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NPM 330 - Introduction to Community-Based Research in the Nonprofit Sector

Articles on nonprofit topics

Example: I need articles on social media and nonprofits.

  • Click the box for "Select All" to search all of the EBSCO databases simultaneously
  • Type nonprofit or charitable into the first box 
  • Type social media or facebook or twitter or social networks or youtube and click search
  • Go to Publication Date on the left-hand side and set the range from 2010 to 2020

Example: I want articles on fundraising for nonprofit organizations.

  • Click the box for "Select All" to search all of the EBSCO databases simultaneously
  • Type nonprofit or charitable into the first box and select SU Subject
  • Type fundraising into the second box and select SU Subject and click Search
  • Go to Publication Date on the left-hand side and set the range from 2010 to 2020

Example: I need articles about volunteers and nonprofit organizations.

  • Click the box for "Select All" to search all of the EBSCO databases simultaneously
  • Type nonprofit or charitable into the first box and select SU Subject
  • Type volunteers into the second box and select SU Subject
  • You can narrow your topic further by focusing on specific aspects *recruiting, retention, etc) or methodologies such as interviews or surveys. Add these terms to the third box
  • Click search
  • Go to Publication Date on the left-hand side and set the range from 2010 to 2020

Example: I need articles on faith-based nonprofit organizations.

  • Click the box for "Select All" to search all of the EBSCO databases simultaneously
  • Type nonprofit or charitable into the first box and select SU Subject
  • Type religious or faith-based into the second box and select SU Subject and click Search
  • Go to Publication Date on the left-hand side and set the range from 2010 to 2020

Dissertations

Example: I want dissertations on social media and nonprofits.

  • Type charities or nonprofit into the first search box and change Anywhere to Anywhere except full-text-NOFT with the pull-down menu
  • Type social media or twitter or facebook or youtube or instagram into the second box and and change Anywhere to Anywhere except full-text-NOFT with the pull-down menu
  • Click search
  • On the left-hand side, set the date range from 2014-2020

Example: I want dissertations on that involved interviewing volunteers.

  • Type charities or nonprofit into the first search box and change Anywhere to Anywhere except full-text-NOFT with the pull-down menu
  • Type volunteers into the second box and change Anywhere to Anywhere except full-text-NOFT with the pull-down menu
  • Type interviews into the third box and change Anywhere to Anywhere except full-text-NOFT with the pull-down menu
  • Click search
  • On the left-hand side, set the date range from 2010-2020

Chronicle of Philanthropy, Stanford Social Innovation Review and Harvard Business Review