Try using search terms such as "leadership" and "management".  Other terms such as "human resources" can be useful.  If you have a specific search topic for an assignment such as "operations management", that can be the start of a good search as well. 

• Use OR between your search terms to broaden the search to include any of the terms. 
• Use AND between your search terms to narrow the search to include all the terms.
• Find full text within the databases in html or pdf format

Examples 

Start with a Basic Search

First formulate a research question:  What are some techniques for managing employee retention? Then think about the main ideas in your question and create a search statement using those ideas or concepts:

2. Expand Your Search Using OR 

Use OR to include additional, related keywords:

3. Expand Your Search Using Truncation

Many databases allow you to use "*" (an asterisk) to truncate a term. Truncating allows you to search for all variations of a word using a single search. In this example, manag* will find manage, management, managers, etc.:

4. Exclude Words With NOT

NOT lets you exclude words from your search to remove unhelpful articles from your results:

• Communication in personnel management
• Compensation management
• Conflict of generations
• Downsizing of organizations
• Employee assistance programs
• Employee attitude surveys
• Employee counseling
• Employee empowerment
• Employee handbooks
• Employee morale
• Employee motivation
• Employee orientation
• Employee retention
• Employee selection
• Employees
• Employees - Coaching of
• Employees, Counseling of
• Employees - Dismissal of
• Employees - Rating of
• Employees - Training of
• Employment interviewing
• Goal setting in personnel management
• Hours of labor
• Human capital
• Intercultural communication
• Intergenerational relations
• International business enterprises - Personnel management
• Job analysis
• Job satisfaction
• Job security
• Labor turnover
• Layoff systems
• Leave of absence
• Manpower planning
• Organizational behavior
• Payrolls -- Management
• Performance standards
• Personnel management
• Problem employees
• Professional employees
• Psychology, Industrial
• Supervision of employees
• Women supervisors
• Work and family
• Work environment
• Work measurement

• Compensation management
• Employee fringe benefits
• Employer-sponsored health insurance
• Employer-supported education
• Payrolls - Management
• Pensions
• Pensions management
• Postemployment benefits
• Profit-sharing
• Wages 

• Corporate culture
• Cultural intelligence
• Diversity in the workplace
• LGBTQIA+ - Employment
• Intercultural communication
• Management - Cross-cultural studies
• Minorities - Employment
• People with disabilities -Employment
• Transgender people -- Employment
• Women - Employment

• Discrimination in employment
• Employee rights
• Labor discipline
• People with disabilities - Law and legislation
• Problem employees
• Sex discrimination in employment - United States
• Sexual harassment -  Law and legislation
• Women - Employment - Law and legislation