Nonprofit Research

Bibliographic and full-text content from peer-reviewed business journals, covering all disciplines of business including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more.

It's generally considered a business database, but it includes some important nonprofit research journals like Nonprofit Management and Leadership and Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly. It will do a better job of picking up material related to the "business" side of nonprofits. Some subject terms that will help narrow your search include: nonprofit organizations, fund raising, volunteers, charities, philanthropy--just to name a few. (ProQuest)

Covers public administration theory and methods, administration and economy, administration and politics, administration and society, administrative structures and organization, public and social services, and public service personnel.

The rest of the guide will cover more specific sources, but if you aren't sure exactly where to start or if you are researching slightly outside your area of expertise, try Academic Search Complete. It is a comprehensive scholarly multi-disciplinary full-text database, and it has something for everybody. (EBSCO)