Human Resources - Suggested Additional Resources

There are a wide range of resources available to Human Resources students beyond the obvious journals, databases and websites. Here we list a selection we think you'll find useful.

Government and Official Sources

• Employment Matters Policy
  find information from the Department of Business Innovation and Strategy
• Employment Matters Publications Listing
• Equality and Human Rights Commission
  Independent statutory body established to help eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations. Advice and guidance and information about proposed legislation
• Health and Safety Executive(HSE)
  look at the linked HSE Books site for free downloads of many H&S publications
• Low Pay Commission
  annual and other reports available

Newspapers

• Nexis UK
  Huge amount of news content, Select Financial Times as a Source under the Source Tab to search the FT
• RefDesk
  links to US and international newspaper sites

Podcasts

• Monthly podcasts from the CIPD
  recent topics have included talent management and HR trends

Reading Lists

Reading lists may have been prepared by your lecturer specifically for your course.

•  Department of Human Resource and Marketing Management

Resources in the Library

• Income Data Services
  • HR studies
    (each study covers a topic such as absence management and showcases leading employers’ policies in that area)
  • Employment law brief
  both in the First Floor Journals section.

Standards

• ILO NORMLEX
  brings together information on International Labour Standards (such as ratification information, reporting requirements, comments of the ILO's supervisory bodies, etc.) as well as national labour and social security laws

Statistics and Sources of Data

• The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) for the UK
• International Labour Organization
  a UN body – look under Statistics and Databases – employment, unemployment, strikes, occupational injuries, hours of work, etc.

Theses and Dissertations

• British Library EThOS
  A database of digitised UK doctoral theses offering free online access to theses of participating Higher Education institutions
• EHRD Portal
  has a list of doctoral dissertations in the field of HRD in Europe plus other useful information on HRD research
• Index to theses
  This will help you identify UK and Irish theses
• Networked digital library of theses and dissertations
  

Working Papers

• SKOPE - The Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance
  examines the links between the acquisition and use of skills and knowledge, product market strategies and performance. Jointly based at Oxford University and Cardiff University, SKOPE has placed over 100 research papers on its site