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Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Careers in Human Resources

Electronic Resource

Handbook of Career Studies

Electronic Resource

The Handbook of Human Resource Management Education

Electronic Resource

Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology: Personnel Psychology and Employee Performance

Electronic Resource
Volume 1

Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology

Electronic Resource
Volume 2

Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology

Electronic Resource
Volume 3

Handbook of Mentoring at Work

Electronic Resource

Handbook of Workplace Diversity

Electronic Resource

Handbook of Work Stress

Electronic Resource

International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies

Electronic Resource, Volumes 1-4

Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management

Electronic Resource

The Rowman and Littlefield Handbook on Workplace Diversity and Stratification

Electronic Resource

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Electronic Resource

SAGE Handbook of Human Resource Management

Electronic Resource

Recommended Online Encyclopedia Databases

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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center (Infobase Learning) Great source of information about careers and industries, with full-text access to job and industry profile articles published in books like the Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. Also provides select "job videos."
Gale eBooks (Gale Cengage Learning) A comprehensive collection of reference resources such as subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries, available in a single database.
Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA) (JerseyClicks) (NJSL) -- Complimentary Contains essential information about companies in the U.S. and Canada, healthcare providers in the U.S., and residents of the U.S. and Canada. It facilitates research on U.S. businesses, provides tools for creating marketing and small business plans, aids in job searching, and much more.

Recommended Multimedia Databases

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Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) Films on Demand provides access to "video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content." Click "Collections" to access videos in various subject areas, such as Art & Architecture, Allied Health, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Drama & Theatre, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. The platform also offers Archival Films & Newsreels.
Kanopy (OverDrive, Inc.) Offers access to a broad selection of streaming videos for education and training, feature films, documentaries, foreign-language films, and more. This database also includes the Media Education Foundation Collection. Note: Kanopy is maintained to support classroom instruction, and each title is purchased individually. Films will be added to the collection by Faculty request only. Faculty can select titles to use in their courses by completing the form that displays when choosing a film not yet licensed. Thank you.

Recommended Statistics Databases

The following databases provide access to statistics and other kinds of data.

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PolicyMap Features an online GIS mapping tool that allows users to create interactive maps and plot data by geographical location. Data indicators provided include demographics, education, income, housing, employment, health, crime, and much more.
Social Explorer Provides easy access to maps and reports of U.S. Census data from 1790 to the present; the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2010; population, health and social care, and labor market data from the 2011 United Kingdom Census; U.S. crime data from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps; European demographic data from Eurostat; population data from the 2011 Canadian census; and demographic and socioeconomic data from World Development Indicators (World Bank).
Statista Presents data as infographics and features reports on over 80,000 topics, including media, business, healthcare, politics, society, technology, and education.

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Related Research Guides

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Careers in Human Resources

Handbook of Career Studies

The Handbook of Human Resource Management Education

Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology: Personnel Psychology and Employee Performance

Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology

Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology

Handbook of Mentoring at Work

Handbook of Workplace Diversity

Handbook of Work Stress

International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies

Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management

The Rowman and Littlefield Handbook on Workplace Diversity and Stratification

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

SAGE Handbook of Human Resource Management

Recommended Online Encyclopedia Databases

Recommended Multimedia Databases

Recommended Statistics Databases

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