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Student Services Career Services Pacific College offers career services assistance to students and graduates. Approximately 20 hours of Career Development instruction is available to students prior to entering the workforce. Students receive career counseling directed at initiating a job search, developing a successful strategy, writing a resume, and interviewing techniques. While the College cannot guarantee employment or salary amounts, the mission of the Career Services Department is to bring potential employers together with appropriately skilled graduates. Career Services assistance is available to alumni at no cost. Disability Services Pacific College is committed to providing equal access to all students, including those who qualify as persons with disabilities. While upholding this commitment, the college also expects all students to maintain the high standards of academic achievement and excellence that are essential to the integrity of the college's mission. By advancing these aims, Pacific College ensures that its policies, practices, and procedures conform to federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. To request accommodation for a disability, provide written documentation to the Director of Student Services regarding the nature of your disability and any considerations/ accommodations that may be necessary. Such documentation must: (1) be from an appropriate professional, (2) not be more than twelve months old and, (3) provide a clear understanding of how the student is presently functioning. The school's confidentiality policy provides that only the appropriate school personnel access this information and it is stored in separate, confidential files. Except in instances of health or safety, information concerning the disability, accommodations, or documentation will not be released without written consent. Provide ample time when requesting a reasonable accommodation(s). Requests must be considered and arrangements made prior to the anticipated need for service/support. Pacific College cannot guarantee that appropriate accommodations/services can be put in place without sufficient lead- time to make arrangements. Whenever possible, please provide at least 60 days advance notice. The Director of Student Services makes determinations of reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. Library and Resource Center The library maintains a variety of books, reference materials, journals, and media that support the school's curriculum. Computers with Internet access are available for students to perform research and school functions. Students have free access to all materials as well as borrowing privileges to the general catalog. Library hours are posted and students have access to support by emailing Library Services: librarian@pacific-college.edu. Students may access online research databases via EBSCO (http://search.ebscohost.com , a leading provider of premium content through databases. Pacific College student access includes: Academic Search'" Elite which contains full text for more than 2,100 journals, with nearly 150 journals include PDF images dating back to 1985. Title list available at: https://www.ebsco.com/products/research- databases/academic-search-elite Alt HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer -reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990. Pacific College 2020-2021 Catalog 57