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MAN First Year Seminar (198)

Gary Johnson, Breeyawn Lybbert

Reference Book (Online Version) for Careers

Occupational Outlook Handbook 

  • Provides detailed information about specific careers, including required education and training, statutory or licensure requirements, job prospects, a summary of job duties and working conditions, earnings and advancement.  Published every two years by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Search Tips

Search “vocational guidance” OR occupation* OR career* and name of career. 

For information about careers in general try searching “vocational guidance” OR “occupations” in the Subject field.

For more efficient searching:

Quotation marks around a phrase will insure the keywords are searched as a phrase, e.g. "vocational guidance."

An asterisk expands a search term to include all forms of word, e.g., teach* = teacher, teaching, teachable, etc.

Books at Our Campus & Others

  1. To just find Manitowoc Campus books, use the Library option in the left column after doing a search. Click "UW-Green Bay at Manitowoc Library."
    • Write down the Call Number to find the book on the shelves, or ask library staff to help.
  2. OR: Click on "Get It" to order a book from a different library.
    • Sign in with your campus username and password
    • Select “UWGB Libraries Request” if available. If not, click “UW Request.”
    • Make sure the desired Pickup Location is filled-in, then click "Request."

Individual Article Databases