Search the Web! The Internet is an excellent resource for health care educational programs. In fact, you can "interview" health care professionals and "experience" their work by simply clicking on the following link: http://www.virtualjobshadow.com.

• You can search online the various degree programs available from Oklahoma public colleges and universities at: http://www.okhighered.org/student-center. From there you can access a list of colleges and universities in Oklahoma at: http://www.okhighered.org/student-center/college-univ/list.shtml with links provided to each school individually.

• Additional information available at http://www.okhighered.org/student-center includes guidelines for adult students, career services, college costs and financial aid available, details on degree programs, and other online resources.

• The Occupational Outlook Handbook at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years and contains information such as job training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, and working conditions.

• Oklahoma Labor Market Information is available from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission at http://www.oesc.state.ok.us/lmi/default.htm, or phone (405) 557-7221.
  
• For technology center information, you can contact the Oklahoma State Department of Career and Technology Education. Their Web site is: www.okcareertech.org

• The Oklahoma Technology Center map is located at: www.okcareertech.org/main/map/map.htm

• For guidance information, go to: www.okcareertech.org/guidance

• For a list of Oklahoma hospitals and Web sites, go to www.okoha.com. Click on “About OHA/Hospital List for Public.”

Other resources include:

• State and local professional associations.

• State licensure and certification organizations.

• Career Development Resource Center, your school library.

• Career Search, a computerized career information program. If it is not available in your school, contact the Guidance Division, Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education about this software – 800-522-5810, ext. 831.

• High school counselors.

• State employment offices.

• Yellow pages of your local telephone directory.