Tips for Access to Library Resources
- Library subscription databases are authenticated with a single sign on. Once you login to a single database with your Villanova email user name and password you will have access to all others.
- You will not be able to access known library resources by simply Googling them.
- Firewalls at workplaces are a common impediment to accessing library databases. To avoid this problem find an open network connection elsewhere. Few employers IT departments are willing to adjust firewalls.
- If your can not get onto a database on the weekend, REPORT DATABASE SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS to Access Services 610-519-4270 and UNIT 610-519-7777
Contextual Sources
When you have an idea for a research project, it is often helpful to place your questions within the context of the literature. Scholarly encyclopedias and bibliographies do just that. Of course you will also need to search the literature via article databases for "literature reviews" and research studies, but first see if your topic is covered by either of these sources.
Oxford Bibliographies (Oxford University Press) Tutorial
The management and psychology collections include may human resource development topics
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management
Presents essays of 15-30 pages written by academic subject experts on a range business and management topics such as international business, theory, research methods, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, marketing, negotiation and strategy.
SAGE Knowledge
Offers encyclopedias, handbooks and cases. To access browse business and management, human resource management.
Books
Articles
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest)Provides access to scholarly journals and practice oriented publications.
Business Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)Indexes business magazines and scholarly journals.
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)Provides access to a wide range of academic business journals and trade magazines. A must search source for many HRD topics. Coverage goes back to 1965.
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)Most useful for HRD topics related to employee communication. Primarily scholarly articles.
Conference Board Business & Economics PortfolioQuality reports, interviews and studies on leadership, compensation, organizational development, operations, globalization, diversity, sustainability, innovation and more for he management and HRD professionals.
DigitalCommons@ILRThis is a subject specific open access archive to labor and employment topics
EconLit with Full Text (EBSCO)Particularly useful scholarly article database for HR metrics research topics.
Factiva (Dow Jones)Provides access to international, national and local news sources. Many different news media such as newspapers, magazines, wires, blogs and transcripts are aggregated in English and foreign languages. The content is current and archival. Industry, company and market profiles are also provided.
HeinOnlineProvides access to law reviews (scholarly journals) related to labor and employment issues.
Nexis Uni Limitations on Use
Provides access to law reviews (scholarly journals), legal news and general legal encyclopedia (American Jurisprudence 2nd).
Limitations on Use:
LexisNexis online services and the materials contained therein are under copyright by LexisNexis. All rights reserved. No part of these Services may be used except for research purposes, and the Services may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the LexisNexis Academic Library Solutions. Materials retrieved from the Services may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the prior written authorization of LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions, except that limited reproduction of output is permitted solely for individual use by the Authorized User or internal distribution within the Subscribing Institution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement unless further limited or prohibited by the Copyright Act of 1976. Under no circumstances may the Materials or any portion thereof be used to create derivative products or services.
Tutorial
Indexes journals, dissertations and some books in applied and organizational psychology.
Tutorial available.
Provides citations and abstracts to peer-reviewed journals, books, and conference proceedings in all major disciplines. Provides information on citing and cited references for each article.
Video
HSTalks: The Business & Management CollectionContains multimedia lectures (typically 30-60 minutes), and case studies (usually brief and related to current developments) designed to augment teaching and learning across the business curriculum. Videos are segmentable and embeddable in course management systems. Provides access to peer reviewed, practice oriented journals.
LinkedIn LearningCourses and videos on range of professional development topics such as leadership, diversity, project management, marketing, finance, and software applications. Activate using Villanova single sign on. Access courtesy Villanova Human Resource & Career Center.
O'Reilly for Higher Education Tutorial
Access Instructions
Provides access to over 35,000 ebooks, 30,000 hours of video, curated learning paths, technology manuals, case studies, audio books, and videos covering fields ranging from software development, business, management, career development, engineering, design and more. Formerly known as Safari Books Online.
O’Reilly Media mobile app (iOS, Android & Amazon Fire) allows you to read online and off and syncs across devices. App is available on the
App Store or Google Play.
Creating Citations
Academic integrity guidelines mandate the attribution of sources used in written work. Commonly scholarly academic writers use the American Psychological Association (APA) Style. The complete APA Style Manual is not available online, but you can link to reliable aids listed below.
Zotero helps you generate and organize references, but is not a substitute for knowing the style. When you use Zotero or in database citation generators, verify the accuracy of the citations created. Databases such as PsychInfo, ABI Inform & Business Source Premier have handy citation generation tools, but you should check their accuracy too.
Citation Tools and Software
Purdue OWL: APA
Citing Business Sources Using APA 7th
Zotero
Free Citation management tool supported by the Library
Evaluating Journals and Articles
Journal metrics & rankings are imperfect but frequently used ways to gage the quality of research studies. The following tools publish journal level metrics such as impact factor, immediacy index,& H Index to name a few. For definitions and keys to understanding these metrics use the help links.
Peer reviewed research articles need to be evaluated for quality by considering the research methods, data used and analysis provided. Nonetheless metrics such as citation counts do suggest which papers are garnering attention. The following business databases offer article level metrics.
Associations
course guides