MGT 440: Training and Development

The Thrift Library Catalog can be accessed from the library's Homepage by selecting the box labeled catalog. The search box provides one-stop searching for books, ebooks, articles, and more. Once signed in, users are able to renew items, request physical materials from other PASCAL libraries, and save searches. 

Scroll down on the catalog's front page to view video introductions to searching with the catalog. 

The catalog is a great place to start, but is still important that users conduct searches in discipline-specific databases. The catalog and individual databases will provide different sources with the same query. Additionally, there are a few databases that are not indexed in the catalog.

Thrift Library has a new AI-powered research tool called Research Assistant. Users can access the beta version of Research Assistant through the top menu on the library catalog. 

The Research Assistant uses natural language queries -- this means that you can search using a question like you may when using search engines like Google.

After you enter your research question the Research Assistant will locate the top five most relevant scholarly sources that it has access to and provide a overview of the topic. Research Assistant is searching all of the material that it has access to, which may or may not be content that Thrift Library subscribes to. 

Learn more about Research Assistant by watching the tutorial on the front page of the catalog. 

​​​​The following databases are strong choices for Human Resource Management research. Access these and many others on Thrift Library's website under Databases A-Z.

Tip: To view databases by discipline, use the Group By: Category function.

• Business Source Ultimate 3,500 Full-text journals in accounting, finance, banking, marketing, management and much more. In addition to accessing essential full-text journals, business students can delve into case studies, country economic reports and company profiles, as well as interviews with executives and analysts. (Ebsco)

• ERIC The Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides access to educational literature and resources. Provides indexing to over 1.6 million titles and Full Text to 750,000 documents. Excellent source for scholarly literature on training and development. (Ebsco)

• APA PsychINFO This index provides citations millions of psychology articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations going back to 1840 with links to approximately 1,000 full text titles.

• HR Magazine is a publication of the SHRM. This professional journal will provide information on current issues and trends in Human Resources. 
  • Select the Article Search tab to locate articles on specific topics.
• Workforce Management is a software company that also publishes articles about best practices in staffing.

• Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency in the broad field of labor economics and statistics and serves as part of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. BLS collects, calculates, analyzes, and publishes data essential to the public, employers, researchers, and government organizations.
  • Wage Data by Area and Occupation BLS wage data are available by occupation for the nation, regions, states, and many metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
• O*NET OnLine detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, developers, researchers, and more!

For an overview on citations, including the resources listed below, visit LibraryDIY. 

• APA Style (website) The APA Style website offers quick guides to paper formatting and citations.
  • Navigate to the Style and Grammar Guidelines tab.

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2020) The publication manual is the official guide to APA style. Borrow or reference a physical copy at Thrift Library.

• Tutorial on APA 7th edition Anderson students have access to tutorials on information literacy topics, including an overview on citations using APA.

Thrift Library recommends using Zotero for reference management.

Once you save an article, book, webpage, etc. to Zotero it will generate citations in the style guide of your choice. It also does so much more! With Zotero, you can...

• Save PDFs and Snapshots of your sources to folders in your library
• Annotate PDFs (when you copy and paste text from an annotated file it will automatically add quotation marks and the author, date, and page number in a parenthetical citation.)
• Search your entire library
• Generate bibliographies 

Zotero is a desktop app that also has a web library for when you need to access your library away from your primary computer. 

Zotero also offers browser connectors that enables users to save sources with a single click. 

More information about reference management as well as other available tools can be found in LibraryDIY under Citation Tools.