Journals & Magazines
The ABI databases are well-known in the field of business and consequently in the field of nonprofit. Several nonprofit journals are indexed here.
ABI/Inform Global on ProQuest
Includes 1800 business titles and provides coverage of over 60,000 companies.
ABI/Inform Dateline on ProQuest
Includes coverage of local and regional business news and other market reports.
ABI/Inform Trade & Industry on ProQuest
Trade and industry database with a focus on marketing and competitive information.
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Business Source Premier on Ebsco
Covers over 8,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers in all areas of business. Also provides country economic reports, company profiles and analyses, and industry reports.
Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.
Directories and Company Information
ReferenceUSA (American Business Directory)
Business directory covering 12.5 million companies and organizations and 125 million residents. Provides access and lineage for nearly all of the companies in the US. Use the basic search to find a particular company, non-profit or other organization. Use the custom search to find all the companies in a geographic region for a specific business type.
Charity and Nonprofit Directory from Guidestar
The Guidestar Charity and nonprofit directory lists nonprofits in the United States. This is a large directory and includes most not for profits that exceed a set dollar amount in revenues. All types of organizations are included. One can search by the name of an organization, by a type of organization and of course can limit to size and geographic region. Detailed information is included for the organization. Financial information comes from the full-text copies of the IRS 990 filing.
Additional News & Journal Sources
LexisNexis Academic
Search LEXIS-NEXIS for financials and news articles on companies and business topics. It also includes access to thousands of articles on non-profit companies. Use the news search to look up an article on not for profit or nonprofits.
Newspapers
Newspapers on InfoTrac
Newspapers on ProQuest
Other Searches
WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials at participating libraries – U.S. and some international.