Course Guides: College & Career Success Skills

Course listed in the General Catalog:

  • CCSS 1100: College and Career Success Skills

The College & Career Success Skills course is designed for entering students as an introduction to the nature of higher education and an overview of the skills needed to succeed at the college level as well as career exploration.

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In addition to the resources listed on the Research Guides section of this website, other resources are listed below.
For more career and job information, please see our
Career Information and Resources page.


PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

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SUGGESTED DATABASES:

  • Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
  • ERIC - Provides citations, abstracts, and some full-text records from over 1,000 education-related journals collected by the Educational Resource Information Center.
  • LearningExpress Library - Includes "Job Search and Workplace Skills" resources. This will require a sepatate user account to be set up on an on-campus computer; if you are off-campus and need assistance, click HERE and follow the directions.

Please note that when accessing the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to login.

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SELECTED E-BOOK SOURCES:

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LOCATIONS OF COLLEGE & CAREER SUCCESS SKILLS RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

College & Career Success related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:

  • HF5381 to HF5386 - Vocational guidance. Career development.
  • LB2300 TO LB2430 - Higher education
    • LB2337.2 to LB2340.8 - Student financial aid
    • LB2343 - Student guidance and conseling, including College orientation,College student development programs, and College placement services.
    • LB2350.5 to LB2359 - Choice of college, Admission and entrance requirements.Examinations, test handbooks and study guides
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    • LBLB2395 to LB2396 - Methods of study, including Note-taking, Reading skills, Thinking skills.

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SELECTED BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY:

General Reference
  • Adults in College: A Survival Guide for Nontraditional Students, Revised Edition, 2002.
    Call number: LB 2343.32 .S33 2002
  • College Majors Handbook: With Real Career Paths and Payoffs, 2nd Edition, 2004.
    Call number: HF 5382.5 .U5 F644 2004
  • New Beginnings: A Guide for Adult Learners and Returning Students, 1999.
    Call number: LB 2343.32 .S576 1999
  • What's Your Type of Career?, 2001.
    Call number: HF 5381 .D88 2001
General Study Skills and Resources
  • Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User Friendly Manual, 2nd Edition, 1998.
    Call number: LB 2395.35 .D54 1998
  • How to Study and Other Skills for Success in College, 5th Edition, 2003.
    Call number: LB 2395 .M595 2003
  • Integrating College Study Skills, 6th Edition, 2002.
    Call number: LB 2395 .S597 2002
  • Success in College: From C's in High School to A's in College, 2006.
    Call number: LB 2343.32 .B87 2006
Time Management
  • It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys: The Seven-step Path to Becoming Truly Organized, 2003.
    Call number: TX 147 .P38 2003
  • Orientation to College Learning, 2nd Edition, 1999. Includes chapters on setting goals and time management.
    Call number: LB 2343.3 .V36 1999

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

General Study Skills and Resources
Time Management

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