This reference volume serves as a comprehensive bibliographic guide to the landscape of career and occupational literature available as of 1982. The author, Leonard H. Goodman, compiles an extensive index designed to assist career counselors, educators, and students in navigating the professional resources of the era. By categorizing diverse vocational materials, the work provides a structured framework for identifying relevant training, job market trends, and career development literature.

The text functions as a specialized archival tool for researchers interested in the history of vocational guidance and the state of career literature in the early 1980s. Its utility is primarily directed toward academic and professional libraries seeking to maintain a historical record of occupational information systems.