Written for the non-specialist, this United Nations publication relies primarily on governmental resources of varying reliability. It is, however, an important source for often difficult to find statistics. S695 Primarily current data on demographics, social characteristics, health status, employment, and economic conditions of the elderly. Numerous sources at Murphy Library Resource Center offer much more precise guidance in answering an array of student career questions. Occupations Handbook , published by Wisconsin Career Information System, provides information specific to state employment, indicating, for example, Wisconsin salary ranges for jobs compared with national ranges and future job outlook and trends.
More focused titles give information on specific fields.
Professional associations and publications offer an additional avenue for job tracking. A good selection of titles list specific company information. In addition, company annual reports and SEC filings on microfiche are located in Documents. CollegeSource , a CD-ROM product, allows one to specify majors, states and other characteristics to provide a tailored list of universities matching the criteria used. The World Wide Web is another route to career sources.