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This latest edition of a classic reference—the previous edition is from 2005—adds, according to promotional material, more than 35 new career articles and revises and updates more than 700 career articles. There are only 26 pages more than in the thirteenth edition, reflecting also the loss (or incorporating within other headings) of many career articles, including those on adventure travel specialists, biotechnology patent lawyers, shoe industry workers, sports facility designers, and toy and game designers. New articles include Airport security personnel, Aviation safety inspectors, Comic book writers, Copy editors, Corporate librarians, Steel industry workers, and Video game producers. There are also, according to promotional material, more than 320 on-the-job interviews, 220 sidebars, 2,500 Web sites for further information, and some 550 photographs (“more than 100 new to this edition”).