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INNIS LIBRARYJeannie An
Ines Perkovic
Best resources for human resources & labour relations research
How to Find Books How to Find Articles &
Other Materials Searching Tips & Tricks How to Get More Help?
Research Guides for Business > Class Guides > Commerce 3BC3 > Slides &
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Use McMaster’s Library Cataloguehttp://libcat.mcmaster.ca
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keyword(s)
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How? Find one really good book or article on your topic and look at the subjects or descriptors assigned to the item.
Redo or redirect your search using these words
Library Catalogue Example
Encyclopedia of industrial and organizational psychology, 2 vols
Human resources management in Canada, 3 vols. Handbook of industrial, work and organizational
psychology, 2 vols. Handbook of psychology: industrial and
organizational psychology , v. 12
These & other books: ◦ often provide a broad overview of a topic◦ are good sources of background and summary
information◦ might be used to understand a topic initially and to
provide a context
Location: INNIS Reference area
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Business Source Complete – scholarly and popular articles on all business topics
PsycINFO – scholarly articles from the psychology literature, especially useful for OB related topics
CPI.Q – popular & scholarly articles from primarily Canadian publications
Factiva - news articles worldwide LexisNexis - news articles worldwide Web of Science (Social Sciences
Citation Index) – articles from top academic journals
Searching Tip & Tricks: Use quotation marks “ ” for phrases to enhance precision of resultse.g., “affirmative action”, “human resources"
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Plurals & alternate endings Internal word variation
recruit* will find … recruits recruitment recruiting recruiter etc.
organi*ational behavio*r will find …
organizational behaviour organizational behavior organisational behaviour organisational behavior
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search terms and combine them using OR◦ insert the word or between each term
employment or work or job or occupation or career◦ or use the or options in Advanced search
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◦ by publication date (e.g., last two years)◦ by publication type (e.g., magazines only, etc.)◦ by language (e.g., English language only)◦ by field (e.g., title of article)◦ by adding additional concepts using AND
insert the word and between each term compensation and executives
or use the and options in Advanced search
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Mergent Online – includes annual reports for publicly traded companies worldwide
FPinfomart.ca – includes background on mostly public Canadian companies
Business Source Complete - includes profiles & articles for public & private companies
Factiva – contains news & profiles of companies worldwide, select Markets/Companies tab
LexisNexis – contains news & business directories
Conference Board of Canada e-Library - includes reports on a wide variety of HR topics
Lancaster Online Database – contains Canadian labour law & employment newsletters
Canadian Research Index - indexes publications produced by Canadian governments, agencies, departments, research institutes and more. Full-text available on microfiche at Mills Government Publications (2nd floor). Take note of the Microlog number.
119 page report
Best ones are typically produced ◦by government◦trade associations◦educational institutions
Overviews include employer background with ratings for employee engagement, benefits, training & skills development and more
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