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Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

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The Reference Collection includes a variety of different sources, such as: subject-focused encyclopedias, handbooks, almanacs, maps/atlases, statistical compendiums, dictionaries, and more. Look here to find introductory articles on subject-related topics. The broad perspective offered by such articles often proves helpful for narrowing research topics before pursuing more in-depth information.

This guide provides some recommendations for encyclopedias and other reference resources that might provide helpful information relating to your topic.

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Careers in Human Resources

Electronic Resource

Dictionary of Human Resource Management

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Electronic Resource
Volumes 1-2

Handbook of Career Studies

Electronic Resource

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

Oxford Handbook of Human Capital

Electronic Resource

Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management

Electronic Resource

Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology

Electronic Resource

Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management

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) This link opens in a new window 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) This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection of reference resources such as subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries, available in a single database.
Oxford Reference (Oxford University Press) This link opens in a new window Contains facts, figures, definitions, quotations, and translations from 300+ Oxford reference titles, as well as in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the Oxford Companions series and Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA) (JerseyClicks) (NJSL) -- Complimentary This link opens in a new window Directory of basic information about U.S. and Canadian companies, U.S. health care providers, and U.S. and Canadian residents. Good for finding phone numbers.

Recommended Multimedia Databases

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Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window 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, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. Also features Archival Films & Newsreels.

Recommended Statistics Databases

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PolicyMap This link opens in a new window 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 This link opens in a new window 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 This link opens in a new window Presents data as infographics and features reports on over 80,000 topics, including media, business, healthcare, politics, society, technology, and education.