Where to look for articles on your topics
The following EMU Library databases may be helpful for your group projects.
To find news articles for your topic, use ProQuest One Business.
To find journal articles with academic research on your topic, use ProQuest One Business or Google Scholar.
To get the full text of an article in ProQuest One Business, you may need to use the green Findtext+ button. The short online video below explains how that works. There are similar links in Google Scholar (if you are signed in using your emich account and using the Library link to Google Scholar).
The Conference Board has useful reports for a few of the topics, please see box at lower right for links to some specific reports, or try the new full-text search for keyword searching.
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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 windowSearch 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.
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Conference Board - Business Knowledge Research This link opens in a new windowConference Board reports can be a useful starting point. This database is very small--so browsing by category may work better than keyword searches. Use the topic pull down menu to browse topics, such as:
Diversity & Inclusion
Employee Engagement
Human Capital Analytics
Leadership Development
Strategic HR
Strategic Workforce Planning
Talent Management.
Conference Board Reports
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Conference Board Human Capital in Review: Focus on Diversity & InclusionMany more reports on diversity topics in Conference Board reports. Choose link at left for Business Management Research, then use Topic pulldown menu to choose "Diversity and Inclusion."
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22 Truths about Performance Management: Insights from the Performance Management SummitOther reports related to high performance work practices might be found in Cnference Board Reports. Choose link at left for Business Management Research, then use Topic pulldown menu to choose Employee Engagement.
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The Conference Board Human Capital Analytics @ WorkMore relevant reports might be found in Conference Board. Choose link at left for Business Management Research, then use Topic pulldown menu to choose Topic Human Capital Analytics.