Students' guide to resources. Use the tabs and their subpages below to assist you in finding appropriate resources for your topics in order to complete your research assignments.
An online research management platform including a bibliography composer and note-taking features.
What is it?
NoodleTools is a resource that allows students to evaluate resources, build accurate citations, archive source material, take notes, outline topics, and prepare to write. it generates accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian references with options to annotate and archive lists of documents. It offers a visual 'tabletop' to manipulate, tag and pile notecards, then connect them in outlines to prepare for writing. Why use it?
Use this resource if you are looking for an all-in-one resource to assist with note-taking, citations, and pre-writing projects.
The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings, part of our effort to strengthen the federal workforce and the management of government, offer the most comprehensive assessment of how federal public servants view their jobs and workplaces. The rankings, produced by the Partnership and Boston Consulting Group, provide employee perspectives on leadership, pay, innovation, work–life balance and a range of other issues.
http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/categoryList.asp?categoryID=28 FMCS: Best Practices Page From the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, case studies of labor, management and other parties resolving conflict.
(http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2011/index.html) "Fat paychecks, sweet perks, fun colleagues, and over 150,000 jobs ready to be filled -- these employers offer dream workplaces. Meet this year's top 100, network with the winners on LinkedIn, and more."
(http://www.opm.gov/) This site has valuable information for everyone, including a diversity guide, employee assistant programs, and hondbooks on a variety of workplace programs.
(http://www.workplacebullying.org/) "The WBI Mission is to raise awareness of, and create a public dialogue about Workplace Bullying. To apply research, empirical and anecdotal, to solutions for individuals, unions, employers and public policy makers."
