Industrial Relations Research Guide 

Frequently Mentioned Texts

Handbooks and Manuals

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Indexes and Abstracts

Reporting Services

Major Journals

Bibliographies

This guide is designed to lead you to the basic sources of information about industrial relations. It is not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography of the subject. Rather, it is intended as a tool to help you begin your research. Always check with a librarian if you have questions.

Scope of the Field--What Is Industrial Relations?

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.