!

You may request:
  • Books from the Main, Oversized, and Basic Skills collections
  • Photocopies of journal articles
Making a request

To request an item, please use the "Request a Delivery" form just below. If you have questions, contact the Holman Library Circulation Desk:

Source: "How to Place Requests for Items from Library Shelves" by Holman Library is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Learn how to place and cancel requests for items from library shelves.
Please return books:
  • To an office staff member at Auburn Center, Kent or Enumclaw.
  • Or to the library on the Main Campus.
Keep photocopies:
  • You don't have to return the photocopies that you request.