College and Career Center

Located at the Central Library.The Center offers resources on college, graduate school, financial aid, college entrance examinations, career research and guidance, job hunting information,and test preparation. The Schwab-Rosenhouse Center at the Central Library also provides students and parents free one-on-one sessions with a professional college & career counselor who will help with college and scholarship searches, career counseling, and job search guidance. For further information call 916-264-2920 or email Joanne Verdon at jverdon@saclibrary.org.
 
Library Database Practice Tests and Test Preparation

• Learning Express Library
  SAT, ACT, GED, GRE, and Civil Service Practice Exams and Test Preparation. Note: Accessing the Learning Express Library requires you to create a free account, using your library barcode number as your username.
• Testing & Education Reference Center
  Provides practice tests and other tools for career-changers and high school and college students. It also includes a family college planning center, scholarship information, an educational program directory, and career assessment. Note: Accessing this database from outside the library requires your library barcode number and PIN.

• JobNow
  Free, live, online, employment assistance service that features resume templates, a 24-hour-turnaround resume improvement lab, live-chat interview coaching, and job-hunting tips and resources. The live-chat interview coaching service is available daily, from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. (PDT). All other services are available 24/7. If using a non-library computer, enter your Sacramento Public Library card barcode and PIN when prompted.
• California State Jobs
  The Online Employment Center of the State Personnel Board
• Career Guide to Industries
  For dozens of different kinds of industries—such as educational services, healthcare, motor vehicle parts manufacturing, telecommunications and broadcasting, and many more—the Career Guide to Industries, a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, tells you about: occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings, expected job prospects, and working conditions.
• Careers and Salaries Research Guide
  A pathfinder on how, what and where to locate information on careers, jobs and salaries, including both print and audio-visual materials and selected websites that could get you started on your path to career success.
• Career GPS
  Provides local occupational guidance and training information
• Indeed
  Indeed is a search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find jobs posted on thousands of company career sites and job boards.
• Riley Guide
  Contains hundreds of links for job sites, resume databases, state job sites, career prep information, including college majors and campus locations.
• Job Hunter’s Bible
  Job finding information, resume creation, and researching companies, fields, and salaries
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  A publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you: the training and education needed, earnings, expected, job prospects, what workers do on the job, and working conditions.
• CalJOBS
  Search online for jobs in California. Enter your résumé to match with job openings.
• One Stop Career Centers
  If you are looking for a job, Sacramento Works One Stop Career Centers have the tools and resources you need. The Centers provide access to assessment, basic skills, career/technical training, computer skills, distance learning/online training, job coaching/career counseling, job search and employment skills, financial literacy classes, and more.
• CareerOneStop 
  Find here the tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals.
  Explore information on careers, salaries, education and training, resumes and interviews, job searching, and people and places to help. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
• mySkills myFuture 
  Explore new career options based on the skills you’ve used in a past job. With mySkills myFuture you can compare careers, find training, and search for jobs. Watch the video to learn more. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. 

• Basic Resume Workshop
  Learn the basics of crafting a resume for your job search. Find out what employers expect to see, and use our computers to begin crafting your own.
• Advanced Resume Workshop
  Make your resume the best it can be. Bring your laptops (and laptop batteries!) and learn tips and tricks to revise your resume and get noticed by employers. Presented by the Schwab-Rosenhouse College and Career Center.

• College Board
  A full service college prep website for students, parents, and counselors; register for the SAT, plan for college, search for colleges, majors and scholarships.
• Scholarship Search
  Build a profile and this website will match it against $3 billion worth of scholarships in its database. Find answers to all your financial aid questions.
• College View
  Search for the right college by area of study, location, athletics, student body size and many other factors.
• Ed Fund
  College and career planning, with links to a variety of financial aid websites.
• California College Guide
  A guide to public and private colleges and universities in California.
• University of California
  Admissions requirements and information on applying to the University of California.
• California State University
  California State University system offers guides in Spanish and English on how a student in middle school or high school should prepare for college.
• FinAid
  A guide to grants, loans, scholarships and other forms of aid.
• Fastweb
  Find scholarships for which you qualify on this free search engine.
• FAFSA
  Most financial aid comes from the government. This site has information on deadlines and applications for grants through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
• ETS (Educational Testing Service)
  Test preparation for a variety of tests, including SAT, GRE, Advanced Placement, Test of English as a Foreign Language and the California High School Exit Exam.
• College-Insight
  Browse and compare information about affordability, diversity, and student success in three primary search areas.
• College Blue Book (virtual resource)
  Comprehensive college/majors/occupational training cross-directory resource. Covers all levels of undergraduate, graduate and occupational training and all career and occupational categories.
• Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants & Loans (virtual resource)
  Complete up to date directory of financial aid resources covering a multitude of categories. 

• SAT Practice Test
  Prepare for the SATs by practicing with a real SAT test under real test conditions! Kaplan Test Prep will administer a practice test on the dates listed. The SAT Practice is open to all high school students.
• SAT Test Secrets 101
  Learn to score higher on the SAT using key Kaplan test taking strategies. This workshop is open to students who took the SAT Practice Test the previous Saturday(test results will be available),their parents, and anyone else interested in improving their test scores. 
• Completing College Applications
  Applying for college? Interested in the application process? Join Margie Amott for this free seminar on completing college applications. Registration required. This seminar is open to high school students and their parents. 
• Understanding the UC/CSU Systems

  Learn what courses, grades, and test scores you’ll need to be eligible to apply to a CSU or UC. Understand the distinction between eligibility and actually being admitted, and how campus housing works on various campuses.