The booklet serves as a step-by-step guide to assist career education teachers and administrators in setting up a program of utilizing the resources in the community. It provides specific procedures, forms, and suggestions to help the school in surveying the community. Nine steps involved in surveying the community are discussed in detail: (1) form a committee of interested persons; (2) review needs expressed by the persons who will use the resources and decide on the scope of the program and the information needed from each resource; (3) review the procedures for obtaining the information from resources; (4) write an information sheet about your program; (5) decide on the population to be contacted and begin contacting; (6) decide on a procedure for compiling the information and begin compilation; (7) decide on a method of evaluation of resources and updating of information on file; (8) print tips for teachers and for resources; and (9) make resources available to teachers. The guide has been field tested by the Westside Area Career/Occupations Project, Glendale, Arizona. (Author/EC)