Falvey Library’s Career Information & Resources
Falvey Library’s Career Information & Resources is a Villanova resource guide that helps students research careers, industries, employers, job opportunities, graduate programs, and professional school options. This guide brings together Falvey Library databases, research tools, and Villanova Career Center resources that can support career exploration, interview preparation, job searching, and graduate school planning.
Students can use this guide to research potential employers, learn more about industries, prepare for interviews, identify local job markets, and explore graduate or professional school pathways.
This guide includes resources for:
- Career exploration
- Employer research
- Industry research
- Organization profiles
- Company news
- Local job searching
- Graduate and professional school research
- Graduate and professional school test preparation
- Career Center support
- Library research help
Career Center resources include:
- Villanova Career Center website
- Villanova Career Handshake
- Personalized career counseling
- Career inventories and exploration
- Internship support
- Resume and interview preparation
- Job search support
- Graduate school advising
Industry profiles
Industry profiles can help students understand how a field operates before applying for jobs or preparing for interviews. These resources may include industry trends, major competitors, professional associations, publications, and other useful background information.
Industry research tools listed in the guide include:
- First Research Industry Profiles through ABI/INFORM Collection
- IBISWorld
- D&B Hoovers
Organization profiles
The guide encourages students to research organizations before informational interviews or job interviews. Students can use organization profiles to learn more about companies, nonprofits, and employers beyond what appears on an organization’s website or social media pages.
Organization profile tools include:
- D&B Hoovers
- GuideStar/Candid Learning
- MarketLine Company Profiles
- NetAdvantage/S&P Global Market Intelligence
Organization news
Students can update their employer research by searching news sources for recent mentions of organizations they are interested in. This can help students prepare stronger interview answers and ask more informed questions.
Organization news tools include:
- ABI/INFORM Collection
- Business Source Premier
- Nexis Uni
- Philadelphia Business Journal
- Regional Business News
Local job searching
For students interested in finding small and medium employers in specific regions, the guide includes locality-based job searching resources. These can be useful for identifying employers by location and industry.
Local job search resources include:
- Philadelphia Business Journal, including Books of Lists
- Reference USA/Data Axle
Graduate and professional school guides
The guide also includes resources for students researching graduate and professional school programs, including medical school, nursing programs, sociology graduate departments, and certification requirements for teachers, counselors, librarians, and administrators.
Graduate and professional school resources include:
- College Navigator
- Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology
- Official Guide to Medical School Admissions
- Peterson’s Nursing Programs
- Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, and Administrators
Graduate and professional school test preparation
Falvey Library also lists test preparation resources for graduate and professional exams, including GRE materials and professional engineering exam resources.
Students who need help using these databases or finding career-related information can contact Ask a Librarian at Falvey Library or make an appointment with a subject specialist librarian.
This resource is useful for students who want to go beyond basic web searches and use Villanova-supported research tools to make more informed career, employer, job search, and graduate school decisions.
