Sources for Additional Research
The Parent’s Crash Course in Career Planning: Helping Your College Student Succeed 
Harris & Jones, www.lulu.com, 2007 (authors are the Director and Associate Director of University Career Services at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years (5th edition) 
Coburn & Treeger, Harper Paperbacks, 2009.
You're on Your Own (But I am Here if You Need Me): Mentoring Your Child During the College Years
Savage, Simon & Shuster, Inc., 2003
Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money
Schelhas-Miller & Johnson, St. Martin's Press, 2000
A Guide for Families of Commuter Students: Supporting Your Student's Success
Hatch & Skipper,  2004
A Family Guide to Academic Advising 
Smith & Gordon, 2008
25 Ways to Make College Pay Off: Advice for Anxious Parents from a Professor Who's Seen It All 
Coplin, 2007 
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) A Parents' Guide to Career Development 
A Parents' Guide to Career Development article from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) A Career Planning Course for Parents
Sally Kearsley's year-by-year practical guide for parents who want to participate in their student's career development.  
The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College
Cohen, Sourcebooks, Inc., 2005
Smart Start: Answers to Questions Asked by First Year College Students
Dalgarn, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994
Building Your Career: A Guide to Your Future (3rd edition)
Sears & Gordon, prentice Hall, 2001
The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options (8th edition) 
Sukiennik, Bendat & Raufman, Prentice Hall, 2008
Occupational Outlook Handbook 
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, JIST Works, 2008
Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type
Tieger & Barron-Tieger, Little, Brown & Co., 2007
What Color is Your Parachute? 
Bolles, Ten Speed Press (updated yearly)
Major in Success: Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, and Get a Very Cool Job (5th edition) 
Combs, Ten Speed Press, 2007
Working Well, Living Well: Discover the Career Within You
Carney & Wells, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 1998
The Complete Job Search Handbook
Figler, Henry Holt &Company, Inc., 1999
Sweaty Palms, The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed
Medley, Ten Speed Press, 2005
Killer Cover Letters and Resumes
Lurie & Welz, WetFeet Insider Guide, Wet Feet, Inc., 2006
A Car, Some Cash, and A Place to Crash
Knight, Rodale Books, 2003
Twentysomething: Surviving and Thriving in the Real World
Feinberg, W. Publishing Group, 2004
Connect College to Career: A Student’s Guide to Work and Life Transitions
Hettich & Helkowski, Wadsworth Publishing, 2004
5 Steps to Professional Presence
Bixler & Scherrer Dugan, Adams Media Corporation, 2000
Emily Post's The Etiquette Advantage in Business: Personal Skills for Professional Success (2nd edition)
Post & Post, Collins, 2005
Game Plan for Getting Into Medical School
Jewell, Peterson's Guides, 2000
Game Plan for Getting Into Business School
Kornegay, Peterson's Guides, 2000
Game Plan for Getting Into Law School
Weaver, Peterson's Guides, 2000