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SMART START Employability Skills and Research

Student Success for Higher Learning - Library Session for Welding Engineering Technician

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SMART STARTEmployability Skills and Research

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I AM . . .

Melanie ParletteSchool of Engineering and Information Technology and Trades and Apprenticeship [email protected]

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TODAY we will…• Locate key sections of the LRC’s website• Discover jobs that interest us in our desired field of

employment• Perform a basic search of LRC resources, narrow our

search and create a list of relevant results

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Let’s Explore!

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Let’s Explore!

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LIBRARY as a GATEWAY• The LRC is a gateway to a variety of quality resources for your

College studies

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Off-Campus Access

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ONLINE DATABASES andLibrary Discovery

Individual Databases• Databases are usually

organized by major subject i.e. nursing, business, etc

• Benefit: use advanced search tools to find millions of trustworthy, subject-specific resources Detriment: you have to choose and search multiple databases

Discovery Search

• Searches majority of LRC’s databases all at once

• Benefit: you just search—simple and convenient

• Detriment: You don’t get the specific treatment and advanced search capabilities of individual databases.

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Today’s Research Topic is….• I am interested in a career in welding.• What skills does this career require? How can I learn more

about these skills?

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Job Bank

Finding a job . . .

http://www.jobbank.gc.ca

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Job Bank Details of a job:

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Job BankCiting a job (you will need this later to create your Reference List!):

http://www.jobbank.gc.ca

Author (or Company/Organization that created the website or wrote the article)

Date of publication (or Date the job was posted)Title of Publication (Job advertisement – Job Title)Website Address

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LIBRARY as a GATEWAY Custom fabrication Custom fabrication

Machinery or equipment repairMachinery or equipment repair Gas metal arc weldingGas metal arc welding

Working with othersWorking with others

Problem solvingProblem solving

Gas tungsten arc weldingGas tungsten arc welding

Critical thinkingCritical thinking

Specific Skills:Specific Skills:

Essential Skills:Essential Skills:

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Learning more about job skills

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Citing our article:Citing an article (you will need this later to create your Reference List!):AuthorDate of publicationTitle of articleTitle of the online periodicalVolume Number (if available)Issue Number (if available)Website retrieved from

You may want to print, email or save your article.

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Today We…

• Located key sections of the LRC’s website• Discovered jobs that interest us in our desired field of

employment• Performed a basic search of LRC resources, narrowed our

search and create a list of relevant results

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