Research Guides: PAD 711 Public Personnel Management: Home

Textbook online

Riccucci, N. (2017). Public personnel management : Current concerns, future challenges / edited by Norma M. Riccucci. (Sixth ed.). (coming soon)

Research Help

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Journal Articles

Public Administration Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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An index to articles on public administration research, public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Smart Search This link opens in a new window
Smart Search allows you to search millions of items simultaneously, including journal articles, books, streaming media, CMU Libraries Digital Collections, and legal, governmental, and archival materials.

Reference collections

Gale Ebooks
A number of specialized encyclopedias and other types of references, which provide background information about a variety of topics across disciplines. Some articles include statistical information.

Issues and Controversies This link opens in a new window
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Essays on today’s crucial issues and hot topics in politics, business, education, the environment, medicine, and more. A great resource for overview and persuasive papers and speeches.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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This series takes a pro-con approach to today’s social issues and hot topics in politics, business, education, the environment, medicine, and more. It's the perfect resource when you have to take one side of a debate or have to write a persuasive essay.
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Handbooks Online is an outstanding collection of the best Handbooks in 14 subject areas. The Oxford Handbooks are one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford's scholarly publishing, bringing together the world's leading scholars to write review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the future direction of the debate.