Compensation HRD 8212-001Research Tips & Techniques

Linda HauckBusiness LibrarianLinda.Hauck@villanov.edu

Objectives

• Selecting the best research tools• Database search techniques• Evaluating results• Tips for keeping organized

Research Tools

For all topics…

Business Source Premier

ABI/Inform

Digital Commons@ILR

Additional interdisciplinary databases

scholar.google.com

Scopus

Research Tools

Human Resources Subject Guide

Search Techniques

Search synonyms, related terms and controlled vocabulary (subjects)

Social media= Twitter, Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn

Controlled vocabulary= online social networks

Search Techniques

Truncation with * picks up variant suffixes

Blog*=blog, blogger, blogs, blogging

Precision with “phrase searching”

Search TechniquesCombining ideas with Boolean logic

AND (Green) OR (Red)

Getting Started

GoogleWikipediaIRS.gov

1. Background (not to be cited)

2. Keywords to search(section 4958, excess benefit transaction, nonprofit, exempt

organization, charitable organization)

3. Authoritative documents recommended by IRS

Practice

What is the Intermediate Sanctions Act as it pertains to executive compensation in non-profit organizations? How does it operate? What are the pros and cons of the regulation?

Summing up

What research tips and techniques did you learn or relearn today?

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