Databases - MGMT 628 - HR Development - Research Guides at Eastern Michigan University

Workshop Objectives

At the end of the workshop, students will:

Have found at least two articles relevant to the group project.
Be able to demonstrate a few specific search skills in both Google Scholar & ABI/INFORM, such as:
using Findtext+ to find fulltext articles from Google Scholar
using subject terms and/or classification codes in ABI/INFORM
Be able to explain some reasons one might choose one source over another.
Feel more confident in their ability to independently find articles on a topic.

Useful Databases for your Project

ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
Key source for business articles.
Subjects: Accounting, Auditing, Business, Communications, Economics, Ed Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Health Admin, Hotel Restaurant Mgmt, Management, Public Admin, Technology
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, magazine articles, news, reports, dissertations
Brief Instruction Video: ProQuest Basics
Google Scholar with EMU Full Text This link opens in a new window
Search for scholarly materials on any topic
Info type: scholarly articles, books, research reports, theses, working papers, cited sources
Access Tips: Use link above to get access to EMU subscriptions with Findtext+ links.
If this link does not work and you receive an error message from Google then use this alternate link to Google Scholar and also set your Google Scholar preferences to show EMU library access links.
Search Instruction: Google Scholar Video
Books 24x7 IT Pro This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Computing, Technology
Info type: full text ebooks
Access Tips: Only 3 users at a time. Login requires EMU NetID. See tips for using Books 24x7.

Useful Business Scholarly & Trade (formerly ABI/INFORM) Subject terms

Training
Employee development
Professional development

Case Studies
Guidelines
Effectiveness
Success

Cognitive style
Communication
   (also Interpersonal communication)
Compliance
Conflict management
   (also Conflicts)
Customer services
(also Client relationships)
Diversity training
Emotional intelligence
Ethics
Leadership
Management styles
Safety Training
   (also Accident prevention)
Sexual harrassment
Supervision
Teamwork
   (also Teams)
Time management
Work life balance
   (also Stress)
Workplace violence

Classification Codes in Business Scholarly & Trade (formerly ABI/INFORM)

Classification codes are a way to tag articles in Business Scholarly & Trade. For instance, there are over 80,000 articles tagged with 6200 for Training & Development.

It can be useful to do a search that combines a classification code with keywords or subject terms.

Example:
emotional intelligence AND CC( 62??)
This finds articles with the keyword phrase emotional intelligence that are also tagged as related to 6200 Training & Development.
(The ? marks are wildcards.)

These classification codes might be useful for MGMT 628:
6200 Training & development
6500 Employee problems
2200 Managerial skills
2500 Organizational behavior

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MGMT 628 - HR Development

Workshop Objectives

Useful Databases for your Project

Useful Business Scholarly & Trade (formerly ABI/INFORM) Subject terms

Classification Codes in Business Scholarly & Trade (formerly ABI/INFORM)

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