Labor Studies
Quick Tip: Use Subject Headings
Curated and indexed databases use metadata to describe content in a standardized way. When you find a citation that matches your need, look for the subject heading(s) used to describe it. You can search with that subject to find more related materials. Some examples include:
- Collective bargaining
- Labor incentives
- Labor laws and legislation
- Labor market
- Labor unions
- Labor union movement
- Trade union
And many more! Specific subject headings vary by search tool, so look for them!
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Find Articles, Journals and more
Many of the search tools we recommend cover databases of different material types: articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, dissertations, journals and more. You may be able to limit the material type before your search with advanced search, or filter the search results by type.
The search tools recommended below have good coverage of articles and journals for labor studies. In the reports section, you'll find information on companies and industries. For more, check out the Business LibGuide.
Labor studies are interdisciplinary! if you don't find what you need using these tools, check out our complete list of Databases & Collections.
Some of these tools include full-text, links to the full-text available in the Libraries' collections, or links to open access materials. If you are unable to find the article, you may request it through our Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery service.
Recommended Tools
- ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new windowContent type: Business journal articles. Description: ABI/INFORM is the library's largest online full-text business journal collection. 3,000 business periodicals - peer-reviewed journals, trade journals, business magazines, 1960 - present, including the Wall Street Journal, 1984 - present.
- Alt-Press Watch This link opens in a new windowSeveral hundred U.S. alternative newsweeklies, covering issues like the environment, labor, public policy, and the peace movement, 1970-present.
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowJournal articles, dissertations, and book reviews, many in full text, relating to United States and Canadian history and prehistory, 1954-present.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowPlatform for journal articles, books, images and primary sources across many disciplines, including labor & employment relations.
- Left Index This link opens in a new windowCitations to articles in leftist periodicals, on labor, ecology & environment, race, social & cultural theory, 1982-present.
- Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new windowOne place to search across 16 different social science databases.
Here are some e-journals of particular interest to Labor Studies. If you are off-campus, you will need to login with your UMass NetID to view the full-text content:
- Labor Studies Journal
- Labour/Le Travail
- ILR Review
- New Labor Forum
- International Labor and Working Class History
Some free, online magazines focused on labor and organizing issues include:
Here are some directories of e-journals:
- eJournal Collection - UMass Amherst Libraries This link opens in a new windowA complete A-Z listing and search feature for UMass Amherst Libraries electronic journal subscriptions and selected open access titles. Search by title, subject, identifier, publisher, and more.
- DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
Thousands of open access scholarly journals, most published by academic departments of universities worldwide. Coverage varies; mostly recent.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowThe combined catalogs of most U.S. Libraries. Select Journal/Magazine as the format type
- MSCI ESG Direct This link opens in a new window
Provides environmental, social/society, and governance reports for over 4,000 global companies, including analysis of controversial issues, company performance, and industry trends.
- Search by ticker, industry, country, IVA rating (AAA to CCC) and controversial business screening.
- Click a company name to view output options.
- HeinOnline Core Collection This link opens in a new windowIncludes complete coverage beginning with the first volume of more than 1,200 law and law-related periodicals, classic legal treatises from the 18th and 19th centuries, and English Reports, Full Reprint (1220-1867).
- IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowUS Industry reports - current analysis of every US industry. Report chapters: Industry at a Glance, Performance, Outlook, Products & Markets, Competitive Landscape, Major Companies, Operating Conditions, Key Statistics.
- Labor and Employment: The American Worker This link opens in a new window
This database brings together legislative histories on major legislation, briefs from Supreme Court cases, accounts of labor riots from the not-so-distant past, reports on working conditions of today, and more. Topics covered include issues such as Pensions & Retirement, Employment Benefits, Workplace Protections and Discrimination, Wages, and more.
- Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new windowThis database features a deep collection of comprehensive worldwide business information, including information from Hoover's, First Research and the D&B Million Dollar Database. Includes detailed information on over 245 million businesses with contact information for executives, demographics and behavior types for US households, Nielsen Pop Fact reports, and global corporate family trees.
- Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks This link opens in a new window
Covers organizations around the globe, with careful attention to representing voices from the Global South and other underrepresented regions. It also contains the OECD library of policy materials (continously updated).
- Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new windowLegal encyclopedias, law reviews, and legal treatises; case, statutory, and regulatory law; newspapers and magazines; business data, 1980s-present.
