Lemieux Library Guides: Nonprofit Leadership: Subject Guide

Top Databases

Business Source Complete
Premier database not only for business and economics, but also for Public Administration and Nonprofit Literature. Search here for articles from scholarly as well as practitioner journals.
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Search more than 13,300 periodicals, including full text for nearly 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. It features a mix of interdisciplinary scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and books.

Proquest Research Library
From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library™ provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,000 titles—nearly 2,800 in full text—from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.

JSTOR
Full text of scholarly journals representing most major academic disciplines including 24 of the top journals in Public Policy and Administration. Access from first issue to within 3-5 years of present.
Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
Citations and abstracts for nonprofit literature from the Foundation Center covering philanthropy, fundraising, nonprofit management and leadership and other topics. It indexes over 100 periodicals and selectively covers news publications, videos, books, etc. Serves as the Foundation Center's catalog. Limited fulltext

Other Databases to try

Issues & Controversies
Summarizes current issues and controversies in political, economic, social and scientific topics. From Facts on File.
CQ Researcher
Good starting point for research on "hot topics" in the news including science, education, politics and economics.
Sage Knowledge
Full text reference works published by Sage Publisher.

Working on a topic which may require the use of specialized discipline databases. Some of these databases are fulltext, e.g Education Research Complete while others are abstract only Criminal Justice Abstracts, Pubmed.

CINAHL with Full Text
CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the premiere index for the nursing literature. It provides indexing for more than 2,700 journals with full text for more than 300 journals. Also covers alternative and complementary medicine, biomedicine, diagnostic ultrasound, gerontology, and public health.
PubMed
Created by the National Library of Medicine and freely available via the internet and international in scope. It comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from biology, medicine, nursing, and life sciences journals as well as journals from many other fields. Citations may include links to full text content.
(To order an article not owned by SU, work from the full PubMed article record. Click on the SU Full Text Search button in the upper right corner of the screen to find an interlibrary loan request form.)
EconLit with Full Text
The premier database for economic literature. This resource provides a comprehensive index of economic journals, books, working papers, and dissertations.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text contains more than 200,000 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole
Polling the Nations
Provides public opinion polls containing the full text of 350,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted in the U.S. and 100 other countries.
FDsys
Electronic access to information from the federal government.

"FDsys encompasses more than 2,900 databases through more than 80 applications, such as the Federal Register and the Congressional Record."
SocINDEX with/Full Text
A comprehensive sociology research database with coverage of not only sociology, but also anthropology, criminal justice, economic development, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, social psychology, social work, substance abuse and other areas. It provides indexing for more than 600 journals with full text available for more than 300 journals.
Education Research Complete
Indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals. Full text for more than 750 journals, and includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers.

Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals, and includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers.

Nonprofit Databases

Databases specifically focused on nonprofit issues:

Foundation Directory Online Professional
For grantseekers, current information on grantmakers and their grants. Database provides access to over 250,000 990s, 80,000 grants as well as news, requests for proposals, key staff affiliations, printable color charts illustrating grant distributions, and more. (Seattle U's licensing agreement for this database allows for use by the general public. Guests may access the content using designated computers on the second floor.)

Guidestar
Register for a free account. Access to basic information. Information on the activities and finances of more than 650,000 charities and nonprofit organizations. Features a database searchable by name, keyword, mission, geographic location and revenue range. Library does not have an institutional subscription.

Directory Database

Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA)
Search for Nonprofits through Business Type in the Custom SearchSU Licensed Database.Select Custom Search --> Yellow Page Heading or SIC --> Create Search --> Type: nonprofit

HOW DO I START A WA STATE NONPROFIT?

Washington State Nonprofit Handbook: How to Form and Maintain a Nonprofit
2009.Published by Washington Attorneys Assisting Community Organizations and the
King County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
How to Start a Non-Profit Organization in Washington
Step by step guide by Harbor Compliance
Nonprofit Startup Resources by State: Washington State
Additional Sources from the Foundation Center

General: Starting a Nonprofit

Foundation Center Tutorials: Getting Started
BoardSource Guide to Starting a Nonprofit
USA.gov for Nonprofits
Find information and services for nonprofits, including grants, loans, assistance, taxes, management and more.

Other Guides

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Public Administration/Public Affairs
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Reference

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