Selected Library and Online Resources for HRM358 Work and Organization

Lingnan University LibrarySep 2014

Ivy Kan – Information Services LibrarianEmail: ivykan@ln.edu.hk / Tel: 2616-8570

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/il_handouts

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

identify video resources on various occupations.

use online resources to locate job descriptions, requirements and labour statistics.

identify resources for searching books, articles and reports on job/work in general.

Videos Resources on Jobs (1)

10 videos purchased for this class: The Changing Nature of Work Series (Use Title Search for changing nature of work in Multimedia Collection or search Course Reserve for HRM358)

Some Local TV Programs: HKATV: 香港風華之柒拾 3 行 (

http://library.ln.edu.hk/record=b1543912) HKATV: 新里程 21 (

http://library.ln.edu.hk/record=b1283618)

RTHK: 風雨夜歸人 (http://library.ln.edu.hk/record=b1427227)

RTHK: 專之驕子 (http://library.ln.edu.hk/record=b1427229) & 專之驕子 II (http://library.ln.edu.hk/record=b1471839)

Videos Resources on Jobs (2)

More Local TV Programmes can be found at: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/find/local-tv-programmes

E.g. 的士司機

YouTubee.g. Workplace of Future (from SmithGruopJJR) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNsXOQU1ORY

Search terms: workplace , organizational

Ted Talks

E.g. Work: http://www.ted.com/topics/work

Local Job Descriptions / Requirements Vocational Training Council (VTC)

Look under Training Boards and General Committees for Manpower Survey and Job Specifications

http://www.vtc.edu.hk/vtc/web/template/trainingBoardDual.jsp?fldr_id=207&lang=en

E.g. Job Specifications for Principal Jobs in Banking and Finance: http://www.vtc.edu.hk/uploads/files/publications/banking_and_finance_industry_training_board/en/JS(E).pdf

For older issues: look under word search for “manpower survey and hong kong” or “job specifications and hong kong” in Library Catalogue

US Job Spec / Requirements

Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Dept of Labor) http://www.bls.gov/oco/

O*NET OnLine : http://online.onetcenter.org/

Job Hunting Web Sites

Ctgoodjobs.hk– real job ads, trends & salaries (Resources SalaryCheck), etc. http://www.ctgoodjobs.hk/

JobDB – real job ads (HK & worldwide),career news (Resources Career News http://www.jobsdb.com/HK/EN/V6HTML/Home/default.htm

Local Labour StatisticsHK Census & Statistics Dept.

Latest statistics are available online: see Publications in Census & Statistics Dept. Web Page: http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/products_and_services/products/publications/index.jsp

For back issues, search “labor supply and statistics and hong kong” or “wages and statistics and hong kong” by keywords in Library Catalogue

Articles from Newspapers and Magazines

WiseSearch (Wisenews)

LexisNexis Academic

FactivaAccess: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases

香港中文期刊論文索引

http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=http://hkinchipcu.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/

Books, Articles and Reports on Job / Works in General Databases:

1-Search: A simple and fast search engine that helps you discover and access relevant information in the Library's Collections.

Access: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/

Individual databases: e.g. ProQuest (ABI/Inform), EBSCOhost (BSP), Emerald Fulltext, Sociological Abstracts, PsycInfo, etc.

Access: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases

Library Catalogue – useful subjects:

Work; work social aspects; work psychological aspects

Organizational behavior

Industrial sociology

Blue collar workers; White collar workers

Occupations

Citation Management / Bibliography Generation Tools

Cite Sources: must give credit to idea, opinion, theory or exact words, belong to another persons as see from books, journal articles, websites or elsewhere by making a citation or reference to it.Bibliography & Plagiarism: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bibliography_plagiarism RefWorks:

http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=https://www.refworks.com/refworks2/?r=authentication::init&groupcode=RWLingnanULCitation Builder (from NCSU Libraries)

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php

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