Occupations/Careers
- Career Cruising - subscription database provided by the Jericho Public Library. Use the barcode on the back of your library card to access.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - search for information on specific occupations
- Job Star - packed with information about planning your career, this site answers questions such as what kind of training or education is required what you can earn, and what kind of environment will you work in
- Career Choices - designed to provide occupational information to help students become aware of potential career options
- Monster.com - on-line career center
- Career Search - select a career and learn what to expect from a job and what to do in school in order to work toward the job you want
- Yahoo: Career Fields - employment advice, job listings, company research, and salary information
- BLS Career Information - provides information on jobs for kids who like music/arts, math, science, social studies, reading, and physical education/outdoors
- CampusTours - provides links to the virtual tours, interactive campus maps, webcams, videos, and campus pictures of hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities
- CollegeQuest - personal organization tool from Peterson's. Includes school descriptions, online applications, financial aid advice, and more
- U.S. News Online: .edu - find a college or grad school, see the national rankings, apply online, find a scholarship, and discover what the best jobs are
- Fishnet College Guide - advice for students seeking admission
- Frontline: Secrets of the SAT - examines the national obsession over the SAT and the controversy over its fairness, reliability, and impact on racial diversity on campus
- eGuidanceCounselor - information and advice on the college selection, application, and admission process
- Peterson's: College Channel - includes articles, a database of schools, resources for financial aid and for international students, and more
- Princeton Review: College - provides a searchable database of colleges, with enrollment and academic information
- FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page - comprehensive free resource for student financial aid information on the Web. Free scholarship search, financial aid calculators, glossary, and bibliography
- FreSch! - online free database of scholarships
- FastWEB - tailored scholarship search of over 180,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans, and grants, available to students for free
- AppZap - provides access to a number of electronic college applications.
- CollegeNET - provides online applications for colleges in the US and abroad. Also offers a scholarship database.
- eCollegeApps.com - applications available online or via postal mail.
- Web Directory - E-Apps - provides links to online applications and university homepages for undergraduate, graduate, and community colleges
- XAP Corporation - get the latest computerized university and college admissions applications and interactive campus tours
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