1 Online Searching, 4 th ed. Chapter 9 BLS Search Example 1 Part 2: The Occupational Outlook Handbook pp. 203 – 205 Librarian’s Guide to Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction

2 Job outlook – and much more! – from the BLS’ Occupational Outlook Handbook Access from anywhere on the BLS website …or on the BLS homepage

3 There are so many options; so many features and ways to get into the content. It’s great but a little overwhelming-!

4 But we know what occupation we’re interested in. We could choose “Healthcare” and browse through the resulting list…. Ditto for “R” (for Registered) in the A-Z Index Or… we could skip all the interesting things you might see as you browsed, and just search for it. (Boring, but efficient)

5 Click! and…

6 (partial version of the screenshot in the textbook) The main topic of interest is Outlook, so let’s take a look at that tab.

7 (click for graph) Yes, if you start reading the material here at the OOH, you’ll find the reading level is – well – about high school level? Just remember: this information is for ALL the people, it needs to be accessible.

8 Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching, 4 th edition Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction End of this search example