Human Resources
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Top Databases
- Business source premier
- Good place to search for articles from professional journals not found on Google Scholar as well as academic articles. Click on the peer-reviewed button if you only want academic articles.
- Science direct
- in spite of its name, this database has thousands of articles on business and management topics
- Emerald fulltext
- Emerald is very strong in HR. All journals are from the same publisher. Best results found if you do an advanced search. There you can also choose to search just for case studies or literature reviews.
- Click on Journal of the Week for free weekly access to two of Emerald's journals.
- XpertHR
- This database is intended for practitioners so you will not find a lot of academic or theory content, but there is a huge amount of information on policy and good practice. Includes employment law information, line manager briefings, articles, case studies, etc.
- Database of conditions of work and employment laws
- from the ILO(international Labour Organization)
- PsycInfo
- This is a psychology database, but could be useful if you are looking at issues in occupational psychology such as motivation, organizational commitment, job satisfaction or employee attitudes
- LABORDOC
- from the ILO (International Labour Organization) –“references to a wide range of print and electronic publications, including journal articles, from countries around the world, on all aspects of work and sustainable livelihoods, and the work-related aspects of economic and social development and human rights”. Some full text.
Journals
- Article from the leading UK professional magazine for HR managers – People Management are available via the Business Source Premier database or the full online version is on the CIPD site if you are a member
- Human resource management
- international digest Work from over 400 international journals is featured in this publication in short digests. Good for keeping up to date with trends perhaps
- Asia Pacific journal of human resources
- Advances in developing human resources
- British journal of industrial relations
- Coaching
- Compensation and benefits review
- Cross cultural management
- an international journal
- Development and learning in organizations
- Training strategies for tomorrow
- Economic and industrial democracy
- Employee relations
- Employment relations today
- Equal opportunities international
- European journal of industrial relations
- European journal of work and organizational psychology
- Gender, work and organization
- Human relations
- Human resource development international
- Human resource development quarterly
- Human resource management : Management of personnel quarterly.
- Human resource management journal
- Industrial and commercial training
- Industrial and labor relations review
- International journal of human resource management
- International journal of manpower
- International labour review
- Journal of European industrial training
- Journal of management development
- Journal of industrial relations
- Journal of managerial psychology
- Journal of organizational behavior
- Journal of vocational education and training
- Learning organization
- Management learning
- New technology, work and employment
- Personnel psychology
- a journal of applied research
- Personnel review
- Work, employment and society
Dictionaries & Encylopaedias
- Dictionary of human resources and personnel management
- European industrial relations dictionary
- is a "comprehensive collection of the most commonly used terms in employment and industrial relations at EU level"
Websites
- The Work Foundation
- has some useful reports on topics such as "Quality people management for quality outcomes" and "Leading for high performance"
- Eurofound
- a tripartite agency from the EU "provides expertise on living and working conditions, industrial relations and managing change". Lots of sectoral and country reports. Includes The European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- CIPD – Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- the professional body for HR managers. Some content is restricted to members but there are useful factsheets giving overviews and suggestions for further reading and surveys on labour market and HR outsourcing trends
- ACAS [Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service]
- Advice, codes of practice information, some free publications or summaries
- Society for Human Resource Management
- USA professional body – much of the content is only available to members but there are free overviews of HR topics, some glossaries, webcasts and research reports
- Industrial Law Society
- "the leading forum for debate and understanding of employment law and its application" – downloadable papers on topics in industrial and employment law
- UK WON
- "a network of institutions, practitioners and individuals researching and developing new ways of organising work to meet the competitive challenges of contemporary economic, technological and cultural change". Lots of useful-looking resources in their Knowledge and other sections on topics such as resilience during change, flexible working, etc.
- Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
- free summaries of reports plus full-text of opinion pieces from this independent centre for research and consultancy in work and HR issues
- Intute: Human Resource Management
- categorized and reviewed websites, specially selected by specialists for their potential usefulness to UK Students. Check out the related sections and sub-categories too
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)
- Incomes Data Services.
- Employment law brief
- both in the First Floor Journals section.
Statistics
- 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 / Dissertations
- Networked digital library of theses and dissertations
- British Library EThOS
- A database of digitised UK doctoral theses offering free online access to theses of participating Higher Education institutions
- Index to theses
- This will help you identify UK and Irish theses
- EHRD Portal
- has a list of doctoral dissertations in the field of HRD in Europe plus other useful information on HRD research
Blogs, Podcasts, Video content
- Monthly podcasts from the CIPD
- recent topics have included talent management and HR trends
- Editor and specialists blogs from the CIPD on current HR topics
Newspapers
Official Sources
- 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)
- looked at the linked HSE Books site for free downloads of many H&S publications
- Low Pay Commission
- annual and other reports available
- The Employment Matters section of the Depart for Business, Innovation and Skills
Working Papers
- SLOPE - 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
Standards
- ILOLEX
- from the ILO – International Labour Standards
Meet the Subject Team
Sue Stevenson
Faculty Librarian
sue.stevenson@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3238
Lizzie Wildgoose
Assistant Faculty Librarian
lizzie.wildgoose@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3452
Welcome to the subject page for Human Resources
We've put together some links that we think you'll find useful. Click the 
on the resources to see the top picks for this subject.
If you need more help, consult Judith or Lisa or if you are on campus, come and see our colleagues at the First Floor Enquiry Point.
Where is my Subject in the Library?
- 658.3 is the start of the main HR section.
- The shelf-end guides will help you with the numbers for aspects of HR but you will find lots on the labour market and employment conditions in the 331s, employment law in 344.4101 and organizational behaviour at 302.35 and 658.402 and business psychology at 158.7
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