Commerce 3BC3 Human Resource Management

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Commerce 3BC3Human Resource Management Labour
Relations

• INNIS LIBRARYJeannie AnInes Perkovic

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During this session

• 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?

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Innis Library Home Pagehttp//library.mcmaster.ca
/innis
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Research Guide for Comm3BC3http//library.mcmaste
r.ca/innis/find/hr.htm
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To Find Books

• Use McMasters Library Catalogue
• http//libcat.mcmaster.ca

Search by keyword(s) title, subject more
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Library Catalogue ResultsIncludes books (plus
other materials) in all formats
Paper copies have Library, Location, Call No.
Availability
Electronic copies include a link to item. Five
minute eBooks can be borrowed for 1-7 days for
FREE.
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Searching Tips Tricks

• 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
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Reference books of interest

• 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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To Find Articles

• Use a Database

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HR Databases Over 45 listed
Database NameClick to Connect
?Help
Dates of Coverage
Description More Info
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Best Article Databases for HR

• 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

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Business Source CompleteSample search
Searching Tip Tricks Use quotation marks
for phrases to enhance precision of
results e.g., affirmative action, human
resources"
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BSC Results Many options to refine your search
results
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No Full-Text? Click
If available, get it ! menu will link you to our
full-text content
Not available? Request it from another library
via RACER for FREE.
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Searching Tips Tricks
Use a wildcard symbol to retrieve plurals,
alternate endings and internal word variations.
Symbol varies by search engine, but usually is an
asterisk

• organiational behavior will find
• organizational behaviour
• organizational behavior
• organisational behaviour
• organisational behavior

• recruit will find
• recruits
• recruitment
• recruiting
• recruiter
• etc.

• Plurals alternate endings

• Internal word variation

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Searching Tips Tricks

• 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

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Searching Tips Tricks

• 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

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Factiva Keyword newspaper search limited by date
and field
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Factiva results 1,641 articles
Results
Full-text
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Corporate Financial Databases

• 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

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Mergent Google Company Profile
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Other Key Databases

• 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.

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Conference Board of Canada e-Library
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Sample report from CBC
119 page report
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Free HR Web Sites Search Engines

• Best ones are typically produced
• by government
• trade associations
• educational institutions

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Human Resources (Industry Canada)http//www.ic.gc
.ca/epic/site/mfbs-gprea.nsf/en/lu00014e.html
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Canadas top 100 employershttp//www.canadastop10
0.com/national/

• Overviews include employer background with
  ratings for employee engagement, benefits,
  training skills development and more

Previous editions at Innis
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HRM Guide International Human Resourceshttp//ww
w.hrmguide.net/
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Google Scholarhttp//scholar.google.ca/

• Click on Scholar Preferences
• Find McMaster in the Library Links section
• Click Save Preferences

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Research Guide for Comm3BC3http//library.mcmaste
r.ca/innis/find/hr.htm
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• Monday Friday
• 1000 am - 1200 noon 200 pm 400 pm
• Phone
• [phone], ext. 23318
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