for information about what a career is like, not just links for job openings.  Includes the Occupational Outlook Handbook

General Search Engines/Directories: 
Use search term for your career occupation plus terms listed above; i.e., job environment, minimum requirements, education, degree required, special licenses, certification, earning,  or future outlook.

Google
Ask Jeeves
Yahoo
About

Magazine articles related to a career:

Use search terms list above to find relevant articles.

SELECT

for articles.

Books in the library:

Use to find books on your career or look for books on cart in library.

•   Other college search sites:

Princeton Review http://www.princetonreview.com/college/default.asp   (compare colleges, rankings and lists for colleges is “best” categories, online interviews with students, faculty info) 

College View http://www.collegeview.com  (major career profiles)  

College Board  http://www.collegeboard.com   (use college matchmaker) (compare college profiles) 

College Pathfinder http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/colsearch.html   College Pathfinder from Springfield Township High School 

U. S. News World Report Best Colleges for 2006    http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

 Individual college and university sites      Look for sites that have “.edu” domain. 

Famous or Distinguished alumni for your school  may be found at http://www.wikipedia.com   Great site for unusual info about your school similar to information you might find in an interview.