After High School Resources @ BPL
Bentonville Public Library can help as you transition from high school to college or begin your career path. Check out these materials, online resources and recommended links to jumpstart your future. For more information, check out our Job & Career page.
Library Collections | Online Resources | Websites
Library Collections
Career Skills Library Series / Ferguson Publishing
- Communication Skills
- Leadership Skills, c204
- Leadership Skills, c2009
- Learning the Ropes
- Organization Skills, c2004
- Organization Skills, c 2009
- Problem Solving
- Professional Ethics and Etiquette, c2004
- Professional Ethics and Etiquette, c2009
- Research and Information Management, c2004
- Research and Information Management, c2010
- Teamwork Skills, c2004
- Teamwork Skills, c2009
College Money Handbook / Peterson's (Firm)
Independent Living for Young Adults Series / DVD / A Film Ideas Production
- Finding That Dream Job
- Moving On With Your Life
- Succeeding On Your Own
- You're Graduating, Now What?
Thinking About College Series / Rosen Publishing Group
- Making the Right College Choice: Technical, 2 Year, 4 Year / Annalise Silivanch
- Paying for College: Practical, Creative Strategies / Barbara Gottfried Hollander
- Your First Year of College: From Classroom to Dorm Room / Maria DaSilva-Gordon
Two-Year Colleges / Peterson's Guides, Inc.
Featured Online Resources
- Job & Career Accelerator
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Job & Career Accelerator combines everything you need for a successful job search into one easy-to-use online application. Explore your career or learn how to break into a new field, apply for jobs, practice interviewing and much more! To begin using Job & Career Accelerator, set up a profile to track your success and access Learning Express Library. Hint: use your library barcode as your username. - Learning Express Library
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Perfect for high school and college students and adults! Includes practice exams for GED, ACT, SAT, GRE plus CDL, ASVAB, Civil Service, Law Enforcement, Firefighter, EMS and US Citizenship. Plus, math, science, reading and other subjects for younger students. To begin using Learning Express, set up a profile to track your success and access Job & Career Accelerator. Hint: use your library barcode as your username. - Universal Class
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From professional development to personal growth to continuing education, learn something new today! Universal Class offers hundreds of online classes facilitated by real instructors teaching courses on almost every imaginable subject, such as: accounting, business management, interview skills, medical courses, legal training, computer classes, project management, wedding planning, grant writing, nutrition and wellness information, plus more. Universal Class is sponsored by NCR. - Vocational & Career Collection (Ebsco)
Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals. - Vocations and Careers Collection (Gale)
300+ largely full-text journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
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Recommended Sites
- Federal Student Aid
This site contains information from the U.S. Department of Education on preparing for and funding education beyond high school.
- Northwest Arkansas Community College
Northwest Arkansas Community is a comprehensive public two-year college with the main campus in Bentonville, AR. The college offers four associate’s degrees and a wide variety of workforce training programs, technical certificates, and adult education classes. NWACC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. - Northwest Technical Institute
Northwest Technical Institute located in Springdale, AR works in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Career Education to offer diploma programs that provide training to enter a recognized occupation, community education through short-term, non-credit courses and adult education that seeks to upgrade the general education level of the adults in the community. - Occupational Outlook Handbook
This federal government publication contains information on hundreds of individual careers including the nature of the work, employment projections, and much more. - O*NET Resource Center
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, this database will help you make informed decisions about education, training, career choices, and work. - University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas located in Fayetteville, AR is the state's land grant university and is famed for its traditions, including the unique Razorback mascot.
About Recommended Sites
Our goal is to provide you with educational, entertaining and reliable information on the internet. All web content should be viewed with a discerning eye for accuracy, authorship and currency. Please note, by providing these web links for easy access, inclusion does not imply endorsement by Bentonville Library.
