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Continuing its acclaimed
Current Issues series, H.
W. Wilson’s Careers database brings you all the careers information
you need in a single source.
Careers will prove to be an ideal resource for
high-school students, vocational college and technical college
students, and anyone considering a career change. It will offer
comprehensive coverage of all aspects of careers and career-related
issues, including
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Qualifications
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Duties and responsibilities
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Pay scales
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Application processes
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Future prospects
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Initially, Careers will cover at least 50
Professions,
almost all unique to this database. Each Profession will consist of at least
10 – 15 carefully vetted full-text articles of varying lengths, selected
by H. W. Wilson’s own expert staff for their coverage, balance, and
reading or interest level. Issues will be further organized into topics
to ensure that patrons can easily locate materials on their chosen
profession.
Professions include: Airplane
Pilot - Air Traffic Controller - Architect - Becoming a Physician -
Butcher - Chef - Child-Care Worker, Commercial Fishing - Dental Careers
- Driver - Early Childhood Educator - Electrician - Event Planner -
Executive Assistant - Farmer - Fashion Designer - Firefighter - Fitness
Instructor - The Florist Industry - Funeral Services - Graphic Designer
- Green Jobs - Interior Designer or Decorator - Jeweler - Jobs in
America - Journalist - Landscaper - Lawyer - Librarian - Marine
Biologist - Midwifery - Musician - The Nursing Profession - Nutritionist
and Dietician - Pharmacist - Photographer or Videographer - Plumbing and
Pipefitting - Police Officer - Public Relations - Real Estate Agent -
Restaurateur - Retirement - Social Work - Special Needs Educator -
Teacher - Veterinarian
As with other databases in the
Current Issues series,
Careers will contain:
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an editor-selected range of
100 percent full-text articles from
trusted sources for a comprehensive overview and key discussion
points on a specific topic
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links to other relevant full-text and citation
materials within WilsonWeb
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links to authoritative, research-worthy resources on
the open web
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a colorful graphical interface
to engage the interest of users
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PDF page images that deliver all illustrations,
charts, graphs, and other graphical content essential to research
Key features of Current Issues on
WilsonWeb include:
- Topic Finder box allows you to
"free search" the entire database for any subject of interest. Find
information on a myriad of people and subjects related to the main
topics covered by the database.
- Plain-text issues list on the
left of the Topic Finder menu
invites easy scanning for topics of interest.
- Print, email, or save multiple
articles at a click. Use checkboxes to select groups of articles to
handle on the Print Email Save
page.
- Ability for users to participate
in a conversation with other users and the Issue editors via a
Comments link that appears on
the topic pages for every issue.

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