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Human Resources & Organizational Behavior
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Research Sources

ProQuest One Business
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
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Google Scholar with EMU Full Text
Search for scholarly materials on any topic
Info type: scholarly articles, books, research reports, theses, working papers, cited sources
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Conference Board - Business Knowledge Research
Overviews of current business topics and the economic outlook
Subjects: Business, Consumer Confidence Index, Economic Indicators
Info type: research reports, webcasts, statistics
Access Tips: Browsing topics usually works best

Sources for Topic Ideas

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These sources may give you some ideas.

Conference Board - Business Knowledge Research
White papers on current topics.
Use Topic pulldown menu to scan for reports under Diversity & Inclusion, Employee Engagement, Human Capital Analyics, Strategic HR, Strategic Workforce Planning, Talent Management, Workforce Readiness, etc.

HR Focus
A professional newsletter for Human Resource managers.
HRMagazine
Professional periodical by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Knowledge@Wharton: Human Resources
Articles and transcripts of interviews on human resource topics. The collection of articles can be searched by keyword.
Society for Human Resource Management - SHRM
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. In addition to membership information, the site offers HR news, major reports issued by SHRM, tools for HR professionals, and job hunter resources. The site has a glossary (under HR Answers) that is very good. Some features at the site are available only to members.

Scholarly v. Popular

Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
Click on the highlighted areas to learn about typical elements of a scholarly journal article.

If you are looking at a research article or an empirical article, the article will most likely also have a Methods or Methodology section.

Example of a scholarly research article
Lehman, B. (2015). Physical and nonphysical bullying victimization of academically oriented students: The role of gender and school type. American Journal of Education, 122(1), 133-159. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/683294