1. EXS 101
Danielle Carlock
480 425-6765
d.carlock@sccmail.maricopa.edu

2. GOALS OF SESSION
 Find high quality career resources
 On the web
 In books
 In databases

3. Using the web for career
information
 First we will do an exercise which requires you
to determine whether a website is trustworthy
or not.
 You will go to 3 websites (printed out and
displayed on the walls!)
 Determine whether each is trustworthy or not.
Be prepared to tell us why or why not.

4. The Sites
 http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupation
s/p/phys_therapist.htm
 http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos080.htm
 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=
AhyYhN50j29TpdeuWnXlHIEjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid
=20090809095020AAa0gvn

5. EVALUATING WEBSITES
CRITERIA DESCRIPTION
Is the author stated? Does he/she have education or experience related to the
AUTHORITY subject? If the site is sponsored by an organization, is it reputable? Is contact
information available?
Is the site free of obvious errors? Does the author give proper attribution to
ACCURACY borrowed information or knowledge?
Does the author have a bias, taking a position on an issue, or giving only one
OBJECTIVIT side of the story? Is the site designed to promote or sell a service or product?
Y
Does this website contain the kind of information that I need? Does the site
CONTENT offer something unique that is not found elsewhere? Is the subject well-
researched and covered comprehensively?
Does the web page show when it was last updated? How current are the
CURRENCY links? Have some expired or moved?

6. Who’s website is this & why should I trust
it?
 Look at the domain to get an overall sense of
what type of website it is:
DOMAIN DESCRIPTION
.EDU College/university or K-12 school; sites can be official pages of
the institution or personal pages (of faculty, students, etc)
.COM OR .NET Commercial organizations (i.e. companies, corporations). Might
be the official pages of the company. May also be personal pages
hosted by a company.
.ORG Non profit organization (charities, foundations, service
organizations).
.GOV Official US government websites.

7. CAREER RESEARCH ON THE
WEB
 With your partner, choose two careers related to
exercise science that interest you.
 Use your web evaluation skills to locate one high
quality site on each career.
 Go to the Google doc and add a description of each
site
http://tinyurl.com/7vuddy3

8. Using a career database-Career
Cruising
 The library subscribes to a career database
that:
 Helps you find a career based on
interests, abilities, etc
 Helps you learn about the career including
 Core tasks and workplace descriptions
 Required education/training
 Earnings
 Interviews with people in that career

9. FINDING CAREER BOOKS
 Use the library catalog ( a special search
engine) on the library’s website to locate paper
or electronic books.

10. Career Research Assignment
 Locate a paper or electronic book that includes
information on your chosen career.
 Look up your career on the Career Cruising database.
 Using these two information sources, write a summary
in paragraph form about your career that includes the
following:
 What education or training is required in order to enter this
career?
 What are some of the main job duties?
 What is the typical salary (either starting or average
salary)?
 What do you think you would like about the career?
Dislike?