Testing & Education Reference Center Sample Searches
Testing & Education Reference Center is a database that helps users prepare for higher education and the work world by providing access to specialized tests for college, graduate school, the military or trade school.
Search 1:
A stay at home dad using Testing & Education Reference Center at his local library wanted to find a college that offered a bachelor’s degree in advertising as a distance learning program.
Solution:
- Open Testing & Education Reference Center
- Locate the College Prep Tools portal on the homepage, click on the “Find and Pay for College” link
- From the “Find and Pay for College” page, click on the “Distance Learning Programs Search” link
- Choose the “Detailed College Search” mode
- Select “Advertising” under “Course of Study”
- Select “Undergraduate Bachelor’s” under “Degree/Award Level”
- Click on the “See My Results” button to retrieve your results
Search 2:
A high school graduate in Guam wants to find a school that offers vocational education in the area of restaurant management or operations that also offer financial aid.
Solution:
- Open Testing & Education Reference Center
- Hover over the “Career” link in the blue search paths area of the homepage
- Click on the “Career Colleges Search” link
- From the “Career Colleges” page, select the “Vocational–Technical School Search” link
- Select “Restaurant Operations” in the “Program Search” box
- Select “Yes” in the “Offers Need–Based Financial Aid” box
- Click on the “Search” button to go to the “Location Search” page
- Select “Guam” in the “Select State” box
- Click on the “Search” button to retrieve a city in Guam to search. In this case, Barrigada.
- Click on the “Results” button to retrieve a college that offers the desired vocational program:
Guam Community College
Barrigada, GU
Search 3:
How can a person find tips on taking the firefighter’s exam?
Solution:
- Open Testing & Education Reference Center
- Locate the “Career Tools” portal on the homepage, click on the “Civil Service and Licensure Exams” link
- From the “Civil Service and Licensure Exam Prep” page, click on the “Master the Firefighter Exam” located under the header “Online Books”
- The ARCO Master the Firefighter Exam, 15th Edition online book opens up as a PDF document
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