An example of a commercial web site with links to internet-based resources for HR professionals and students 

Subscription Databases Use these database resources to find academic and industry publications

Here are a few important professional organizations you should know about  

     Most are engaged in the production and publication of information resources—
     everything from journals and newsletters to seminars and multimedia materials.

American Management Association

     Developing values and competencies that are the foundation of public service at the federal level 

Board leadership  (1061-4249)
from 01/01/2000 to 1 year ago in Business Source Premier

The Compensation handbook : a state-of-the-art guide to compensation strategy and design. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1991. HF5549.5.C67H36 1991

LC Subject Heading: Compensation management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc 
[click to find citations for similar books held by Burke Library]

This is an example of one type of publication you may want to always keep within reach in your personal library. Are there other situations in which a quick reference or handbook would be handy? This is an example of a resource located using a subject search in a library catalog. Notice the general topic and subdivision for the type of publication. Try searching for other materials using just "compensation management" as your term.

• Do any of these organizations publish journals?
• Are there any indexes to journal articles which include their publications?
• Are any of their book publications available for sale or in a library catalog?
• How were they found using the Web? Did finding them take all day long? 
  

Benefits quarterly  (8756-1263)
from 03/01/1985 to present in Business Source Premier

IOMA's report on compensation & benefits for law offices  
from 01/01/2001 to present in Business Source Premier

IOMA's report on managing 401(k) plans  
from 01/01/2001 to present in Business Source Premier

IOMA's report on managing benefits plans
from 01/01/2001 to present in Business Source Premier

IOMA's report on salary surveys
from 01/01/2001 to present in Business Source Premier

Journal of deferred compensation
from 06/01/2000 to present in Business Source Premier

Your text lists dozens, many of which are held in a local academic library. Remember that even 
if you don’t have a personal subscription, most public college and university libraries will let you read 
their materials in the library. Your tax dollars pay for the resources. Why not use them?

The articles in your text are excerpted from some of the most important HR journals. Burke Memorial Library subscribes to many of them. 

Here are just a few print HR journals  held by Burke Memorial Library. Electronic journals are listed below.

Business Horizons
Harvard Business Review
HRFocus
HRMagazine
Human Resource Management
People Management
Personnel Journal
Public Administration Review
Training and Development
Vital Speeches of the Day
Workforce

Burke Library Digital Journals By SerialsSolutions  
Here are the titles of a few electronic journals you may find interesting

Academy of Management journal
from 03/01/1963 to present in Business Source Premier

Academy of Management review  
from 01/01/1976 to present in Business Source Premier

Journal of management studies
from 03/01/1964 to 1 year ago in Business Source Premier

Strategic management journal
from 1996 to present in Wiley InterScience Journals

HR focus
from 07/01/1993 to present in Business Source Premier

Human resource development quarterly  
from Spring 2000 to present in Wiley InterScience Journals

Human resource management
from 1996 to present in Wiley InterScience Journals

Human resource management journal
from 03/01/2004 to 1 year ago in Business Source Premier

Human resource management review  
from 03/01/1991 to 12/31/2001 in Business Source Premier

Journal of small business management
from 10/01/1971 to 1 year ago in Business Source Premier

Management science
from 10/01/1954 to 2 years ago in Business Source Premier

Management today  
from 09/01/1988 to 14 days ago in Expanded Academic ASAP
from 01/01/2002 to present in Business Source Premier

Journal of behavioral and applied management
from 1999 to present in Directory of Open Access Journals

LC Subject Heading: Employees -- Training of -- United States
[click to find citations for similar books held by Burke Library]

Mager, Robert Frank. What every manager should know about training, or, I’'ve got a training problem— and other odd ideas. Belmont, Calif. : Lake Publishing, 1992.HF 5549.5.T7M33 1992 STACKS

LC Subject Heading: Employees -- Training of -- United States

Here is a professional association that produces and publishes a variety of information on employee training and development.

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)

• Books or journals
• Training Videos
• Training seminars 
• Are any of their books or journals available in the library?

American Sociological Association Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work 

Employee Motivation

Many firms are using the technology of the World Wide Web to find quality employees.  There are plenty of ways to learn about recruitment+. Here are three examples.

1. NEWS SERVICES, INDEXES TO NEWSPAPERS

Point your WWW browser to http://shclibrary.shc.edu/er_alpha.html
CHOOSE LEXIS-NEXIS
Select the file GENERAL NEWS TOPICS
Type    recruiting employees

What do you notice about the sources indexed in this service? Lexis-Nexis is the premier news service but it is very expensive.  How could you find this information if you did not have access to Lexis-Nexis? 

The Bureau of National Affairs recently polled 196 personnel executives in an effort to pinpoint the most important factors in hiring applicants.

     The results showed employment interviews are the single most important factor in landing a job. 

Here is a very fine Web page by Dr. Eliot S. Elfner, P.E. Chair,

Division of Social Sciences, and  Professor of Business Administration at St. Norbert College, DePere, WI on the interview process: URL:http://www.snc.edu/socsci/chair/336/group3.htm

Performance Management from the Office of Personnel Management

Mohrman, Allan M. Designing performance appraisal systems : aligning appraisals and organizational realities. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989. HF5549.5.P35M64 1989

LC Subject Heading: Performance standards 
LC Subject Heading:Employees -- Rating of

     This publication is from the Jossey-Bass Management Series

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 

Foundations of Employment Discrimination Law. New York : Foundation Press, 2003.
KF3464 .A7 D66 2003 STACKS

LC SUBJECT HEADING: Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation
[click the link to search the catalog by subject]

The Americans with Disabilities Act : questions and answers. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, 1997. 
Y 3.EQ 2:2 AM 3/2/997 GOVDOCS

LC SUBJECT HEADING: Handicapped -- Employment -- Law and legislation 
[click the link to search the catalog by subject]

The subject subdivision "Law and legislation" can be added to a heading to find materials dealing with the legal aspects of a subject. 

Employment and Employee Rights. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.  
HD6971.8 .W468 2004 STACKS

LC Subject Heading: Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation

Downsizing is expensive to do, but the cost of not doing it right can be financially and emotionally 
devastating to an organization. The Office of Personnel Management can help you transition your 
workforce in an effective and sensitive manner.

News Releases, Bureau of Labor 

Includes the following kinds of data: employment & unemployment, prices & living conditions, compensation
& working conditions, productivity & technology, employment projections, international programs, regional
news releases, etc. Notice that the "producer" of the information is a government entity.

When might these kind of data be useful? Are they available only electronically?
Are they available in print? How often are they released?

Monthly Labor Review Index 

See especially collective bargaining, compensation costs, earnings and wages, health and insurance plans, labor-management relations, industry studies, occupational safety and health, workplace injuries and illnesses, international comparisons, pensions, productivity, retirement, technological change, unemployment insurance, unit labor costs, workplace practices.

Employment Cost Trends

Includes expenditures for health care plans by employers and employees, employer costs for employee compensation and employment cost index, etc.

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; Washington, D.C. 1990.
HE 20.7108 :C 42/990 GOVDOCS

LC Subject Heading: Industrial health

Nelkin, Dorothy. Workers at risk : voices from the workplace. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984.
HD7654 .N45 1984 STACKS

LC Subject Heading: Industrial safety