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Key source for business articles.
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Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, magazine articles, news, reports, dissertations
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Search for scholarly materials on any topic
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Classification Codes in ABI/INFORM

Classification codes are a very broad way that articles are tagged in ABI/INFORM. It can be useful to do a search that combines a classification code (or codes) with keywords or subject terms.

Codes for HR Issues:
6000 HR Management
6100 HR Planning
6200 Training & Development
6300 Labor Relations
6400 Employee Benefits & Compensation
6500 Employee Problems

Example:
nurses AND CC(6400)
This would find articles with the keyword nurses that were also tagged as related to Employee Benefits & Compensation issues.

Scholarly Journals and Professional Periodicals on Benefits Topics

Benefits & Compensation Digest
Global HR magazine specializing in employee benefits and compensation.
Benefits Law Journal
"Each quarterly issue offers in-depth analysis of new legislation, regulations, case law, and current trends governing employee benefits: pension plans, welfare benefits, executive compensation, and tax and ERISA issues."
Benefits Magazine
"This monthly U.S. magazine features articles by experienced benefits professionals on topics concerning multiemployer, public employer, single employer and corporate benefit plans." From the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists.
Benefits Quarterly
Professional magazine of the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists.
Compensation and Benefits Review
This professional periodical keeps HR specialists up-to-date on trends in employee compensation and benefits programs.
Employee Benefit Plan Review
An edited practitioner periodical on employee benefits developments, including regulatory changes, trends, and new practices.
Employee Benefits
Trade periodical on employee benefits from the UK.
Health Affairs
Peer reviewed journal on health care policy.
Health Care Management Review
Peer reviewed. "Articles are theory-driven and translate findings into implications and recommendations for health care administrators, researchers, and faculty."
Health Marketing Quarterly
Scholarly journal. "Health Marketing Quarterly is directed at academicians and practitioners who are concerned with the concepts, practice, and research of health care marketing in today’s complex environment."
Health Services Research
"Health Services Research (HSR) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that provides researchers and public and private policymakers with the latest research findings, methods, and concepts related to the financing, organization, delivery, evaluation, and outcomes of health services." Journal is affiliated with the American Hospital Association.
Journal of Pension Benefits
Articles cover recent trends and regulation on "pension administration, design, funding, and compliance issues." Some--but not all--articles are refereed.
Pension Benefits
Monthly newsletter on pension and retirement issues.
Pensions : An International Journal
This scholarly journal has ceased publication. Last year is 2012.

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