KEAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
GUIDE
Business Writing Research Resources
Writing for Various Professions
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Circulating Books, Electronic Books, and U.S. Government Documents
To find circulating books, as well as electronic books and U.S. government online documents, on wide-ranging
topics using your key words or ideas:
 Go to the Kean University Library’s home page located at http://library.kean.edu.
 Click Books, E-books, Videos, & More to access the Kean Catalog.
 Type your key words in the search box underneath Find This:
 Limit your search results to particular types of records (such as, Main Collection books, Reference
Collection books, or U.S. Government Online Document) by selecting an option from the Limit Your Search
menu.
 Click Search.
 Evaluate your search results.
 Make note of the Library Location designation for any titles of interest. A designation of Main Collection
means that the book is a circulating title, while Reference Collection means that the book does not
circulate. A designation of U.S. Government Online Document or Electronic Resource means that the item
is available online; you may access the material online by clicking the title, then clicking the hyperlink
next to the words Linked Resource.
 Make note of the call number and status for any Main Collection titles of interest. When a Main Collection
book’s Status is Available, this means that the book is not checked out. Circulating titles are located in the
Main Collection on the second and third floors of the Kean University Library.
Reference Books
Listed below are reference titles provided for quick look-up by call number in the Reference Collection located
on the first floor of the Library. The first column displays the reference call number. The second column
displays the corresponding title.
Career Information and Professional Writing Reference Books:
Call Numbers
Reference Titles
Ref HF 5381 .A1O36
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Ref HF 5381 .E52 2005
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance
Ref HF 5381 .E517 2006
Encyclopedia of Career Development
Ref HF 5382.5 .U5 C32 2007
Career Information Center
Ref HF 5382.5 .U5 F37 2006
New Guide for Occupational Exploration
Ref HF 5726 .B874 2003
Business Writer’s Handbook
Ref HV 41.2 .G58 2008
Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals
Ref HV 9950 .C743 1999
Criminal Justice Student Writer’s Manual
Ref LB 2342.4.U6 B74 2008
Finding Funding: Grantwriting from Start to Finish
Ref PE 1408 .H2778 2007b
A Writer’s Reference
Ref PN 151 .G84 2000
Career Opportunities for Writers
Ref T 11 .D33 2006
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper
Citation Style Manuals:
Call Numbers
Ref BF 76.7 .P83 2010
Ref HF 5726 .A49 1996
Ref LB 2369 .G53 2009
Ref PN 171 .F56 L55 2006
Ref PN 4783 .A83 2005
Ref T 11 .S378 2001
Ref T 11 .S386 2006
Ref Z 253 .U69 2003
Reference Titles
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)
AMA Style Guide for Business Writing
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (MLA)
Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles -- MLA, APA, Chicago,
the Sciences, Professions, and More
Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law (Associated Press)
Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style
Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors,
and Publishers (Council of Science Editors)
Chicago Manual of Style
Electronic Books (E-Books):
The Library has a growing electronic book collection. The Kean Catalog provides records for these electronic
books, and these records specify that the Library Location is Electronic Resources. Click a book title on a Kean
Catalog search results list to access the brief record for the item, then scroll down and click the hyperlink
provided next to the words Linked Resources. Listed below are select electronic books that focus on career and
professional writing topics:
Business Careers in Advertising (2005)
Career as a Community Health Nurse, Public Health Nurse (2005)
Career as a High School Teacher (2005)
Career Guide for the High-Tech Professional (2004)
Career in Fashion: Merchandising and Marketing Management (2005)
Careers for Film Buffs & Other Hollywood Types (2003)
Careers for the Stagestruck & Other Dramatic Types (2004)
Careers in Clinical Research Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry (2005)
Careers in Commercial Banking, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking (2005)
Careers in Finance (2005)
Careers in Mathematics (2005)
Careers in Public Relations (2005)
Careers with Nonprofit Organizations: Working for Charitable and Philanthropic Organizations (2005)
Doing Academic Writing in Education: Connecting the Personal and the Professional (2005)
Effective Writing for Health Professionals (2004)
Good Style: Writing for Science and Technology (2005)
Opportunities in Allied Health Careers (2005)
Opportunities in Broadcasting Careers (2005)
Opportunities in Foreign Language Careers (2005)
Opportunities in Teaching Careers (2005)
Public and Professional Writing: Ethics, Imagination and Rhetoric (2005)
Technical Communication and the World Wide Web (2005)
Write Like a Chemist (2008)
Writing for Broadcast Journalists (2004)
Writing for Science and Engineering: Papers, Presentations and Reports (2002)
Written Documents in the Workplace (2007)
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Periodicals
Provided below is a list of select journals available in electronic format through the Library’s
databases. To check holdings information for these titles and numerous other journals, go to the Library’s
Periodicals List available from the Library’s home page (http://library.kean.edu) by clicking Periodicals List and
then clicking Periodicals List again.
Career Development Quarterly
Career World
Careers and Colleges
Going Global Career Guides
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Journal of Business Communication
Journal of Career Development
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Journal of Writing in Creative Practice
Writing on the Edge
Electronic Databases
To start using the Library’s electronic databases to search for articles on certain topics using your key words, go
to the Library’s home page (http://library.kean.edu). Click Articles & More to access the Databases. The
databases are organized in two different lists. In one list the databases are listed alphabetically, and in the other
list the databases are listed by subject or format. Brief directions are provided on the next pages to help you
navigate these electronic databases. [Note: When you are off-campus, you will be asked to enter your Kean
Library Barcode after you click on a database name. Your barcode is located on the back of your Kean
University photo ID card.]
Ferguson's Career
Guidance Center
(Facts on File)
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To search Ferguson's Career Guidance Center for articles using
your key terms:
Click the letter F on the Jump to menu.
Click Ferguson's Career Guidance Center (Facts on File).
Type search terms in the search box labeled Quick Start. For instance, type:
microbiologist
Click the blue arrow to run your search.
Result: The first 50 retrieved article titles will be displayed. Click an article title
to view the full-text article.
E-mail the article you are viewing by clicking Email at the top right-hand side
of your screen.
To search the EBSCOhost Research Databases for scholarly articles using
your key terms:
Click the letter E on the Jump to menu.
Click EBSCOhost Research Databases.
Click EBSCOhost Web.
Select databases pertinent to your research topic, such as Academic Search
Premier, Business Source Premier, CINAHL with Full Text, Communication and
Mass Media Complete, ERIC, and/or MLA International Bibliography.
Click Continue.
Type your key terms in the search box.
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SAGE Journals Online
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Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of
the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the grouped terms
(not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation
symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the word root and all of its
possible word endings. For example, type:
workplace writing and business*
Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in
other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly (Peer
Reviewed) Journals under the Limit your results heading.
Limit your results further by selecting some additional limiters under the Limit
your results heading. You will see additional limit categories depending upon
the databases you initially selected. For instance, under Special Limiters for
ERIC, you can select Documents or Journal Articles from the Journal or Document
menu.
Click Search.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text
article is available online for a specific item, you will see one or more of the
following links immediately below the item: HTML Full Text, PDF Full Text,
Full Text from ERIC, or Linked Full Text. Click one of these links to view the fulltext article.
E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking E-mail located at the top
of your screen.
If full-text link options are not present, click the TOUR button to check the
availability of full-text for the article in other Kean University Library
databases.
To search SAGE Journals Online for scholarly articles using your key terms:
Click the letter S on the Jump to menu.
Click SAGE Journals Online.
Click Advanced Search underneath the Quick Search box.
Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles
with the word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, using the
first row of search boxes, type:
Left-hand search box: workplace writing
Right-hand search box: accountant*
Note that the “and” operator combines terms and retrieves items containing all
of the terms.
Click Search.
Result: The first 10 retrieved citations will be displayed. For any item that
shows the message this article is AVAILABLE to you or this article is FREE to you
on the left-hand side of the screen, click the Full Text (PDF) link immediately
below the item to view the full-text article.
E-mail the full-text article you are viewing by clicking Abstract, then click E-mail
this Article to a Friend located in the gray box on the right-hand side of your
screen.
If you do not see the message this article is AVAILABLE to you, search for the
journal in the Periodicals List to check the availability of full-text for the article in
other Kean University Library databases.
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ProQuest Research
Databases
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To search ProQuest Research Databases for scholarly articles using
your key terms:
Click the letter P on the Jump to menu.
Click ProQuest Research Databases.
Type your key terms in the box underneath Basic Search.
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of
the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the grouped terms
(not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation
symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the word root and all of its
possible word endings. For example, type: writing requirement* and teacher*
Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in
other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly journals,
including peer-reviewed.
Click Search.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text
article is available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text link, a Text
+ Graphics link, a Full Text - PDF link, or a combination of theses links
immediately below the item. Click one of these links to view the full-text
article.
E-mail the article you are viewing by clicking Email located at the top left-hand
side of your screen.
If full-text link options are not present, click TOUR Full Text to check the
availability of full text for the article in other Kean University Library
databases.
To search OmniFile Full Text Mega (WilsonWeb) for scholarly articles using
your key terms:
Click the letter O on the Jump to menu.
Click OmniFile Full Text Mega (WilsonWeb).
Type your key terms in the first, second, and/or third boxes adjacent to Find.
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of
the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the grouped terms
(not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use double quotes (“”) to retrieve
items that contain specific phrases. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol
after a word root to retrieve articles with the word root and all of its possible
word endings. For example, type:
First search box: workplace
Second search box: writing or authorship
Third search box: teacher* or educator*
Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in
other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Peer Reviewed.
Click Start.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text
article is available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text HTML link,
a Full Text PDF link, or both immediately below the item. Click one of these
links to view the full-text article.
E-mail a full-text article by clicking the Email button available when you either
click the article title from the results list or click the Full Text HTML link.
If full-text link options are not present, click the TOUR button to check the
availability of full-text for the article in other Kean University Library
databases.
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Internet Resources
Business Writing Tips
http://www.syntaxtraining.com/business_writing_tips.html
Career Development & Advancement
Center for Academic Success
Kean University
http://www.kean.edu/~career
CareerJournal.com
Wall Street Journal Executive Career Site
http://www.careerjournal.com/index.html
Career Magazine
http://www.careermag.com
Career OneStop
http://careeronestop.com
Manage Your Writing
http://www.manageyourwriting.com
Mapping Your Future
http://mapping-your-future.org
MonsterTRAK
http://www.monstertrak.monster.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco
Riley Guide
Employment Opportunities & Job Resources on
the Internet
http://www.rileyguide.com
Workplace Writers
Career Voyages
http://www.careervoyages.gov
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/681/01/
College Central Network Services
http://www.collegecentral.com/kean
Copyright © 2009, Kean University Library
Originally prepared by Linda Cifelli, Caroline Geck,
and Chrisler Pitts. Updated by Linda Cifelli, September 15, 2009.
July 10, 2007
July 15, 2005
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