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Reference Library
CARC offers a reference library of nearly 500 career- and schooling-related texts. Books are shelved at the Grossman Library in Sever Hall and do not circulate. You are encouraged to consult these resources when you need study-skills assistance or are considering new academic or career endeavors.
Reference Books
This list provides a sampling of the variety of books housed in the CARC reference library.
Study Skills and Study Abroad Books
- Adult Learner’s Guide to College Success
- B’s and A’s in 30 Days: Strategies for Better Grades in College
- Becoming a Critical Thinker
- Coping with Exam Anxiety
- College Writing: A Personal Approach to Academic Writing
- Peterson’s Study Abroad 2004
Graduate School
- Getting What You Came For: Smart Students Guide to Earning a Master’s or PhD
- Gourman Report: Graduate Programs (7th Ed.)
- Graduate Admissions Essays: Write Your Way into the Graduate School of Your Choice
- Cash for Grad School
- The Best Test Preparation for the MCAT
- Cracking the GMAT
- Cracking the GRE
- Barron’s Guide to Graduate Business Schools
- Peterson’s Graduate Programs in the Humanities
- ABA-Approved Law Schools
Career
- Balancing Work and Family
- Career Guide For Creative and Unconventional People
- Rewired, Rehired or Retired?: A Global Guide For The Experienced Worker
- Traditional Degrees for Non-Traditional Students
- Liberal Arts Advantage: How to Turn Your Degree into a Great Job
- Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You
- Alternative Careers in Science—Leaving the Ivory Tower
- Choosing a Career in Law
- How To Get the Teaching Job You Want
- Career Opportunities in Computers and Cyberspace
- Museums: A Place to Work
- Careers For Writers and Others Who have a Way with Words
- Guide to Internet Job Searching
- 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions
- 175 High-Impact Cover Letters
- 95 Mistakes Job Seekers Make—and How To Avoid Them
- Ace the IT Resume!