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06/25/2025
profile-icon Mary McMillan

Succeed in college and beyond

The  Schauerman Library is pleased to share a new e-resource for the ECC community. Whether you are looking to improve your core academic skills, transfer to a four-year college, explore careers or prepare for occupational exams, you can achieve your goals using PrepSTEP for Colleges, an online resource from EBSCOlearning.

 PrepSTEP offers targeted learning centers — each with a collection of practice tests, quizzes, tutorials, microlessons, e-books, articles and flashcards — to help you:

  • Prepare for ACT® and SAT® college admissions exams
  • Score higher on college placement tests
  • Improve your core English, math and science skills
  • Acquire basic computer skills
  • Build foundational skills for college success
  • Explore careers in teaching, nursing, allied health, the military, law enforcement, the trade professions and more
  • Prepare for professional license exams 
  • Build workplace skills such as keyboarding/typing, time management, teamwork and more
  • Develop skills in leading-edge technology topics through Amazon Web Services training courses

To begin using PrepSTEP, access the link via the Databases A-Z directory located on the library website homepage.  It’s a good idea to create a personal account so that you can save your work in progress, store score reports, and revisit any practice tests, tutorials or e-books. Registration requires only a valid email address and a password.

If you have any questions about PrepSTEP, please feel free to ask a member of our library staff.

09/11/2024

The Ferguson's Career Guidance Center database is a comprehensive resource to quickly find valuable career information you might need, whether it's industry and profession articles, school planning resources, or skills and career advice. The material draws from a range of authoritative sources, including the Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance.

Learn about a wide variety of jobs and industries, scholarships, internships and professional programs, advice on applying for a job and acing and interview, creating a strong resume and cover letter, and more.

Here are some new updates and additions to this useful resource you might want to explore:

Job Postings: A new feed for live, nationwide job postings from Monster.com

School Search: Fully updated with the latest data on undergraduate schools.

Apprenticeships and Internships: More than 1,100 new and updated programs have been addded.

Alternative Education Opportunities: This brand-new section on careers without college addresses the changing landscape of continuing education and provides information on options for good careers outside of the four-year college path.

Essential Workplace (or “Soft” Skills): Nine book-length units have been fully updated for the contemporary workplace to address AI, remote workspaces, and more.