Employee Training & Development
This topic guide lists employee training and development resources.
The guide focuses on suggested strategies and best places to begin research efforts. For information & assistance in using any of the sources, please contact library staff:
Find Articles :
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Provides the full-text for more than 8,800 titles covering all areas of business.
Click on advanced-search at the top of the screen. In the first search-box, enter the training topic or principle and click on the search button. Click on any of the subject listings on the left side of the screen to narrow your results.
Business Index ASAP
The benefit of using this database to search for articles is that it provides a subject guide that helps you narrow your topic.
- Click on ‘Subject Guide’ to the left of the screen.
- Enter the training topic in the search box and click on the ‘Search’ button.
- From the results list, locate the specific topic. You can either ‘View’ the complete list of articles on that topic OR narrow by subdivision. Narrowing by subdivision is useful in locating articles that will relate to your specific need.
Emerald Library
Includes the full-text for 139 journals focused on management and marketing.
- Click on ‘Advanced Search ’ to the left of the screen.
- Enter the training topic in the first search box, choose 'keywords' from the first pull-down menu and click on the orange ‘Search’ button at the top right.
- Review results and if needed click on 'modify search' or 'search within results' links at the top of the results list . For instance, you may decide to click on 'search within results' and add the term 'Covey'.
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Access eJournals:
Our Journal List
You may locate a specific reference/citation to an article that may fit your research needs either through Google Scholar or listed in a bibliography at the end of another article or book chapter you have read. The next step is to try to locate the full-text so you can read and evaluate it further.
Our Journal List allows you to type in the title of a journal or magazine and directs you to a list of databases the library subscribes to which may provide the full-text of an article you need. Once you click on Our Journal List, enter the name of the journal, magazine or source in the first search box. If the title is indexed in any of our databases, it will appear on a results list. Across the top of the screen, you will find the dates of ‘Online Coverage’ per database for the title, a link to ‘Full-Text Access’ as well as a link to the library’s catalog record for the print title if available.
Recommended eJournal Titles:
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Find Books:
I. SOUTHcat
Many useful books and/or multimedia can be located through the USA Library's Catalog:
| Keyword Searches: |
Subject Heading Browses: |
| pfeiffer |
training |
| e-learning AND employees |
training needs |
| employee training |
needs assessment |
| training AND assessment |
training manuals |
| "performance improvement" |
employees training |
| training AND development |
computer-assisted instruction |
| human resources AND development |
staff development |
| women and "small business" |
learning organization |
| aid? AND training |
knowledge management |
If you need further information on how to search the library’s catalog:
Using the SOUTHcat Catalog
II. netLibrary
If you prefer to search for and read books online, try
net Library 3 using the same searches noted above. The benefit of using this resource is that you will be able to search full-text for specific terms across the database collection of 11,173+ current electronic books.
Note: Only single pages can be printed using your browser's print button and only 10% of an entire book may be printed.
III. Suggested Titles:
| Pfeiffer Annual: Vol. 1, Training |
MCOB Reference HM 134 .A55
(later annuals include CD-ROMs) |
Pfeiffer's Classic Inventories,
Questionaires, and Surveys for
Training & Development |
Univ. Lib. HD 57.7 .G78 2004 |
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Review Association Sites/Webliographies:
American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
Knowledge, Performance, Training & Learning (Don Clark)
National Staff Development Council
Workforce Online: Training & Development
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Last Updated: 1/13/09 DLH
