HRMN 495: Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management Practice
Getting Started
To find information about application tracking systems, and employee data collection, you may need to do several searches and experiment with your search terms.
You might try something like:
applica* AND track* AND system AND "human resources"
For employee data collection, you would want to try something like:
(worker or employee AND data AND collection AND (practice* OR rule OR polic* OR procedure)
Remember to put phrases in quotation marks. For a refresher on Boolean operators, please see our video at https://youtu.be/qkKNVw8YfOEYou can use any of the Recommended databases listed below for your research.
Recommended Databases for Human Resource Management
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ABI/INFORM CollectionBusiness/management articles, company profiles, case studies, industry reports, country reports, etc., from 1923 - present.Includes ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry.
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Business Source UltimateBusiness/management articles, company profiles, case studies, SWOT analyses, business videos, etc., from 1886 - present. Includes Harvard Business Review articles.
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Gale Business: InsightsGlobal company and industry intelligence, including SWOT, market share, and financial reports, company histories, industry essays, case studies, scholarly journals, and business news.
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Books24x7Ebooks on finance, business, IT, and technical topics, including Microsoft Office.Personalized Features in Books24X7
All users have their own accounts when they sign into Books24X7, as anonymous users. All users are anonymous to protect their privacy. This is your own account and you can save your personalized features, which will be available to you each time you sign in.
The personalized features in Books24X7 are folders, notes, and bookmarks. These features are available to all students, faculty, and staff at UMUC. You will see these features when you view a title (notes or folders options) or chapter (notes, folders, and bookmarks). You can test out and view a title and then set up some of the features described above. If you click on the My Home tab, you will see also any folders set up on the left under the heading, Personal Folders, and the features are shown in each folder or in each of the folders.
Access to Books24X7
Access is restricted to current UMUC students, faculty, and staff per the terms and conditions from Skillsoft, the vendor for Books24X7, as amended by UMUC: http://documentation.skillsoft.com/en_us/privacy/skillport_Terms_of_Use.htm. -
O'ReillyEbooks and videos on technology and business topics. (NOTE: Having issues with your login?)
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Dissertations and Theses Global (ProQuest)Full text for most dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for graduate works prior to 1997.Citations from 1637 - present.
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Academic Search UltimateArts, humanities, science, social sciences, business, and technology journals, ebooks, and other resources from 1887 - present.
Additional Library Resources
Articles
- UMGC Library OneSearch
Simultaneously searches multiple Library research databases. Note: Does not include all databases. - Databases by Title (A-Z)
Alphabetized list of research databases.
Ebooks
- EBSCO eBooks
Searches approximately 90% of the Library’s ebook collection. Ebooks can be read online, and in some cases, downloaded. - Additional Ebook Collections
Access to additional Library ebook collections.
Print Books
- USMAI Book Search
Searches the 17 University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI).