Or use these related research guides:
To find journal articles on your career, try looking in a database appropriate to your subject area. You can find recommended databases for your subject on the WSU Libraries Subject List of Databases page. The Vocational and Career Collection is a database of mostly trade journals, so you could try that database to find articles by people working in a particular profession. If you aren't sure where to start, try searching Academic Search Complete for your career and the following search phrase: ("vocational guidance" or occupations or "career development"). Copy and paste the entire phrase, including the parentheses. For example, if you want articles about careers in pharmaceutical sales, use the following search: pharmaceutical sales and ("vocational guidance" or occupations or "career development").
For additional databases, refer to the library's Alphabetical List of All Databases.
Note: When you use the Find It! button and it can’t find a full-text version, it doesn’t mean that we don’t have the actual hard copy of the journal in our library. Check the box that lists Dunbar’s holdings. Then look up your journal title and check the dates to see if it’s here. You can’t check out an entire volume, but you can make copies of the articles.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL): delivery time depends upon availability.
OhioLINK: usually takes 3-5 working days
Where can I get this?
Document | Process |
An article that is not available full-text in the database I’m using. | Click the “Find It!” button to see if it’s available in a different database. If so, click the link. If not, see the record for print holdings. |
An article that is not available full-text in a database but is available in a print journal in Dunbar Library. | Visit the Journals area on the second floor of the library and make a copy. |
An article that is not available full-text in a database but is available in a print journal located at the SW Depository. | Request the article using Interlibrary Loan. |
An article that is not available full-text in a database and is not available in the library. | Request the article using Interlibrary Loan. |
A book that is not available in our catalog but is available in the OhioLINK catalog. | Request the book from OhioLINK. |
A book that is not available in our catalog or the OhioLINK catalog. | Check WorldCat and request the book from Interlibrary Loan. |