Finding Books
Search the library catalog for books on education using the keyword, subject or title options. If you do not find the book you need, ask a librarian or check for the title in E-ZBorrow, our fastest self-service interlibrary loan system, or ILLiad that looks outside our network (and requires additional time.)
Try a keyword search:
higher education AND "human resources"
Try a subject search:
Finding Articles
In most cases you can use the general Research Guide for Business Articles But it is also worth checking the Education literature databases below for articles on HRD
TIP: Use the thesaurus on the http://eric.ed.gov website to search the word "personnel" and select from the descriptors offered as a starting point for your search. Example: "Personnel Development"
Professional & Trade Focused Literature - (overlaps with Education Research Complete)
- Education Periodicals 1986-Present -- ELECTRONIC Professional magazines and periodicals with full-text access to over 350 education journals (part of the Proquest database).
Reference Books
These are a great place to start your research for basic definitions - and core bibliographies. You can find Drexel's specialized human resource and education-related handbooks by doing a keyword search in the library catalog such as "handbook AND human resource*" or "handbook AND training." Here are some of the best education-related reference books:
- Diversity Training Handbook: a practical guide to understanding and changing attitudes - ELECTRONIC
Encyclopedia of Education -- ELECTRONIC and PRINT Hagerty Reference LB15 .E47 2003 v. 1-8- The Group Trainers Handbook -- ELECTRONIC
- Handbook of research on e-transformation and HRM technologies -- ELECTRONIC
- Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice -- ELECTRONIC
- From Cost to Performance Management: : a blueprint for organizational development -- ELECTRONIC
- Human Resources and Quality -- ELECTRONIC
- Encyclopedia of human resources information systems -- ELECTRONIC
- International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences --ELECTRONIC & PRINT (See link for "Search this Title" on left - not the search box up above.) Hagerty Reference H41 .I58 2001 Volume 1-26
Selected Journals
Find the following using the Electronic Journals A to Z Lookup feature:
- Academy of Management Journal
- Academy of Management Learning & Education
- Academy of Management Perspectives
- Adult Education Quarterly
- California Management Review
- Career Development International Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal
- Harvard Business Review
- Human Resource Development Quarterly
- Human Resource Development Review
- Human Resource Management
- Human Resource Management Journal (London)
- Industrial and Commercial Training
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology: International Journal of Training and Development
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Journal of Business & Psychology
- Journal of Career Development
- Journal of European Industrial Training
- Journal of Leadership & Organization Studies
- Journal of Management
- Journal of Management Development
- Journal of Organizational Behavior
- Journal of Vocational Behavior
- Journal of Workplace Learning
- Leadership & Organization Development
- Leadership Quarterly
- MIT’s Sloan Management Review
- Organization Development Journal
- Organizational Dynamics
- People & Strategy
- Performance Improvement Quarterly
- Performance Improvement Journal
- Personnel Psychology
- The Industrial & Organizational Psychologist
- The Learning Organization
- Training & Development Journal
Associations and Research Centers
Professional
- Academy of Human Resource Development
- Academy of Management
- American Evaluation Association (AEA)
- American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American Society for Quality
- American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
- American Statistical Association (ASA)
- Association for Strategic Planning
- College and University Professional Association for HR (CUPA-HR)
- Human Capital Institute
- Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS)
- Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
- International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM)
- International Federation of Training and Development Organizations (IFTDO)
- International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR)
- International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
- Knowledge Management Professional Society
- Organization Development Institute
- Organization Development Network
- Project Management Institute (PMI)
- Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT)
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
- Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
- Society for Organizational Learning
- World at Work
- World Federation of People Management Associations
Academic
- Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)
- Center for Effective Organizations (CEO)
- Harvard Business Online
- Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
- Human Resource Institute
- MIT Sloan Management Review
- MIT Workplace Center
- Richard Swanson’s Website
- Stanford Graduate School of Business
Corporate & Organizational
Content Editor: Tim Siftar
Last Updated: 10/31/2012
