Finding Articles

• ERIC (Ebsco) 1966-
  Probably the most extensive coverage on all educational-related literature. 
  
• Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) Coverage vaired
  Multi-disciplinary, with 5,300+ full-text periodicals including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.
  
• ABI/Inform (ProQuest) 1971-
  Covering management, human resources, corporate finance, org. behavior, managerial economics, information systems, telecommunications, health care administration, etc.
  
• Emerald ManagementXtra ( ) 1994-
  35,000+ full text articles from Emerald's international management portfolio, covering: strategy; leadership; library and information management; marketing and human resource management
  
• Human Resources Abstracts (Ebsco)
  Covering human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and more
• Education Full-Text (Wilson) 1982-
  Indexed coverage since 1982, abstracted coverage since 1994 and full text coverage since 1996. A good starting point for full-text articles.
• Education: a SAGE Full Text Collection (CSA)
  Full text of 36 peer-reviewed journals by up to 90 years of backfiles, covering Adult and Continuing Edu., Edu. Adm., Edu. Policy, Elementary & Primary Edu., High School and Secondary Edu., Higher Edu., International Edu., Leadership, Measurement and more.
  
  TIPS: How to find out if the articles are scholarly?
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  Go to Ulrichsweb. Enter a journal name in "Quick Search". Submit and look for "Document Type" descriptions. If scholarly, you will see descriptions like - Document Type: Journal; Academic/ Scholarly. Refereed: Yes.

Finding Books

• LibCat.tamu.edu - [Library online catalog]
• Clickable Subject Headings or Keywords in LibCat:
•  personnel management                          career development
   school management & organization         occupational training
   public administration                              human capital

Selected E-journals

• Journal of European Industrial Training (Ebsco)
• Advances in developing human resources (CSA Sage)
• Human Resource Development International (Ebsco)
• Human resource development review (CSA Sage)
• Journal of third world studies (Ebsco)
• The learning organization (Emerald)
  
• The American journal of distance education (Ebsco)
• American journal of education (Jstor)
• New directions for evaluation (Wiley)
• The Journal of human resources (Ebsco)
• Advances in developing human resources (CSA Sage)
• Research in personnel and human resources management (Elsevier)
• Journal of personnel evaluation in education (proquest)
• Management of personnel quarterly (Ebsco)
• Personnel psychology (Ebsco)

Evaluating Resources

• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities (finding journals acceptance rate)
• Journal Citation Reports, Science and Social Sciences 2001-Present (finding journals citation impact)
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (finding journals status- is it scholarly /peer-reviewed?)
• What Is a Scholarly Article?

Finding Data

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• Report on the American Workforce
• FedStats

Selected Web Resources

• HR Library
• HR-Guide.com
• HR World

Selected Reference Books

• Frontline HR : a handbook for the emerging manager
• A handbook of human resource management practice [e-book]
• The employee recruitment and retention handbook [e-book]
• The human resources program-evaluation handbook