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Human Resources Development
This guide lists major print and Web-based resources of interest to students and faculty in the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, specifically in the Human Resource Development program. The print resources are all available at Gelman Library, but may also be available at other libraries in your area. Additional resources can be found in the Gelman Research Guides on Business and Management. This guide is arranged in the following sections:
Please rate this guide. See the bottom of this page. AssociationsAmerican Management Association Location: http://www.amanet.org American Society for Training and Development Location: http://www.astd.org Encyclopedia of Associations Location: Gelman Ready Reference HS17 .G32 Lists basic information about over 22,000 associations from around the world. National Human Resources Association Location: http://www.humanresources.org/ "Through programs and services offered across the country, NHRA strives to support human resource professionals throughout their career life cycle." International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) Location: http://www.iacet.org/ IACET first created continuing education guidelines in 1968 and is an authorizer of continuing education providers. The association is dedicated to quality continuing education and training programs . Society for Human Resources Management Location: http://www.shrm.org WebsitesBureau of Labor Statistics Location: http://www.bls.gov/ Searchable and browseable data in various formats from the U.S. Department of Labo "relevant to the needs of our users and to the social and economic conditions of our Nation, its workers, and their families." Includes national and regional resources, economic news releases, and more. Employment Law Materials Location: http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Employment_Topics From the Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute (LII). FedStats Location: http://www.fedstats.gov Links to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies. HR World Location: http://www.hrworld.com Free registration required to use this site. Search for HR jobs; read selections from HR/PC magazine; search an HR bookstore; participate in HR forums on subjects such as human resource management, compensation and benefits, information systems and technology forum. HR-Guide Location: http://www.hr-guide.com Annotated links to a large variety of sources, arranged by topic (e.g., Selection/Staffing, Benefits, Job Analysis, etc.). Also links to online documents and forms. Training and Development Resource Center Location: http://www.tcm.com/trdev/ Provides job listings, links to other resources, lists of HR books, a list of HRD acronyms, and a calendar of HR events. Workforce Management Online Location: http://www.workforce.com/ Full-text articles from Workforce Management Magazine (free registration required); e-newsletter; forums, live chats, and webcasts; legal tips; information about best practices; and more. Includes a special section devoted to HR Management Workindex.com Location: http://www.workindex.com/ A comprehensive index of workplace-related Web sites, HR tools and information. The site is produced and maintained by the publishers of Human Resource Executive, in cooperation with Cornell University's School of Industrial Labor Relations. The site includes links to annotated site listings, recent reports, legal information, tools, daily news, and more. Searchable and browseable by HR topic. Handbooks, ManualsThe following is just a selection of books that are held by GW. To find more, please visit the ALADIN catalog. Active Training: A Handbook of Techniques, Designs, Case Examples, and Tips Location: Gelman Stacks HF5549.5.T7 S555 1998 Creating, Implementing, and Managing Effective Training and Development : State-of-the-Art Lessons for Practice Location: Gelman Stacks HF5549.5.T7 C74 2002 The Employee Recruitment and Retention Handbook Location: Gelman Stacks HF5549.5.R44 A748 2001 Frontline HR: A Handbook for the Emerging Manager Location: Gelman Stacks HF5549 .H52987 2005 A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice Location: Gelman Stacks HF5549.17 .A76 2003 Handbook of Organizational Behavior Location: Gelman Stacks HD58.7 .H355 2001 A Handbook for Training Strategy Location: Gelman Stacks HF5549.5.T7 S62 1994 A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice Location: Gelman Stacks HF5549.17 .A76 2003 How to Write a Training Manual Location: Gelman Stacks HF5549.5.T7 D38 1992 The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook Location: Gelman Stacks HF5549.17 .H86 2003 People in Project Management Location: Gelman Stacks HD69.P75 P4627 2003 Also available as an electronic book through the Ebrary database (login required). ArticlesALADIN databases are only available to current GW students, staff, and faculty. You will be prompted to login when you access these databases from off-campus (see the guide Accessing ALADIN From Off-Campus). The below is just a select listing of databases; to view all the ALADIN databases, go to the ALADIN Home page and click on "Databases by Title" or find a full listing of databases with HR-related materials under "Databases by Subject." To locate articles you have a citation for, please see the guide "How to Find Articles" (steps 3 and 4). ABI/Inform Location: ALADIN Date coverage: 1971-current (date coverage varies by title) A good starting place. Provides indexing and abstracting of over 3,000 business and management journals, magazines, and newspapers. Full text and images are provided for many titles, including Compensation & Benefits Management, Compensation and Benefits Review, HR Focus, Personnel Psychology, Public Personnel Management, T+D, Training, and Review of Public Personnel Administration. Business Source Premier Location: ALADIN Date coverage: Most back to 1965 or first issue of journal. Some key journals are covered as far back as 1922. Another starting place for business research, this database covers all fields of business including including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Full text and images provided for many titles, including Harvard Business Review. Dissertation Abstracts International Location: ALADIN Date coverage: Citations 1861-present; Abstracts 1980-present. Titles published since 1999 are available in PDF and have 24-page previews available. Contains information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. For more information about searching this database and obtaining copies of dissertations, go to the Gelman Research Guide on Dissertations. Emerald Library Location: ALADIN Date coverage: 1989-present Full-text articles from over 130 management journals. ERIC Location: ALADIN. Free version also available at http://www.eric.ed.gov/ Date coverage: 1966-present Indexes and abstracts articles and other publications in the field of education. Includes full-text ERIC Digests as well as many other ERIC Documents from 1996 to the present (the entire ERIC document collection is also available on microfiche on the third floor of Gelman Library . ERIC covers more journals than the database Education Abstracts, but coverage is selective--i.e., at times not every article in a journal is indexed. Factiva Location: ALADIN Date coverage: 1985-present (date coverage varies by title) Successor product to Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters' Business Briefing. Provides the full text of over 9, 000 magazines, journals, and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal. Current global business information by company, industry, region and subject category. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Location: ALADIN Date coverage: Varies by publication Select "News" in top menu bar and then "Business News Publications" in the pull down menu to search the full-text of business periodicals. Alternatively, choose "General " to access the full-text of hundreds of newspapers and other publications from around the world. Online access to newspapers is generally available within 24 hours of publication. PsycINFO Location: ALADIN Date coverage: 1806-present Abstract database that covers over 1300 journals in psychology and related disciplines. Also includes citations for books, book chapters, and dissertations. This is an excellent tool for locating empirical research related to behavior. Sociological Abstracts Location: ALADIN Date coverage: 1952-present, updated monthly Abstracts and indexes over 1,700 serials publications, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles. Many records from key journals in sociology, added to the database since 2002, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. E-Mail Discussion ListsHRIS-L (Human Resource Information Systems) Location: http://www.hrmsbook.com/webstart/hris.htm To subscribe: Send the message subscribe HRIS-L your name to listserv@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca HRNET: Human Resources Management Discussion Location: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/HRNET/ To subscribe: Subscribe online TRDEV-L (Training and development) Location: http://lists.psu.edu/archives/trdev-l.html To subscribe: Subscribe online at http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=trdev-l&A=1 or send the message SUBSCRIBE TRDEV-L yourname here to LISTSERV@LISTS.PSU.EDU See the following sites for more discussion lists:
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