Guide to Research

Industrial Relations is an "academic subject and field of study broadly defined to include the study of all aspects of the employment relationship, including labor economics, labor history, labor law, personnel/human resource management, organizational behavior, collective bargaining, industrial/organizational psychology, and industrial sociology." For more information please see: Robert's dictionary of industrial relations, BNA, Washington, DC.: (IR) HD4839.R612 1994

Princeton University Library Catalogs

The following are the major sources for finding industrial relations materials in the Princeton University Library:

The Main Catalog

Supplementary Catalog: only items cataloged through 1979. Being phased out as records are transferred to the Main Catalog. Holdings and location information may be incorrect.

Library of Congress Subject Headings in Industrial Relations,
Major Library of Congress Call Numbers for Industrial Relations (Numerical Order)
Major Library of Congress Call Numbers for Industrial Relations (Alphabetical Order of Subjects)

Frequently Mentioned Texts

Dunlop, John Thomas.
Industrial relations systems.
Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, 1993. Rev. ed.
(IR) HD6971.D85 1993

Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Robert S. Smith
Modern labor economics: theory and public policy.
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c2006. 9th ed.
(IR) HD4901.E34 2006

Elkouri, Frank.
How arbitration works.
Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, c2003. 6th ed.
(IR) KF3424 .E53 2003

1999 supplement to Elkouri & Elkouri How arbitration works;
editors-in-chief, Edward P. Goggin, Alan Miles Ruben.
Washington, DC : BNA Books, c1999.
American Bar Association,
Section of Labor and Employment Law : Bureau of National Affairs. 5th ed.
(IR) KF3424 .E53 1997 Suppl. 1999

Freeman, Richard B. and James L. Medoff
What do unions do?
New York : Basic Books, c1984.
(F) HD6508.F73 1984

What do unions do? : a twenty-year perspective.
Edited by Bennett, James T. and Bruce E. Kaufman.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2007.
(IR) HD6508 .W44 2007

Hamermesh, Daniel S., Albert Rees
The economics of work and pay.
New York : HarperCollins College Publishers, c1996. 6th ed.
(IR) HD4901.H18 1996

Handbook of labor economics;
edited by Orley Ashenfelter and Richard Layard.
New York, N.Y., North-Holland, 1999
(IR) HD4802.H36 1986

Hirsch, Barry T. and John T. Addison
The economic analysis of unions: new approaches and evidence.
Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1986.
(IR) HD6508.H48 1986

Kaufman, Bruce E.
The origins & evolution of the field of industrial relations in the United States.
Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1993
(IR) HD8066.K38 1993

Killingsworth, Mark R.
Labor supply
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.
(F) HD5706.K57 1983

Kochan, Thomas A., Harry C. Katz, and Robert B. McKersie.
The transformation of American industrial relations.
Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 1994. 1st ILR Press ed.
(IR) HD8072.5 .K632 1994

Research in labor economics.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press, 1977+
(IR) HD4802 .R42

Rees, Albert
The economics of trade unions.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. 3rd ed.
(IR) HD6508 .R38 1989

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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Employee benefits desk encyclopedia :
an annotated compendium of frequently used terms.

Dictionary of occupational titles.
4th ed. + supplements.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1991.
Occupational definitions listed in Occupational Group Arrangement (OGA).
(DOCS Ref.) L37.2:Oc1/2/991/v.1-2

Doherty, Robert E.
Industrial and labor relations terms: a glossary.
5th ed. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1989. 36 pp. (ILR bulletin; 44)
(IR) HD4839.D6 1989

O*NET Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
4th ed. JIST Works, Inc. Indianapolis, IN : 2007.
(IR) HB2595 .O16 and (DOCS) L37.25a: Ocl/Dictio

Roberts, Harold S.
Roberts' dictionary of industrial relations.
4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs, 1994. 874pp.
(IR) HD4839.R612 1994

Shafritz, Jay M.
The Facts on File dictionary of personnel management and labor relations.
2d ed. 1985. 534pp.
(IR) HF5549.A23 S52 1985

Biographical Dictionaries

America's labor leaders.

Biographical dictionary of American labor.
Edited by Gary M. Fink. Rev. ed.
Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1984. 767pp.
(DR) HD8073.A1 B56 1984
Brief sketches of 734 men and women who had a significant impact on American labor.

Labor leaders in America.
Edited by Melvyn Dubofsky and Warren Van Tine.
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1987. 396pp.
(IR) HD8073.A1L33 1987.
Extensive biographical essays about fifteen American labor leaders.

LERA ... membership directory / Labor and Employment Relations Association
(Continues: Membership directory of the Industrial Relations Research Association).
Champaign, IL: Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2006.
(SXF) HD6958.5 .I53

Membership directory of the Industrial Relations Research Association.
(Continued by: LERA ... membership directory / Labor and Employment Relations Association).
Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association, 1979-2002.
(IR) HD4802 .I66

Who's who in labor.
NY: Arno Press, 1976. 807pp.
(IR) HD8073.A1W5
Brief information about thousands of people active in the labor movement at that time. Includes discussion of AFL-CIO and other federations, directory of national unions and employee associations, government offices, labor studies centers, glossary of lab or terms, bibliography of labor periodicals, index to biographies by organization.

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Encyclopedias

Labor unions

Occupational outlook handbook.
Annual
(DOCS Ref.) L2.3/4:(yr) 1998/99-2000/01 (CD-ROM)
Describes 250 occupations in detail.

Professional careers sourcebook.
Detroit, MI : Gale Research.
(IR) HF5382.5.U5 P764 (2nd ed. 1992+)
(SXF) HF5382.5.U5 P764 (current issues)

Bibliographies

Selected References in Industrial Relations
Princeton, NJ: Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University, 1945-
Selected References is an annotated bibliography produced by the library on current interest topics in industrial relations and is issued semi-annually. The July issue features noteworthy books in industrial relations, including the winner of the Richard A. Lester award. Issues are available electronically through this site or upon request.

Other bibliographies can be located by consulting the IR card catalog under specific subjects, for example, Discrimination in employment - Bibliography or Hours of work - Bibliography

General Labor Union History

Labor History Resources

Labor in America: a historical bibliography.
Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-Clio, 1985. 307pp. (Clio bibliography series; no.18)
(IR) Z7164.L1L3 1985
An annotated bibliography of periodical articles arranged in chapters by chronological period and by topic.
A detailed subject index, author index and list of periodicals complete the volume.

Neufeld, Maurice F.
American working class history: a representative bibliography.
NY: Bowker, 1983. 356pp.
(IR) Z7164.L1N54 1983
A classified subject bibliography with author index.

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Directories

American directory of organized labor.

Country labor profile. (ceased)
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980
(DOCS) L29.14

Directory of foreign labor organizations.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985
L29.14/2:(yr) in DOCS

Directory of U.S. labor organizations.
Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs. Biennial, 1982/83+
(IR) HD6504.D57

Foreign labor trends.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Annual Current edition:
(DOCS) L29.16:J22 (current volume only)
Older editions: (Microforms) ASI 6366-4

Goldrick, A. Percy & Philip Jones.
The international directory of the trade union movement.
NY: Facts on File, 1979
(IR) HD6475.2.C65
Following a section describing international labor organizations, the volume lists unions by region and then country. In each article, directory information follows a lengthy description of the history and structure of the labor movement

Kelly, Matthew A.
Labor and industrial relations: terms, laws, court decisions, and arbitration standards.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1987
(IR) KF3369 .K45 1987

New Jersey labor unions.
Austin, TX : Resource Communications Group, Inc., 2001+
(F) HD6504.N485

Profiles of American labor unions. 2nd ed.
Edited by Donna Craft and Terrance W. Peck, foreword by Stephen P. Yokich
(IR) HD6504 .P64 1998

Trade unions of the world.
Published by John Harper Publishing, (1987, 2nd ed. 1989-90; 4th ed. 1996; 6th ed. 2005)
(IR) HD6483.T675
The encyclopedia-length articles, arranged alphabetically by country, include information about the political system, economy and trade unionism in each country, and about the leadership, membership, history and character, structure, policies, publications and international affiliation of the unions, where available

U.S. union sourcebook: membership, structure, finance, directory. 1st ed.
Edited by Leo Troy & Neil Sheflin.
West Orange, NJ: IRDIS, 1985
(IR) HD6504.U18
In addition to address information for unions, this volume contains membership and financial figures and other statistical information about organized labor in the United States

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Handbooks and Manuals (see also Statistics)

The human resources data book.
Washington, D.C.: BNA Books.
(IR) HF5549.2.U5 H852 1993
Gives details and summaries of human resource department activities, expenditures, and staffs. Survey data was provided by more than 650 human resource departments and is divided into 19 industry classifications. Each industry subsection summarizes responsibilities, cost allocations, staff composition, expenditures, and budgets of an organization's human resource department with breakdowns by region and union status.

Source book on collective bargaining: wages, benefits, and other contract issues.
Washington, D.C.: BNA Books, 1995+
(IR) HD6971.5 B26q
Looseleaf collection of data on collective bargaining (major contract expirations, calendar of wage negotiations, annual summary of wages and benefits by region and by industry, summary of annual labor-management bargaining developments, representation elections), compensation (wages, benefit plans, benefit costs), economic indicators and forecasts, legislative and legal (status of selected labor legislation, major court and NLRB decisions, changes in state laws affecting labor, employment relations, and safety and health), and surveys, studies and reports.

Outsourcing

Exporting America: The List
Here is a list of companies we've confirmed are "Exporting America." These are U.S. companies either sending American jobs overseas, or choosing to employ cheap overseas labor, instead of American workers.

Job Tracker: Working America (outsourcing data).
Find out which companies in your area are exporting jobs, endangering workers' health or involved in cases of violations of workers' rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The database contains information on more than 60,000 companies nationwide. More on Job Tracker sources and data.

JWT Employment Communications
JWT Employment Communications is a global, full-service employment advertising, communications and consulting firm. This web page provides tools for you to view the weekly HRLive Layoff Reports and to search the Layoff Report Database.

Layoff Tracker
The latest job cuts at U.S. companies.

Offshore Tracker
Find out which companies are outsourcing jobs overseas and how many jobs they have offshored.

Offshoring and Employment: Trends and Impacts
OECD publication which provides trends from 1995 forward on offshoring in OECD countries.

Resource Shelf's DocuTicker
Docuticker is a daily update of new reports from government agencies, ngo's, think tanks, and other groups. DocuTicker is compiled by the librarians who bring you Resource Shelf.

Statistics Related to Offshore Outsourcing
This site provides an index of published statistics regarding offshore outsourcing.

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Statistics (see also Handbooks & Manuals)

United States

ACCRA Cost of living index.
(Continues: Cost of living index)
Quarterly. Indianapolis, IN.: American Chamber of Commerce,
Researchers Association.
(F) HD6983.I57 (1992+)
(PF) HD6983 .I57 (current issues)
Provides cost of living data for 248 U.S. cities.

American almanac of jobs and salaries.
by John W. Wright
New York : Avon Books, c2000
(IR) HD8038.U5 W74
Commentary and tables about all types of jobs from celebrities to contingent workers.

American salaries and wages survey.
edited by Helen S. Fisher
Detroit : Gale Group, 8th ed.
(IR) HD4975.A763 2005
A compilation of occupations and salaries reported on national, state, MSA and city levels. Employment projections for the year 2005 are also included.

America's Career InfoNet
This site provides recent data about occupations, their wages (medians and midranges) for states and the country as a whole, and trends in employment and job growth. It also contains a profile for each state giving recent demographic, income and unemployment statistics, rankings of occupations by largest employment, fastest growing, highest paying, and most openings. The sources for the information include the Bureau of Labor Statistics and state departments and agencies.

Analysis of workers' compensation laws.
Annual
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
(IR) KF3615.Z95 C43q (1956-1985)
1986-1997 in SRI microfiche A3840-2. (ceased)

Annual report of the National Labor Relations Board.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
(F) HD5503.A3265 (1936-1990)
(DOCS) LR1.1 (1984-2003) available in microfiche ASI 9584-1.
Also available online starting 2003+
Statistical appendix includes data on union elections and unfair labor practice cases.

Cost of living index.

(Continued by: ACCRA cost of living index)

LRA's Economic notes. (title ceased)
Bimonthly. NY: Labor Research Association.
(ReCAP) HC101 .E4 (1943-2000)
section includes figures on employment, wages, hours and conditions, corporate profits, plus tables of specialized data.

Employee benefits.
Annual
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
(Annex A) HD4932.N6 C49 (1967-1984)
in SRI microfiche A3840-1 (1985+ )

Geographic reference report.
Annual
Newport Beach, CA.: BTA Economic Research Institute.
7th edition (1993+ )
(IR) HD6983.G38
This report illustrates wage and salary differentials between 298 North American cities; reports cost-of-living differentials (for renters) summary data, demographic data, and competitive median wage & salary levels for eighty-eight benchmark positions.

Workers’ compensation monitor.
(Continues: John Burton's workers' compensation monitor)
Bimonthly. Horsham, PA: LRP Publications, 1988+
(IR) HD7103.65.U6 J63
Each issue includes tables of statistics for a variety of topics.

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National Center for Education Statistics

The National Center for Educational Statistics' mission fulfills a Congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education. In addition numerous reports available in PDF format, the site provides access to seven statistical compendia:

1. Condition of Education which focuses on 60 key indicators of the condition and progress of education;

2. Projections of Education Statistics to ... a collection of projections including enrollment, graduates, classroom teachers, and expenditures;

3 & 4. The Digest of Education Statistics which includes more than 400 tables on a wide variety of education topics from a wide variety of sources and the Mini-Digest of Education Statistics, which gives a statistical portrait of education in the United States;

5. Youth Indicators a statistical compilation of data on family structure, jobs, education, and other elements;

6 & 7. Education Indicators: An International Perspective and Education in States and Nations, that focus primarily on comparisons between the United States and other industrialized nations with large economies.

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
The Statistics & Data page for OSHA can be found through its subject index. Of particular note is the page on workplace injury and illness statistics that links to tables for incidence rates and fatalities. Some tables are text files that display immediately, while some are PDF files requiring Acrobat Reader.

Union membership and earnings data book:
compilations from the current population survey
Edited by Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpherson.
Annual
Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs, 1993+
(IR) HD6508.U546
Compilation of data on unionization and earnings within states and metropolitan areas, and for workers in narrowly defined industries and occupations. Figures include statistics on wage and salary employment, union membership and contract coverage, union density, weekly earnings, and average hourly earnings. There are breakdowns by private and public sector, manufacturing and non-manufacturing, and by detailed industry and occupation.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is perhaps the richest source of domestic labor statistical data. As the Federal Government's principal data gathering agency in the field of labor economics with publications relating to employment and unemployment, productivity, prices, family expenditures, wages, industrial relations, and industrial safety, the BLS home page provides numerous links for obtaining data in a variety of ways. In some instances, the link leads to a table. In other cases, users must complete a form for the system to extract and produce a table of the desired data. Some of the useful links from the BLS home page are:

Economy at a Glance
Quick access to tables or graphs of current monthly economic indicators such as labor market, hours, earnings, productivity and prices on a monthly basis;

Publications and Research Papers
Which links to the Monthly Labor Review onlin from 1990, the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and Compensation and Working Conditions online from 2001;

Data
Which in turns gives the user six different choices:

Economy at a Glance
Most Requested Series, a simple checklist for selecting time series, should satisfy the majority of user requests and is more appropriate for browsing;
Selective Access, which is best used for specific requests, provides step-by-step assistance in formulating and submitting queries to the BLS LABSTAT database in order to extract time series data based on selected demographic variables;
Series Report, which allows experienced users to input BLS time series identifiers and data ranges for the quickest form of access to BLS time series data;
News Releases, which contain pre-formatted data tables along with text explanations and are grouped according to major BLS statistical categories; and the
FTP link to the BLS server is for users who need to transfer a large volume of time series data.

Surveys and Programs

BLS handbook of methods.
Irregular
(SXF) HD8064.2 .U54
Outlines data collection procedures for various studies conducted and aids in the interpretation of BLS charts, diagrams, and tables.

Compensation and working conditions.
Includes articles on occupational pay, employee benefits, employer costs for employee compensation, occupational injuries and illnesses, and other workplace issues. It also presents a statistical section from the Bureau's compensation and working conditions program.

Consumer price indexes
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a fixed market basket of consumer goods and services. User fees (such as for water) and sales and excise taxes paid by the consumer are included; however, income taxes and investments (like stocks and life insurance) are not included.

Covered employment and wages
Commonly referred to as ES-202, this program produces a comprehensive series of employment and wage data for workers covered by State unemployment insurance laws and is a virtual census of payroll employment.

Current Population Survey
Conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics for more tham 50 years, the CPS is the primary source of information on the labor force characteristics of the U.S. population. Estimates obtained from the CPS include employment, unemployment, earnings, hours of work, and other indicators and are available by a variety of demographic and other characteristics.

Employee benefits survey
Provides comprehensive data on the incidence and detailed provisions of selected employee benefit plans in small private establishments, medium and large private establishments, and State and local governments.

Employer-provided formal training
A comprehensive base of information on the nature and incidence of employer-provided training, derived from a survey of over 12,000 establishments.

Employment and earnings: United States.
Annual
(DOCS) L2.3:1312-11
Each volume is cumulative presenting data from 1909 to the present. Number of people employed and wages by industry, by SIC number.

Employment and earnings: states and areas.
Annual
(DOCS) L2.3:2320
Same coverage as above for smaller regions and shorter time periods.

Employment and earnings.
Monthly.
(F) HD5723.A122
Current data on employment and unemployment by sex, race, age, occupation. Wages and hours of work by occupation, regional breakdowns, labor turnover, job vacancy rates, and uninsured employment.

Employment cost trends
This program produces two ongoing surveys: the Employment Cost Index (ECI) and Employers' Costs for Employee Compensation (cost levels).

Employment, hours, and earnings by industry
The survey of payroll records covers over 390,000 businesses on a monthly basis and provides detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls for the Nation, all States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and over 270 metropolitan areas.

Employment projections
The Office of Employment Projections develops and publishes estimates on the economy and labor market 10 to 15 years into the future. Included are projections of the labor force, potential gross domestic product, industrial output, and employment by industry and occupation.

Industry productivity
This program generates measures of labor and multifactor productivity for selected industries.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
This program provides monthly labor force, employment, and unemployment data for some 6,950 areas, including all States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, metropolitan areas, counties, cities of 25,000 population or more, and all cities and towns in New England. Annual averages of employment status for regions, states and metropolitan areas are available by demographic groups, occupation, industry, and full- or part-time status.

Mass layoff statistics
Reports on mass layoffs, actions that result in workers separation from their jobs.

Monthly labor review.
Monthly
(F) HD8051.A5
(SSRC) current issues only
Contains current employment, price, hours and earnings, productivity and strike data.

National compensation survey - Wages.
Provides a survey of employee salaries, wages, and benefits. The survey is designed to produce data at local levels, within broad regions, and nationwide.

National labor force statistics.
Provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.

National Longitudinal Surveys
A set of surveys each of which has gathered information at multiple points in time on the labor market experiences of five groups of American men and women. Each group was selected to be representative of all Americans born during a given time period such that conclusions drawn about the sample group would be generalizable, when weighted, to the experiences of the larger population of like Americans.

Occupational employment statistics
This survey collects data on occupational employment of wage and salary workers by industry in nonfarm establishments.

Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF)
Summary data on the number and rate of injuries and illnesses by industry, as well as case and demographic data with additional details on the worker injured, the nature of the disabling condition, and the event and source producing that condition for those cases that involve one or more days away from work.

Quarterly labor productivity
This program develops productivity measures for the business, nonfarm business, and manufacturing sectors of the economy as well as for nonfinancial corporations.

Salary budget survey
Salary Budget Survey details budgeted salary increase data covering a broad spectrum of organizations.
(IR) HD4975 .A45 (1979+)

U.S. Census Bureau
The Labor Force Statistics page includes texts of P70 reports, Dynamics of Economic Well-Being, available either in text or PDF format. There is also a link to the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the longitudinal survey of adults in households designed to improve the measurement of the economic situation of persons, families, and households in the United States, and the effects of Federal and state programs on the well-being of families and individuals. While the data extraction system is designed for the proficient data user, the link to Publications and Analyses contains statistical briefs, SIPP P-70 Reports, SIPP Working Papers and other publications available in either PDF or text format.

U.S. Employment and Training Administration. Employment and training report of the Secretary of Labor.
Irregular
(DOCS) L37.23:(yr)
Contains extensive statistical section. Presents the "official line" on recent developments in the labor market and manpower policy.

U.S. Employment and Training Administration. Unemployment insurance financial data.
Washington, D.C.: The Administration, 1983.
(SXF) HD5712.U5 U56 1983

U.S. Employment and Training Administration. Unemployment insurance statistics. (ceased)
[Washington] U.S. Dept. of Labor, Manpower Administration, 1967-1980.
(F) HD7096.U5 A21
(DOCS) L37.12

U.S. Social Security Administration. Social Security bulletin
Monthly
(F) HD7123 .A39 (1938+ )
Social Security (OASI), public assistance, unemployment insurance.

U.S. Social Security Administration. Annual statistical supplement to the Social Security bulletin
Annual
(DOCS) HE 3.3/3:
Contains more than 200 detailed statistical tables with information about Social Security beneficiaries and SSI recipients, Medicare and Medicaid, and other programs relevant to Social Security.

U.S. Social Security Administration. Fast facts & figures about Social Security
Annual.
(DOCS) HE 3.94: & SSA 1.26:
This chartbook provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about Social Security beneficiaries and SSI recipients.

International

Eurobarometer
The European Continuous Tracking Survey (CTS) has been carried out since January 1996. It consists of some 200 telephone interviews done in each member state, each week, 44 weeks a year. Regular releases of these results are published in Europinion reports. The Keyword link leads to the summaries of the surveys arranged alphabetically by subject. A survey on whether it is good or bad for the European Union to be involved in policies to reduce the level of unemployment is listed first under the French "chomage" with "unemployment" listed below. From the summary, one has the choice to link to the question asked with a table of responses, or to a graph of the responses to the question.

Eurostat
There is a direct link to Online Indicators from the home page of the Statistical Office of the European Communities. At the moment the Euro-Indicators link contains monthly and quarterly data from the mid-1990's available online. Labor-related indicators include compensation of employees, gross wages and salaries, total employment (in the total economy and in industry, manufacturing, and construction), wage and salary earners (national accounts concepts), and unemployment (ILO definition). The page also links to a release calendar for Euro indicators. The page for main EU statistical indicators organizes its links by themes. Under General Statistics is a link for harmonized unemployment rates.

International Labour Office. Yearbook of labour statistics.
Geneva : The Office, 1935/36+
(F) HD7801.I6 A36
(SSRC) current volume only
For 108 countries presents statistics on labor force, employment, unemployment, ages, hours of work, prices, productivity, industrial disputes, industrial accidents, etc. Kept up-to-date by the International Labour Office's Quarterly Bulletin of Labour Statistics.

International Labour Office. Key Indicators of the Labour Market
Geneva: The Office: 1999+
(IR) HD5701 .K49q (1st-3rd editions)
Firestone Microforms Services COMPUTER FILE 505 (4th edition) 5th edition is web only. Makes labour market information and analysis easily accessible and facilitates the comparison of key elements of national labour markets. It contains a core set of 20 labour market indicators that cover various facets of decent work deficits around the world. Published every other year.

International Labour Organization (ILO)
There is no direct link from the ILO homepage to statistical sources. Most of the familiar ILO statistical sources are not yet available on the web. Statistics on a specific subject can be found using the ILO search engine, pairing the word "statistics" or "table" with the subject of interest. (A word of warning: "table of contents" with the subject also results from this search.) One useful and easy-to-use page is the Cost of Social Security - Basic Tables 1990-1996. The links to social security costs and expenditures worldwide, for at least one of the inclusive years, are listed alphabetically by country.

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
OECD in Figures, which offers a snapshot of OECD economies through various subject categories, including employment, can be found through the Free Documents link on the OECD main page, as well as through the Statistics link. The other links under Statistics may more often refer only to publication information for the print or electronic product and not actually provide actual text or data. Also, the currency of the data varies depending on the link chosen. For example, the Standardized Unemployment Rates graph and table listed as the newest update under the Labour Force Statistics link dates to April 1997. Under the Frequently Requested Statistics link, one can find an archive of these figures dating back to the March 1996 news release and as current as December 1998. The country graphs found on the Main Economic Indicators page include a graph for Labour Market showing the unemployment rate for the selected country over four years. The figures and some of the text are available in PDF format.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD employment outlook.
(F) HD5701 .E446 (1983+)
(SSRC) current volume only
Provides annual assessment of labor market developments and prospects in member countries.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Labor force statistics.
(F) HD5764.O67 (1950/62+)
(SSRC) current volume only
Though the volume's focus is primarily on Europe, data about Australia, Canada, the United States, Japan, Iceland and Turkey are also included. Each volume is cumulative from 1968. Updated by Quarterly Labor Force Statistics.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Foreign labor statistics
This program publishes comparative information on labor statistics and developments abroad.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Handbook of U.S. labor statistics.
Lanham, Md., USA : Bernan Press, 1975+
(IR) HD8051 .A63
Contains tables of foreign labor statistics including labor force and unemployment, earnings and hours, prices and work stoppages.

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Reporting Services

Benefits today

(title ceased)

Collective bargaining negotiations and contracts
Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs. Biweekly.
(SSRC) HD6500 .B8

Employment and training reporter
Manpower Information, Inc., 1969+
(SSRC) HD5724 .M239
Part 1: biweekly reports on a variety of manpower programs.
Part 2: reference volume containing statistics, regulations, laws, etc.

Employment guide
(IR) HF5549.2.U6 E46
Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs.
Biweekly newsletter about workplace trends, developments, and legal and regulatory changes and monthly updated looseleaf reference guide.

Government employee relations report
(IR) HD8008.A1 B8 (2001+ )
(ReCAP) HD8008.A1 B8 (1968-2000)
Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs.
Part 1: Biweekly reports on developments in collective bargaining for government employees.
Part 2: Reference volume containing statistics, contracts, law, special reports, etc.

Labor relations reporter Index
(subscription cancelled 5/31/2003)
Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs.
Authoritative weekly report and analysis. Labor-management relations: decisions of boards and courts and Labor relations expediter; Labor arbitration: decisions and reports of dispute settlements by arbitrators and agencies; Wages and hours: major court and agency rulings under federal and state wage and hour laws; Fair employment practices: opinions of federal and state courts and administrative agencies; Individual employment rights: major cases from all state and federal jurisdictions.

National report on work/life programs (title ceased)
(Continues: National report on work & family)
Silver Spring, MD : Business Publishers, 1987-2003.
(IR) KF3455.A15 N27

Indexes & Abstracts

Employee relations international
(Continues: Employee relations bibliography and abstracts journal)
(SXF) Z7164.L1 E462q (1989-1998)
Quarterly bibliography containing citations and selected abstracts to books, articles, theses, pamphlets and other publications relating to employee relations. Title has changed several times. All versions shelved together.

Human resources abstracts
(IR) Z7165.U5 P2 (1975+ )
Continues Poverty and Human Resources Abstracts. Quarterly. Abstracts periodical literature, books, pamphlets and unpublished reports, with major emphasis on the United States. Covers human, social and manpower problems and solutions, ranging from slum rehabilitation and job development to compensatory education, minority group problems and rural poverty. Abstracts are rich in descriptive analysis. English language materials only. Contains subject and author indexes, with annual cumulative indexes.

International abstracts of human resources
(Continues: Personnel management abstracts)
(SSRC) HF5549 .P452 (1969+ )
(IR) current issues only
Quarterly, with annual cumulated author and subject index beginning in 1983. Abstracts articles from a large number of academic and trade journals which deal with the management of people and organizational behavior. Includes some book abstracting. English language materials only

Training and development literature index (title ceased)
(ReCAP) Z7164.C81 T72 (1988-1994)
A quarterly index to books, articles, reports, pamphlets and other printed resources in the field of employee training and development, career development and organization development. An alphabetical list of subject headings provides title and accession numbers referring the user to a complete, separate list of the references cited. Each full citation includes a brief annotation and a list of descriptors. Listed separately are Index Subject Categories and a List of Journals Indexed. Indexes do not cumulate.

Work related abstracts (title ceased)
(SSRC) Z7164.L1 W68q (1973-1996)
Looseleaf binder. A subject approach to over 250 scholarly and popular journals representing both management and labor viewpoints. Although primarily a periodical index, monographs, dissertations and newspapers are selectively included. Entries are classified under twenty broad categories with a detailed cumulative subject index updated monthly. Currently this is the only service which indexes a large number of labor union periodicals. Abstracts are very brief. English language materials only. Binder is supplemented by a very detailed Subject Heading List. Listed separately are general subheadings and geographical headings.

Human Resource Executive Online (former title: Workindex)
Value-added site indexing by Cornell University (Human resource executive magazine)
This is a new web site from Cornell University's School of Industrial Labor Relations and Human Resource Executive magazine. The index provides valuable workplace information covering topics such as; human resources, labor relations, benefits, training, technology, staffing, recruiting, leadership, motivation, insurance, relocation, legal issues and more. It is designed to provide a gateway to the best workplace-oriented web sites on the Internet.

Electronic databases of potential use in industrial relations research include Econlit, ABI Inform, Sociofile, Index to Legal Periodicals, Facts on File, and Social Science Citation Index.

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Major Journals (See also: Collection Information)

Daily labor report
(IR) HD4802 .D3 (1960+ )
Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs. (1981-to date; 1960-80, plus indexes 1944-59; 1941-1959, Microforms S00427)
Contains short summaries of key labor events as well as full transcripts of important labor documents (legislation, key court and NLRB rulings, etc.). Indexed biweekly, with cumulative supplements.

Industrial and labor relations review
(ReCAP) 1947-2003
(IR) HD4802 .I53 (2004+ )
Published by Cornell University since the 1940s. One of the most important journals in the field.

Industrial relations
(IR) HD6951 .I5 (1961+ )
Published by the University of California, Berkeley. Similar coverage to ILRR.

Industrial relations research association. Proceedings of annual meetings. Winter and spring sessions.
(IR) HD4815 .I55
These proceedings to date are a rich source of medium length articles on all aspects of industrial relations. The proceedings are analyzed and recorded in the Industrial Relations card catalog. The IRRA also publishes special studies on individual topics; these publications are also listed in the IR catalog.

International labour review
MICROFILM S00143 (1921-1956)
(F) HD4800.I66 (1956+ )
(SSRC) current issues
Published by the International Labour Office, Geneva. Essential source for foreign topics. Each issue includes a section on changes in labor legislation around the world.

Journal of human resources
(ReCAP) HD5701 .J6 (1966-2003)
(IR) HD5701 .J6 (2004+ )
Published by the University of Wisconsin. Focuses on manpower policy and labor markets rather than labor relations.

Journal of labor economics
(IR) HD4802.J75 (1983+ )
Quarterly publication of the University of Chicago Press and the Economics Research Center of NORC. Serves as a forum for theoretical and empirical research in labor economics.

Labor law journal
(ReCAP) KF3301.A1 L32 (1949-2000)
(IR) KF3301.A1 L32 (2001+ )
Important source on legal topics and arbitration. Articles cover legislation, NLRB policy and decisions, court decisions, etc.

Monthly labor review
(F) HD8051.A5 (1918+ )
(SSRC) current issues
Statistics which focus on labor and manpower policy and labor relations. Articles are shorter and less analytical than those in SPIA or SSRC.

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Other Industrial Relations Web Sites

General

America's Career InfoNet
Canadian Labour Congress
Catalyst: Research & Advisory Organization to Advance Women in Business
Conference Board (human resources & organizational effectiveness)
Labor Research Association
National Association of Manufacturers
Quarterly Wage and Employment Series
Salary.com
Think Tanks & Public Policy Research Resources (link courtesy of NIRA)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce:
Work & Family Connection
Human Resource Executive Online (former title: Workindex)
Value-added site indexing by Cornell University (Human resource executive magazine)
Other University Industrial Relations Libraries
Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library (formerly the Berkeley Institute of Industrial Relations Library)
Harvard University. Littauer Library (includes Slitcher Industrial Relations Collection)
Human Resources Development Canada Library & Citizenship and Immigration Canada Library, Catalogue
Michigan State University. Labor and Industrial Relations Library
MIT Libraries Industrial Relations Collection, Dewey Library
New College of California. Holt Labor Library
New York University. Tamiment Institute Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Queen's University. Industrial Relations Collection
Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations Library
University of Hawaii Center for Labor Education and Research Library
University of Illinois Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations Library
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Labor Relations and Research Center Library
University of Minnesota. Industrial Relations Center Reference Room
University of Toronto. Centre for Industrial Relations (CIR) Library
Wayne State University. Walter P. Reuther Library, College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs
Unions
Illinois Labor History Society
Labor Links
Labor Relations Reporter Index
Labor Research Association
Labor Unions and the Internet
LaborNet
LaborWEB(AFL-CIO)
National Trades Union Congress
Union Resource Network
Other U.S. Labor Unions
(link Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library)
U.S. Government
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
- Current Population Survey
U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of International Labor Affairs
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
- U.S. Women's Bureau
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
U.S. National Labor Relations Board
U.S. National Mediation Board
U.S. Social Security Administration
International Government
EIROnline: European Industrial Relations Observatory Online
Eurobarometer
Eurostat
International Labour Organization
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Quarterly Labour Force Statistics
SourceOECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics
SourceOECD Taxing Wages Statistics
Canada
Human Resources and Social Development. Canada
Statistics. Canada

N.J. Government
New Jersey Department of Labor
Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network

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Last updated: September 5, 2007