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Human Resources Research Databases

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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window The world's most comprehensive business database with full text ebooks, peer-reviewed journals, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analyses, interviews, market research reports, industry reports, and country economic reports.
Business Databases (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Searches 8 business databases simultaneously: ABI/INFORM Collection, Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection, Asian & European Business Collection, Business Market Research Collection, Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database, Career and Technical Education Database, India Database, and Research Library.
ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window Features scholarly journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country reports, and industry profiles. Its international coverage provides a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
PsycArticles (APA) This link opens in a new window From the American Psychological Association (APA), this database is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed, scholarly, and scientific articles in psychology. Contains full text from nearly 80 journals and coverage spans from 1894 to present.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary database that contains over 1,000 full text, online journals in the fields of business, education, health, the humanities, law enforcement, criminology, and other social sciences. Several of these journals are the most authoritative and influential in their fields. Access from 1999-present.

eBooks on subjects in business and technology:

Skillsoft This link opens in a new window Note: This database has scheduled downtime every Sunday from 1-3 pm ET. Please plan ahead. The full STEM Bundle includes access to: Business, Engineering, & IT eBooks, IT & Desktop 3-5 minute videos, book summaries of popular books on leadership and business, and the Leadership Channel, which contains videos and live events.

Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.

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Films On Demand (Business & Economics) The Business & Economics collection of the Films On Demand database includes over 2,100 full-length streaming videos in the fields of business and economics.
Alexander Street Videos (Business Education) Videos on business and economics topics.

Skillsoft This link opens in a new window Note: This database has scheduled downtime every Sunday from 1-3 pm ET. Please plan ahead. The full STEM Bundle includes access to: Business, Engineering, & IT eBooks, IT & Desktop 3-5 minute videos, book summaries of popular books on leadership and business, and the Leadership Channel, which contains videos and live events.

Khan Academy (Finance & Capital Markets) Videos on finance and macroeconomics
Khan Academy (Interviews With Entrepreneurs) Personal lessons and insights from accomplished entrepreneurs.
MITSloan (YouTube) Includes feature and editorial videos, event recordings, academic content and more from MIT Sloan.
Stanford University's eCorner (Entrepreneurship Corner) Topics covering entrepreneurship and innovation.

ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.

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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.

OneSearch

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Using Google Scholar: Finding Peer Reviewed Resources (Transcript)

Selected Resources

Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law A peer reviewed journal covering current developments in the field of labor and employment law. (full text from 2001 to present)
EOE Online (Equal Opportunity Employment Journal) Online journal offering businesses a resource for promoting diversity and inclusion through equal employment opportunities in their workplace.
Journal of Business Law Scholarly journal covering a broad range of business law topics including corporate governance, securities regulation, capital market regulation, employment law and the law of mergers and acquisitions. (full text from 1978 to 2013)
ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law Peer reviewed journal covering topics in labor law, including union issues, human resources, management, etc. (full text from 9/1/2009 to present)

National Employment Law Institute (NELI) NELI is a non-profit continuing education organization that conducts employment law seminars, teleconferences and webinars as a means of providing continuing professional education (CPE/CEU/PDC) and HR recertification (through HRCI and SHRM) for human resource professionals.
National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) advances employee rights and serves lawyers who advocate for equality and justice in the American workplace.
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) The world’s largest human resource professional society.
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

How to use this guide

This guide is designed to help you with your research, introducing a range of Human Resources resources available to you. The Human Resources Research Databases box lists recommended databases in your subject area that you can search to find articles, eBooks, etc. Explore the Case Law, Codes & Statutes, and Regulatory Law pages to learn about using Nexis Uni and open web sources to find materials for your research, and how to cite your sources using the Bluebook.

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