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Articles

Use the Mount Library’s collection of article databases to research companies, industries, types of jobs, graduate study, or places you’d like to live and work.

Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCO) Designed for meeting vocational and technical research needs.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO) A scholarly database providing full text content related to business, company profiles, industry information, economics, finance, advertising, and other business topics.
Regional Business News (EBSCO) Regional Business News is a collection of full text newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world. Information provided by these sources covers business, political, economic and other diverse, international news events. In order to maintain the most current collection of news, this database contains the most recent 30 days of information from each of these wire sources.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) A multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage areas include: archaeology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
Nexis Uni Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information from nearly 5,000 sources, most of them available in full text. The service covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings.

Reference Sources

Occupational Outlook Handbook
This handbook published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics offers in-depth overviews of all major occupations. From the publisher's summary, it "provides information on what workers do; the work environment; education, training, and other qualifications; pay; the job outlook; information on state and area data; similar occupations; and sources of additional information for more than 300 occupational profiles covering about 4 out of 5 jobs in the economy."
Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Mometrix Test Preparation
Mometrix Test Preparation provides study materials for the OAEs, as well as NCLEX, PANCE, NPTE, Athletic Training, LSAT, GMAT, ASWB (Social Work), MCAT, and the GRE.

Print Books

FOCUS MSJ Library Catalog
FOCUS is the MSJ Library's online catalog. Search FOCUS to find out which print books, ebooks, films, journals, and other digital materials are available from the Mount Library.
OhioLINK Library Catalog
An online catalog of more 23 million items held in over 80 Ohio college and university libraries. Use OhioLINK to search for and request books and videos not owned by the Mount Library. OhioLINK's catalog focuses on academic content. For popular titles, try also searching SearchOhio.

Search Tips:

Search both catalogs by Title, Author, or search by Subject:

Example Subjects:
Employment interviewing | Job hunting – handbooks, manuals, etc. | Resumes | Graduate Record Examination -- Study guides

Ebooks

O'Reilly Online Learning
Provides ebooks, audiobooks, videos, and on-demand courses in computer science, information technology, business, and related fields from O'Reilly, Pearson, Wiley, and other IT and business publishers. NOTE: For first time users of O’Reilly, click on the link above. On the welcome screen, click on the link labelled, “Institution Not Listed?” At the prompt, type in your MSJ email address. Open your MSJ email account and look for an email from O’Reilly. Click on the link to finish setting up your account. Type in your first and last name, and create a password. Once you submit this information, you should see the O’Reilly database homepage. After you create your account, from then on you can login to O'Reilly by clicking on the link above, then click on the “Institution Not Listed?” link, and then click on the “Already a User?” link to login with your MSJ email address and the password you created when you set up your account.
EBSCO eBook Collection
A collection of academic ebooks covering a range of subjects. Users can preview a PDF version of an e-book online, peruse a page, read each page in depth, jump to specific chapters or pages, or use links in the Table of Content or Index to go directly to specific chapters of interest. Every word in every book is searchable. This collection also offers a check-out model, where readers check out e-books for a specified amount of time.