Health Career Resources
WEBSITES:
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Look for Search OOH in the left-hand column and type a keyword related to your career choice. You may have to search for your career using a broader term. For example, Pediatrician is lumped under the broad category of Physicans and Surgeons.
O*Net Online/ Occupation Information Network
Click on “Find Occupations” – type a keyword such as “health” or “medical.”
NC Health Info
From the Quick Start Menu – choose “Health Occupations.”
ExploreHealthCareers.org
Extensive information on many different health careers.
Find ARTICLES:
To find articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers, search the databases suggested below. You will need passwords to access the databases from off-campus.
Health & Medical Databases:
Nursing & Allied Health Source ![]()
Full-text information from leading nursing, allied health, and related publications.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Contains scholarly and peer-reviewed journals for nursing and allied health.
CINAHL with Full Text ![]()
Index of journals for nursing and allied health research, including full-text articles from selected journals.
Health Source: Consumer Edition ![]()
General health, nutrition, and medical journals.
Medicine & Health in the News:
Newspaper Source Plus ![]()
Selected full text for national and international newspapers.
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Find BOOKS:
Print books at PCC Library:
Online Library Catalog
Use the online library catalog to search for materials in the library such as books, videos, etc.
"Words and phrase" search examples:
- health careers
- allied health personnel
- vocational health
- health occupations
E-Books:
You will need passwords to access these databases from off-campus.
STAT!Ref: Medical Books ![]()
Collection of 38 electronic full-text resources including The 5-Minute Clinical Consult, AAFP Conditions A to Z, Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations, ICD-9 CM, The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual, Tabor's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, etc.
Collection of 14 full-text nursing texts.
Collection of full-text ebooks on topics such as medicine, law, foreign languages, social science, history and more.
NetLibrary ![]()
Online full-text versions of selected books; includes fiction and nonfiction. Audio books are also available for download.