Career Library added to Power Library!

Career Library offers a comprehensive information resource for career and college research. Five userA library cardholder and/or user of library services.-friendly components help users match their interests to occupations, education prospects, and more. Created for individual researchers and career/education technology professionals,

Exploration Center - This component lets users assess career interests and explore information pertaining to occupations and higher education. It contains interest and skills assessments, connecting results to career cluster and/or occupation list. It provides various search options and important information including: Occupation Search, College Search, Financial Aid Information, Apprenticeships, Military Occupations, College Majors, State-specific Data, Occupation Video
Library (English and Spanish), and more.

Planning Center - This component lets users obtain printable resources and gather information that will assist with planning to enter the higher education community or the workforce. It includes resources such
as a resume builder, as well as college and career planning checklists.

Resource Center - This segment lets users search for web resources related to colleges/universities, careers, curriculum, and much more. It provides information on itemsBooks, audiovisual materials, periodicals. including: "Cool Jobs" (job profiles on up-and-coming or out-of-the-ordinary careers), Web Resources, FullText Articles, Standards-aligned Curriculum, Occupation Video Library (English and Spanish), State-specific Data, and more.

Help Center - A dedicated technical support section, this component provides items such as documents to hand out to student and parent users, Help files, FAQs and more.

Activity Center - This component offers ways for users to test their knowledge on history, vocabulary, math, English, and occupations in an engaging environment. It includes items such as Interactive Quizzes on history and vocabulary, online polls, sample proficiency & standardized test questions, GED sample tests and more.