Library Course Guide - Labor Studies 696H


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Library Course Guide: Employment Law in the U.S.
Labor Studies 696H

Introduction
This guide is arranged in the order that one might work through the research process. However, if you would like to go to a particular area, choose from the alphabetical grouping below.

Books | Databases | Internet Resources Library Help & Contacts | Locating Materials | Reference Materials

Reference Materials
Some useful reference books on the topics for this class:

Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia
UM /Ref HF5549.5 A34 A426
Americans with Disabilities: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations
UM/Ref KF 3469 A96

Employment Discrimination Law
UM/Ref KF3464.L56

Please note: The "Ref" before the call number indicates an item in the Reference Collection.

Books
Search for books in the UMass Library Catalog by subject. Below are a few of the subject headings you could use:

Employee Rights United States
Graduate Students Labor Unions
Labor Laws and Legislation
Labor Policy Legal Aspects
Sexual Harassment Law and Legislation United States

Use WorldCat and Other Library Catalogs for searching other catalogs if you don't find books in the Five Colleges Catalog.

Borrow books from Interlibrary Loan.

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Databases
Locate citations, abstracts and/or full text of journal articles, magazine articles, newspapers, dissertations, government documents, and other information sources in your subject.

Please note: In some of our databases you may see the UMLinks button - graphic for SFX/UMLinks service . Clicking on this button will take you directly to the full text of your article, if available, or to other options for finding the article if not available online. For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions about UMLinks.

Academic Search Premier
Indexes hundreds of scholarly journals. Full-text is available for some articles while only the citation and abstract are available for other articles. Tip: For scholarly articles, limit the search to refereed publications.
Labor and Employment Law Library
Full-text and summaries of state and federal statutes, regulations and case law in the field of labor and employment law. This database also includes editorial explanations by subject area.
LegalTrac
Provides indexing and many full text articles from more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. It also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.
LexisNexis
Full-text articles from tens of thousands of periodicals, including approximately 500 law reviews and law-related journals; state and federal case law; and statutory law. Date ranges vary for individual publications.
Westlaw Campus Research
Full text legal encyclopedias, law reviews, and legal treatises; federal and state statutes, regulations, court decisions; and newspapers, news wires, magazines and business and industry data.

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How to Locate Materials from Databases

If you do not see the full text (or a link to it), try these steps.

1. The UMLinks button appears near the citation in most (but not all) databases. Click to view your options, which depend on the source (e.g. journal titles) and the UMass Amherst Library's holdings.

If available, you will see links to the full text of your article in one or more of the other databases to which the Library subscribes.
If you see UMass Amherst Library Catalog listed, the Library subscribes to the source in some format. Click on the link to view the record for the title. Make a note of the item's location in the Libraries and its call number. For journals, also note if we have the volume and year you need.

2. If the UMLinks button does not appear in the database you are using, open a new browser window, so you do not lose your place in the database. Search the UMass Library Catalog searching Title begins with (if a book) or Journal title begins with (if a journal article). Alternatively for journal articles, check the EJournal Locator for online access. Note: Be sure to look up journal titles rather than article titles.

3. If you have a citation to a book, article, or journal, enter the information you have about the item into the Citation Linker to view your access choices.

4. If we do not own or have access to the material you need, try these steps.

For a photocopy of an article or a book chapter, request it through Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery.

For a book, try these options in order:

Search the Five Colleges Catalog and if found, click on the "Request Item" button.

Request it through Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery.

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Internet Resources
Please note: Keep in mind when you are researching information on the Web that anyone can publish a web page. Read about the advantages and disadvantages of the "Free Web" and evaluate the information you find.

Library Help & Contacts

Prepared for Labor Studies 696H by Barbara Morgan, 1/2006

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