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Best resources for human resources & labour relations research

How to Find Books How to Find Articles &

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Use McMaster’s Library Cataloguehttp://libcat.mcmaster.ca

Search by:

keyword(s)

title, subject& more

Paper copies have Library, Location, Call

No. & Availability

Electronic copies include a link to

item. Five minute eBooks can be

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Use standardized or controlled vocabulary as search words NOTE: These words can vary by search engine

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

Use a Database

Database NameClick to Connect

Description & More Info

Dates of

Coverage

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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"

If available, get it ! menu will link you to our full-text content

Not available? Request it from another library via RACER for

FREE.

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

Use a wildcard symbol to retrieve plurals, alternate endings and internal word variations. Symbol varies by search engine, but usually is an asterisk *

Too few results? Try to come up with synonyms for your

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

Too many results? Try limiting your search:

◦ 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

Results Full-text

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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