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• Check the “Occupational Outlook Handbook” at the US Department of Labor website.
• Search O*Net for additional career information. (Produced by the US Department of Labor).
• The State of New Jersey’s Workforce New Jersey Public Information Center.
• Try the New Jersey Occupational Outlook Handbook. (Click on “Download”.) If you are using a newer version of Adobe, you can use the “binoculars” on the left to search for your career.
• Do a Google search for any of the Associations listed in Ferguson’s or the Occupational Outlook Handbook for additional career information.
• America’s Career Infonet is also a good place to check.
• The Digital-Librarian Employment page also has links to many career related sites.

WAGE AND SALARY INFORMATION

Salary information from many of the sources listed above may be country-wide averages. Check wage statistics for New Jersey at the US Department of Labor.

Look at the Wall Street Journal’s Career Journal for salary information on professional jobs.

Try Salary Expert

Or when using O*Net, search for your career choice in the “Quick Search” box, selecting your career from the list provided. At the bottom of the screen select “New Jersey” to find the estimated wages for the occupation in New Jersey.

COLLEGE SEARCH

Check the College Blue Book (In the Gale Virtual Reference Library) to search for colleges that offer the degree programs you want.

You can also search Peterson’s College Search or CollegeNet.

NEED TO FIND A JOB?

America’s Job Bank

New Jersey’s Job Bank

Job listings from the Star Ledger and other NJ newspapers.

Use JobWeb for openings geared to college students.

Check MCC Career Services for job listings.

Keep yourself on track by using the Assignment Calculator at U of Minnesota Libraries.

Search iBistro under the name of the author to find books of criticism on his/her work. Remember that an entire book of criticism is probably not dedicated to one short story, so searching under the short story title might not yield all of the relevant sources.

Remember you can request books from other iBistro libraries by placing them on hold. They will be delivered to the MCC Library.

If you have time before the paper is due, check WorldCat for sources that MCC does not have. Remember that Interlibrary Loan services are available, free of charge to any current MCC student.

Look for articles in the following databases:

Academic Search Premier

Biography Collection Complete

Biography Reference Bank

Facts on File Bloom Literary Reference Online

JSTOR

Literary Reference Center

Literary Resource Center/Contemporary Authors

MLA Bibliography

Project Muse

Additional sources are located in the Reference Section

Twentieth Century Children’s Writers – REF PN 1009 A1T9 19995

St.  James Guide to Children’s Writers – REF PN1009 A1T9 1999

Writers for Children – REF PN 1009 A1W73

Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature – REF PN1008.5 O94 2006

Remember if you need something that we do not have, use Interlibrary Loan. We will try to get it for you from another library at no charge.

IF you are having difficulty finding criticism on your film:
Reference Librarians are here to help!
Stop by the Reference Desk
Call us at 732 906-2561
Email us at refmcclibrary@yahoo.com
or Post a question on this Blog.

Andre Gittens 2009

Before starting: Keep yourself on track by using the Assignment Calculator at U of Minnesota Libraries.

Books

CultureGrams Ref GT 150 .C85 2005
Provides profiles of over 182 countries including information about customs, courtesies, lifestyle, and society.

WorldMARK Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life Ref GN 333.W67 1998
Discusses the ways of life for 500+ culture groups around the world.

Countries and Their Cultures Ref GN 307. C68 2001
Can be used to find general information about a country and its culture(s), to learn about a specific region of the world and the social, economic and political forces that have shaped the country,” as well as, compare countries and their cultures.

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology Ref GN 307. E648 1996
Essays and bibliographies covering key concepts and geographical regions. A “biographical appendix” offers brief info on famous anthropological people.

Intercultural Communication (on Reserve @ Circulation Desk) GN 345 J43 I58

Communication Between Cultures (on Reserve @ Circulation Desk) HM 258 S247 C64

Communicating Globally: Intercultural Communication and International Business (on Reserve @ Circulation Desk) HF 5718 C624 2007

Caring for Patients from Different Cultures  RT 86.5 G35 1997 (on Reserve @ Circulation Desk)

Transcultural Health Care (on Reserve @ Circulation Desk) RA 418.5 T73 T73 2008

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture Ref GT2850. E53 2003

Encyclopedia of taboos Ref GN 471.4 .H65 2000

Do’s and don’ts around the world (on Reserve @ Circulation Desk) BJ 2137 .N8333 1998

Gestures : the do’s and taboos of body language
around the world (on Reserve @ Circulation Desk BF 637 N66 A88 1998
“An eye-opener into the pitfalls awaiting the unaware traveler.” -Washington Post “Can save the innocent abroad from great gobs of serious trouble.”

Global Etiquette (on Reserve @ Circulation Desk) BJ 1838 F669

For additional books, search iBistro, our online Book Catalog for other book sources.

Use Keywords:
Manners and customs – (try this as a words or phase)
Intercultural communication – (try this as a words or phase)
National characteristics – (try this as a words or phase)
Cross-cultural orientation – (try this as a words or phase)
Cultures of the world – (try this as a series or title not as words or phase)
Business etiquette
etiquette
World faiths – (try this as a series or title not as words or phase)
World Religions – (try this as a series or title not as words or phase)

Databases
*Academic Search
*Communications & Mass Media
*ABI Inform
*Business Source Primier

* Remember, if you login from home ….

Websites
Country Studies
Background Notes
Countries and their Cultures
Yahoo Cultures

IF you are having difficulty finding criticism on your film:
Reference Librarians are here to help!
Stop by the Reference Desk
Call us at 732 906-2561
Email us at agittens@gmail.com
or Post a question on this Blog.

Andre Gittens 2009

Before starting: Keep yourself on track by using the Assignment Calculator at U of Minnesota Libraries.

Use iBistro to find out if MCC Library has the movie. (Search by Title of the movie – you may also find books about the movie).
Can’t find it here?
Check other iBistro libraries or WorldCat. The Library can try and get a copy for you through Interlibrary Loan.

Remember to search iBistro using the name of the director of the film, the film genre, and/or the principal actors.

TIP:In order to adequately search for reviews and criticism, be sure to find the names of the major actors, the director, producer, and the year the film was released. In addition, you may want to note the date of the VHS and/or DVD release.

Internet Movie Database
The most comprehensive of searchable online movie databases (now owned by Amazon.com). Some reviews are available, however, be aware that many are not written by professionals, rather, they are submitted by the general public.

AMC Filmsite by Tim Dirks

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 4th ed. 2000 and Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film , 4v,  2007 in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (Library Database).

CRITICISM and REVIEWS -What’s the difference?

While these two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, there is a difference. Generally REVIEWS are written at the time the movie is first released, when the video or DVD is issued, or as part of a BEST FILMS or RECOMMENDED VIEWING list. Reviews tend to appear in newspapers and magazines.

CRITICISM can be done at any time after the film’s release. It involves a more studied and in-depth approach to the movie. Criticism is more likely to appear in professional magazines and journals. Please note that the study of films as a scholarly endeavor really began in the mid to late 1960’s.

The following can be used to locate criticism and reviews.

Bibliographies & Full-text Articles:Individual Films – from UC-Berkeley Library

Film Literature Index – from Indiana University’s Digital Library Program. Covers criticism published from 1976-2001 only.

Academic Search Premier Library database

Biography Reference Bank Library database
Search for the name of the director or the actors.

British Film Institute Film Classics REF PN 1995 .B732 2003
Reprints the 50 volumes of the series British Film Institute Classics published between 1992 and 2000

Communications & Mass Media Complete Library database

The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Films REF PN 1997.85 .T54 2005

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies REF PN 1995.9 .S26 H38 2001

The Encyclopedia of Stage Plays Into Films REF PN 1997.85 .T544 2001

Encyclopedia of the Musical Film REF PN 1995.9 M86 G7

Encyclopedia of Westerns REF PN 1995.9 .W4 F27 2002
Covers the major and (many of the minor) westerns produced on film.

Film Noir: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference… REF PN 1995.9 F54 S74 1995

Guide to Critical Reviews: The Screenplay REF PN 1995 .S3
A multivolume set with lists of reviews from magazines and The New York Times.

History in the Media-Film and Television Library Database

JSTOR Library database

Lexis-Nexis Academic Library database
Best for newspaper articles back to the early 1980s.

MLA Bibliography Library database

Magill’s Cinema Annual REF PN 1993.3 .M34 M345

Magill’s Survey of Cinema – English Language Films REF PN 1993.45 .M3 1980
REF PN 1993.45 .M32 1981

Movie Review Query Engine
Can be used to locate movie reviews available on the general internet. Just be aware that many of the reviews listed are not necessarily by experts or professional movie reviewers. Some may be submitted by the general public.

New York Times website
The New York Times has just changed their policy about accessing articles on their website. It is still unclear how much you can get for free. You will have to register.
OR

Use New York Times (Historical- 1851-2005) Library database

Project Muse Library database

Selected Film Criticism REF PN S426 .S45
Contains reviews and criticism from 1896 – 1960. Many of the entries are reprinted in their entirety.

CHECK to see if MCC Library has a periodical by using this Periodical Title Finder.

Updated by A.  Gittens 2/24/09

IF you are having difficulty finding criticism on your film:
Reference Librarians are here to help!
Stop by the Reference Desk
Call us at 732 906-2561
Email us at refmcclibrary@yahoo.com
or Post a question on this Blog.