INTERNET RESOURCE ACTIVITY

MAJORS
Penn State offers over 160 baccalaureate (4 year) majors. This assignment provides the opportunity to learn more about your intended field of study and how to find resources in that field.

• Search for your major by subject area (area of interest) or by using the alphabetical listing.
• Read about our academic colleges to learn the difference between a college and a campus.

RESEARCH GUIDES
Penn State subject librarians have set up Research Guides to help students navigate the library resources in particular subject areas. Take a look at the variety of guides offered in the following categories:

• Agriculture, Biology, and Health
• Engineering and IST
• Geography and Earth Science
• Physical Sciences and Mathematics
• Social Sciences and Law

RESEARCH @ PENN STATE
What are Penn State researchers in your field working on?

You can often find faculty research areas from the department pages for your major. Perhaps the easiest way to do this is to search from the Penn State home page.
Take a look at the example below:

Following the links from the results of this search, you are able to read about Research in biology and take a look at Faculty Research Areas.

Follow some of the links below to find a topic you are interested in.
Some of these sites also provide information about internships and job opportunities!

Interested in engineering, science, or technology?

• Take a look at the Research Penn State website to see what researchers at Penn State are doing in science and technology
• Take a look at the website for Penn State’s Materials Research Institute
• Check out the Engineering News Headlines from the Penn State College of Engineering
• Take a look at Research News at Penn State’s Eberly College of Science
• Read the latest Research News and Research Highlights from the College of Agricultural Sciences
• Catch up on the latest information on research being done in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Explore faculty research in the College of Information Sciences and Technology

Interested in criminal justice or political science?

• Take a look at the Penn State Justice Center for Research website if you are interested in criminal justice research and policy
• Look at the Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs for News and Research information
• Penn State’s Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice website has links to faculty publications and a news archives
• Take a look at the Research Penn State website to see what researchers at Penn State are doing in the social sciences

DATABASES
Use the Research Guides for your major to find recommended databases in your field. The links below can also help to identify appropriate guides:

• Check out Penn State’s Earth and Mineral Sciences Library web page.
• Check out Penn State’s Engineering Library web page.
• Check out Penn State’s Life Sciences Library web page
• Check out Penn State’s Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library web page.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
You may be able to identify specific journals in your field by searching the Publications available in recommended databases. You could also look for specific journals by following some of the links below:

• Browse through electronic journals by clicking on one of the Earth & Environmental Sciences categories and selecting one of the journals.
• Browse through electronic journals by clicking on one of the Engineering & Applied Sciences (including computer science and technology) categories and selecting one of the journals.
• Browse through electronic journals by clicking on one of the Law, Politics & Government categories and selecting one of the journals.
• Browse through electronic journals by clicking on one of the Physical Sciences & Mathematics categories and selecting one of the journals.
• Browse through electronic journals by clicking on one of the Social Sciences categories and selecting one of the journals.

Note: You may have to scroll through several pages until you find journals of interest to you.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
In addition to using the Research Guides to find an organization, try the Associations Unlimited database. This reference database has information and locations on nearly 144,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide.

JOB APPLICATION PACKAGE
Below are some resources that might be helpful for your Job Application Package assignment.

• Check the Occupational Outlook Handbook for current employment information. Hint: Enter your field in the Search OOH box on the left.
• The Schreyer Business Library Career Resources for all Majors page has many useful links, including a section on researching companies and industries.
• Career Information Center from Penn State’s Career Services. WetFeet and Vault are valuable resources. Read this overview for more information: WetFeet and Vault Information
• You can often find information about job opportunities and careers on department home pages.

Internet Resource Activity