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Item	Availability	Notes
Articles and Research about Labor & Employment:
ABI Inform via ProQuest	1971-date	Indexes 1400+ scholarly and trade journals in accounting and all business-related fields.
Business and Industry via GaleNet	1994-date	Indexes 1200+ trade journals and selected industry-related documents.
Business NewsBank via NewsBank InfoWeb	1993-date	Produces articles from the business sections of 400+ U.S. newspapers as well as many local business journals.
Wall Street Journal via ProQuest	1986-present	Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal.  For older materials, see microfilm in Gov. Docs., or access Wall Street Journal Historical File.
Business File ASAP via Galenet	1996-date	Indexes 1000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry.  Included in Gale Business & Company Resource Center, above
Wilson Business Full Text via FirstSearch	1986-date	Indexes 345+ major magazines in business.
Economic Policies Institute via EPI	Check URL date	A research center whose research tends to focus on working people and labor markets.       [caahaj]
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research via Upjohn Institute	Check URL date	"The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit research organization, was established on July 1, 1945.  It is an activity of the W.E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation, which was founded in 1932 to administer a fund set aside by Dr. W.E. Upjohn (1852–1932), founder of the Upjohn Company, for the purpose of conducting research into the causes and effects of unemployment and measures for the alleviation of unemployment."      [caaiae]
Laws, Ethics, & Labor:         See also: Legal Environment Resources page for a more complete list.
Collective Bargaining Negotiation & Contracts Green Library BUS HD6500 .B8 via BNA	Current	This loose-leaf set is constantly updated with materials including contracts, labor negotiations underway, and legal cases involving labor contracts.
Health & Human Resources via CCH Internet Research Network	Current	Laws, regulations, industry news, cases, and other information on health care and human resource management.
Business Ethics via UIUC	Check URL date
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) via EPA	Check URL date	The EPA deals with all manner of environmental pollution, including in the workplace.    EPA Regulations & laws
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) via OSHA	Check URL date	OSHA manages the regulations relating to safety in the workplace.
Comparison of State Unemployment Laws via DoL	Check URL date	The Dept. of Labor, Employment and Training Administration's site for comparing the unemployment laws of various states.
Tools for Labor, Job-hunters, and Moving
America's Career InfoNet	Check URL date	"Find national and local career information and labor market data using unique career tools, career reports, a career resource library," and more.
America's Job Bank	Check URL date	"Post resumes to be searched by thousands of national employers.  Post job listings in the nation's largest online labor exchange.
Earthcalendar via earthcalendar.net	Check URL date	A guide to national and religious holidays around the world.
Facts for You:  Environment and Energy via USA.Gov	Check URL date	Includes direct links to such things as:  local air quality, annual energy outlook, car fuel efficiency comparison, drought monitor, energy & fuel facts, local environmental data and maps, gas prices, greenhouse gas calculator, hazardous waste sites, ocean conditions, local use of toxic chemicals, UV index by Zip code, weather forecasts, and similar sites.
Homefair.Com via homefair.com	Check URL date	This site has several "calculators", for determining such things as the cost of a move to the desireability of a location.
International Monetary Fund: Selected Exchange Rates via IMF	Check URL date	Some data is to the $US, some is $US to country currency, some is to SDR, the IMF's "Special Drawing Rights." (See elsewhere on the IMF site for a definition.)
Move via National Assoc. of Realtors	Check URL date	Provides resources for searching for houses, apartments, and senior adult communities, as well as other resources, such as Welcome Wagon.  Includes access to house plans, house valuation tools, decorating tips, and more.
Service Locator	Check URL date	"Find local employment, training, and other employment-related resouces needed by employers, jobseekers, students, and workforce professionals."
U.S. City/State & ZIP Code Associations via USPS	Check URL date	Enter a city & state to find a zip code or enter a ZIP code to find the city/state in this resource from the United States Postal Service.
The World Clock	Check URL date	Time at any place in the world.
The World Factbook via the CIA	Check URL date	One of the most comprehensive sources of what is going on in countries around the world, this source can help you know what to do and what the internal conditions of other countries are.
Inter-City Cost of Living Index Green Library REF HD6977.C63 via ACCRA	8 most recent issues (quarterly)	Based on data reported by volunteers, this quarterly report provides cost of living information from urban areas across the U.S. in a comparative form, with 100=U.S. average cost.  The first section provides the index data ear urban area, based on total and major segments.  The second section provides actual average prices for each urban area for specific item, from hamburgers to utilities.
Occupations & Employment
Career Information Center (or, via Gale Virtual Reference Library if you are off campus.)	2007	"Provides information for job seekers on various career areas.  Each profile includes a job summary chart, a job description, and up-to-date salary information."        [caaiac]
Encyclopedia of Career Development (or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.)	2006	"Sweeping changes in the nature of work, shifts in the meaning of career success, the rise of global business and international careers, heightened concerns over social influences on careers, and emerging labor laws and regulations influence the ways in which individuals, organizations, and the broader society view career development."        [caaiac]
America's Career InfoNet	Check URL date	"Find national and local career information and labor market data using unique career tools, career reports, a career resource library," and more.
America's Job Bank	Check URL date	"Post resumes to be searched by thousands of national employers.  Post job listings in the nation's largest online labor exchange.
Bureau of Labor Statistics publications   via Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	The Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers and dissiminates data about employment and unemployment within the United States, as well as other data that affect employment and wages.  Some of their online publications are:     Career Guide to Industries     Occupational Employment Projections     Occupational Outlook Handbook & Occupational Outlook Quarterly (Great sources for what a job requires, what it pays beginners, & what is the employment forecast in that field.)     Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses
Career Guide to Industries via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	Check URL date
Career Resource Center	Check URL date
Headhunter.net	Check URL date
Job Analysis & Personality Research via Virginia Tech	Check URL date
JobStar - Salary Surveys via JobStar	Check URL date	Includes salary survey results for general surveys as well as for many professions.
Labor, Dept. of via U.S. Dept. of Labor	Check URL date
Occupational Outlook Handbook via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	Check URL date	The standard source of what a job is all about and how to prepare for it, as well as what the outlook for employment is in specific fields.  Published biennially by the BLS.
Occupational Outlook Quarterly via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	Check URL date	This quarterly publication updates the biennial Occupational Outlook Handbook, above, and includes articles highlighting specific careers and other opportunities.
Quintessential Careers	Check URL date
Service Locator	Check URL date	"Find local employment, training, and other employment-related resouces needed by employers, jobseekers, students, and workforce professionals."
State Unemployment Laws U.S. Dept. of Labor	Check URL date
Labor & Trade Unions:
Collective Bargaining: Negotiations and Contracts Green Library BUS HD6500.B8 2 vols., via BNA	Current looseleaf	A looseleaf service that surveys labor contact negotiations, including laws, regulations, and sample contract language.
AFL-CIO via AFL-CIO	Check URL date	The website of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations.
International Labor Organisation (ILO) via ILO	Check URL date	Contains reports, schedules, and other information from the International Labor Organization.  Also provides access to LABORSTA, their main database which covers labor/employment data from over 200 countries.  Other databases are available following instructions.
Center for Labor Research and Studies via FIU	Check URL date
U.S. Government Labor-related Sites
THOMAS--U.S. Congress on the Internet via Library of Congress	Check URL date	The Library of Congress' site for U.S. government links, including state governments, provides a general access to most agencies of the federal government.
U.S. Census Bureau Home Page via Census Bureau     Local Employment Dynamics	Check URL date	This federal agency collects data on population and business through various censuses.     "Local Employment Dynamics" provides quarterly workforce indicators, and may be searched by state, year, quarter, gender, age group, geographic grouping, metropolitan area, industry (NAICS), and ownership.  The data include 8 "key indicators":  Total employment; Net job flows; Job creation; New hires; Separations; Turnover; Average monthly earnings; Average new hire earnings.
Environmental Protection Agency via EPA	Check URL date
Florida Worker's Comp - Statistics via State of Florida Dept. of Financial Services	Check website's date	Various statistics on workers' compensation, including nnumber of cases by industry and fatalities on the job.
U.S. Food & Drug Administration   Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research via FDA	Check URL date	The government agency responsible for keeping food and pharmaceuticals safe in the United States.
Labor, Dept. of via Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	The agency of the U.S. government concerned about employment, wages, and working conditions.
Labor Statistics, Bureau of via Dept. of Labor     Career Guide to Industries     Consumer Price Index     Local Area Unemployment Statistics     Occupational Employment Projections     Producer Price Index     Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses	Check URL date	The Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers and dissiminates data about employment and unemployment within the United States, as well as other data that affect employment and wages..
National Mediation Board (NMB) via NMB	Check URL date	The agency with responsibility for resolving disputes between managment and labor within the airline and railroad industries.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) via OSHA	Check URL date	OSHA manages the regulations relating to safety in the workplace.
Labor & HR Dictionaries
A Dictionary of Human Resource Management Green Library REF HF5549.A23D53 2001 via Oxford U. Press	Current	"An authoritative source of precise and easy to understand definistions of words, terms, and phrases that are used in the fields of human resource management, personnel, and industrial relations."
BLS Glossary of terms via BLS	Check url date	Definitions of terms used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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