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The U.S. Government Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a comprehensive resource on Career opportunities and statistics titled Occupational Outlook Handbook. See the link below.
Shields and Carlson Health Sciences libraries have selected print and online resources for those interested in coastal/marine science and animal-related careers. See the Library Catalogs box below this one for some search tips.
“The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) provides information on what workers do; the work environment; education, training, and other qualifications; pay; the job outlook; similar occupations; and sources of additional information, for 334 occupational profiles covering about 84 percent of the jobs in the economy.
The OOH is broken up into clusters of similar occupations … to find an occupation, browse the occupation groups … on the left-hand side of the homepage, or use the A-Z Index if you know the specific occupation. [Also] … search for occupations by using the selector drop-down menus on the OOH homepage. Select by pay range, entry-level education, on-the-job training, projected number of new jobs, or projected growth rate. [For a] … specific occupation you are interested in, you may enter a job title into the “Search Handbook” box at the top.”
• OOH FAQs
NOTE: To be able to access temporary online versions of the below titles, click on the yellow LOG IN button and pull down menu to University of California Davis. Then type in your UCD Login/Kerberos passphrase. Your login information may “stick” for days.
Peterson’s graduate programs in biological/biomedical sciences & health-related medical professions (Book 3) ; Print in Shields Reference, 2nd floor Shields LIBRARY USE ONLY
Peterson’s graduate and professional programs, an overview (Book 1) ; most recent edition in Print in Shields Reference, 2nd floor Shields LIBRARY USE ONLY
Peterson’s graduate programs in engineering & applied sciences (Book 5) ; most recent edition in Print in Shields Reference, 2nd floor Shields LIBRARY USE ONLY
https://library.stanford.edu/hopkins/research-help/marine-biology-organizations-and-institutions
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/portals_and_links/links/associations_and_societies.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oceanographic_institutions_and_programs
Searching in a library catalog requires looking for broader topics such as fish genetics or salmon aquaculture rather than the more specific salmon AHR genes or ecological risk of salmon aquaculture.
For locating career information you will need to look under more general science areas:
1) BROWSE by a discipline and look for the subheading “vocational guidance” e.g. ecology — vocational guidance ; environmental sciences — vocational guidance ; marine sciences — vocational guidance ; veterinary medicine — vocational guidance .
2) For some areas you can combine subject keywords such as, for animal-related careers KEYWORD Subject Words “animal vocational” which brings up a variety of titles.
JEDI searching – try the following subject headings: minorites in science ; women in science
The UCD Libraries selectively buy materials on writing but more generally in the biological sciences. Browsable subject headings that bring up these types of publications include:
Biology — Authorship ; Communication of technical information ; Life sciences — Authorship ; Medical writing ; Proposal writing in biology ; Proposal writing for grants ; Proposal writing for medicine ; Proposal writing for research ; Report writing ; Scientific illustration ; Technical writing ; Visual communication in science
NEED a PRINT ONLY ITEM AND CANNOT COME TO CAMPUS? We’ll ship it to you! The UCD Libraries have a COVID-time-only shipping service in place. Just click on the INTERLIBRARY REQUEST link from the item you need and we’ll mail the whole item to you. Make sure you have your correct address listed, when prompted.
ONLY NEED a chapter or an article from a PRINT ONLY ITEM? Scanning service available for all UCD affiliates. Use the same INTERLIBRARY REQUEST link but make a note of the specific chapter/article you need and include as much info as you can, especially page number, if available.
Due dates will become active with start of Fall Quarter. “If you are in the [UCD] area and would like to return materials, you can deposit returns via the remote book drops or at Shields or Blaisdell Medical Library. Materials may also be mailed back at no cost to you. Contact shieldsinterloan@ucdavis.edu for additional instructions and to receive a postage-paid mailing label.”
Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports is a comprehensive tool for assessing the importance of research journals in disciplines and subdisciplines including medical specialties.
NOTE that *review* journals tend to be listed as top ranked titles, taking space away from original research titles, so use with caution. Typical review series may have the following words in their title: Advances in … ; Annual Review of …; Critical Reviews in … ; Current Opinion in … ; Expert Reviews in … ; International Review of … ; Progress in … ; Trends in …
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is an annual publication by Thomson Reuters with each yearly data analysis being completed in the summer of the following year. JCR indicates: most frequently cited journals in a field: highest impact journals in a field; and largest journals in a field. JCR Science Edition contains data from over 7,300 journals in science and technology. JCR Social Sciences Edition contains data from over 2,200 journals in the social sciences. NOTE: For disciplines that have longer timespans for citation, consider sorting for ranking by using the 5-year Impact Factor sort.
Release Coverage: 1997-2015 (for 1996-2014 data)
•Impact Factors in Wikipedia: validity, manipulation, and misuse of Impact Factors
•Using JCR Wisely
The UCD Library maintains a webpage on Citation Guides, which focuses mainly on EndNote.
Some additional webpages are:
In addition, the “IUCN Red List also includes information on plants and animals that are categorized as Extinct or Extinct in the Wild; on taxa that cannot be evaluated because of insufficient information (i.e., are Data Deficient); and on plants and animals that are either close to meeting the threatened thresholds or that would be threatened were it not for an ongoing taxon-specific conservation programme (i.e., are Near Threatened).”