Resources online

Best databases

• Encyclopedia of Small Business
  Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library which has electronic versions of more than 100 reference books. For access: Type in all 14 digits of your Champaign library card number. (No card? Use this at the library.)

Best web links

• Small Business Administration – interviewing, writing job descriptions, immigration and more
• State of Illinois Business Portal – employee training, tax credits and rules for the workplace
• Hiring requirements – general information from the NY Public Library‘s Business Resource Center

Resources at the library

Check the catalog
Search the catalog under Any Keyword or Subject Keyword . Try a general search, such as staffing.

Browse the shelves at these Dewey (shelf) numbers

• 650s – hiring, firing, grievances, employee handbooks, employee rewards

Books to check out

• Discipline Without Punishment (Nonfiction/658.314/Gro)
• The Hiring and Firing Question and Answer Book (Nonfiction/658.311/Fal)
• Dealing With Problem Employees (Nonfiction/658.3045/Del)
• Create Your Own Employee Handbook (Nonfiction/658.301/Del)
• The Complete Reference Checking Handbook (Nonfiction/658.3112/And)
• First Among Equals: How to Manage a Group of Professionals (Nonfiction/658.402/Mck)

Books to use only at the library

• Human Resources Management, CCH (Reference/R/658.3/Hum)