LibGuides: Public and Nonprofit Leadership: Database Articles

Top Databases: Search for Journal and Magazine Articles

Use library databases to search scholarly and professional journals and magazines on a topic of your choice.

Academic Search Premier
A good place to start your research for nearly any topic. This database covers many disciplines and provides electronic access to the full-text articles of more than 4,500+ publications, including more than 3,500+ peer-reviewed publications. Also includes the journal Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Business Insights: Essentials
Great company and industry information, including company profiles, SWOT analyses, market share and financial reports, and industry overviews.
Business Source Premier
This database covers virtually every aspect of business. Electronic access to over 3,500+ full-text journals. Appropriate for topics relating to leadership, management, ethics and values, board governance, and human resource management. Also includes the publications International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Nonprofit World Magazine, and Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
The Catalog of Nonprofit Literature is a searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It contains approximately 28,000 full bibliographic citations, of which nearly 20,000 have descriptive abstracts. It is updated daily. The Catalog was formerly known as Literature of the Nonprofit Sector (LNPS).

GuideStar Premium
A database that provides information on nonprofits and access to many IRS 990 forms. The IRS 990 form is the primary financial report of most nonprofit organizations. Note: this database is often referred to as Candid..
LGBT Life with Full Text
Articles from academic journals, magazines and newspapers. Many important and historically significant LGBT sources included. Preview the new LGBTQ+ Life interface.
Sage Journals Online
More than 500 journals from Sage in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine. Appropriate for topics relating to leadership, management, and human resource management. Also includes the journal Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Don Kramer's Nonprofit Issues
Focuses on nonprofit law and governance.
International Journal of Volunteer Administration
A peer-reviewed journal that "seeks to provide an exchange of ideas and sharing of knowledge and insights about volunteerism and volunteer management and administration, bot in North America and internationally."
Philanthropy Journal

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