Sociology 326 - Sociology of Work and the Professions
If you need additional help, contact Mary Feeney, Librarian for Sociology.
Career Guides
The following sources will provide you with information about careers, the future of key industries, and economic factors such as income potentials.
Occupational Outlook Handbook 2006-07 Edition
Organized by occupations and provides information about:
- training and education needed
- earnings
- expected job prospects
- what workers do on the job
- working conditions
Career Guide to Industries, 2006-07 Edition
The Career Guide gives you links to information about the job market in each State. Organized by occupations and provides information about:
- occupations in the industry
- training and advancement
- earnings
- expected job prospects
- working conditions
Monthly Labor Review. 1981-present
Monthly government publication that has articles about workplace issues and provides up-to-date employment and wage information. You can browse through the Current Issue or the Archives. Use the Index to find articles by topic. Some useful articles include:
- Occupational Employment Projections to 2014 from the Nov. 2005 issue
- Rankings of full-time occupations, by earnings, 2000 from the March 2002 issue
National Compensation Survey from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics
- Provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions.
- Detailed occupational earnings for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, broad geographic regions, and on a national basis.
- The Employment Cost Index (ECI) component of the NCS measures changes in labor costs.
- Average hourly employer cost for employee compensation is presented in the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) report.
Other useful reports on this site include:
- Information on wages by occupation in the National Summary of the National Compensation Survey, which reviews wages by occupation.
- NCA Guide to Evaluating your Firms Job’s and Pay
- Wages by state by selecting an area from a map
Finding Journal Articles
Search Strategy Builder
Use to organize your search terms and search strategy.
ABI/Inform
Source for both popular and scholarly articles about topics related to business and industry. Links to full-text for many articles or use 
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Business & Company Resource Center
Mostly full-text · Company and industry profiles, investment reports · journal and newspaper articles. Includes ranking of companies within industries.
Business Source Complete
Mostly full text · Business · Mostly full text of journal articles, reference books, industry and market research reports
Academic Search Complete
Source for both popular and scholarly articles in all subject areas. Links to full text for many articles. Links to full-text for many articles or use
Compiled by Ruth Dickstein - 01/09/06