How do we know if a career is right for us? What are the major issues affecting a job or career I want to work in? How is a particular company or the wider industry as a whole handling difficult challenges?
These are all questions you want to consider when exploring a career path! By using search strategies and library resources like databases, you can become more knowledgeable about issues that are impacting your field of interest.
Reference sources, particularly encyclopedias, can be helpful when you're trying to find out general information about a potential topic. Although you shouldn't primarily rely on encyclopedias or cite them as a scholarly source, they are a great starting point for your research.
Britannica Academic contains both the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, as well as magazine and journal articles written by Pulitzer Prize winners and leading experts, a world atlas, country data, and timelines. This resource is freely available to all residents of the State of Alabama. Please contact the AVL helpdesk for any assistance.
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