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BA 470: Marketing Research (Conlin)

these will help you find resources for you assignment

Market Research on Nonprofit

Example: I need a report that contains demographics of people who donate money to animal welfare charities and their attitudes toward donations.

  • Select the report Attitudes toward Nonprofits - US - 2022
  • The Excel databook will provide demographics of people who donate to animal welfare charities

Scholarly Articles

Example: I need articles on manipulative advertising and Nonprofits.

  • Click the box for "Select All" and then click Continue
  • Type nonprofit or charitable into the first box
  • Type manipulat* or guilt into the second box (the asterisk * gives variations of root words)
  • Type appeals or advertising or marketing or messag* into the third box
  • Click Search
  • Click the box for Peer Reviewed

Example: I need articles on pictures/imagery and nonprofit appeals.

  • Click the box for "Select All" and then click Continue
  • Type nonprofit or charitable into the first box.
  • Type appeals or advertising or marketing or messag* or  guilt or manipulat* or persuasion or disgust into the second box
  • Type images or pictures or imagery into the third box and select TI Title with the pulldown menu
  • Click Search
  • Click the Box for Peer Reviewed

Example: I need articles on manipulation/guilt in advertising that are not limited to nonprofits.

  • Click the box for "Select All" and then click Continue
  • Type manipulat* or guilt into the first box and select TI Title
  • Type advertising or marketing or donations into the second box and select SU Subject
  • Click Search
  • Click the box for Peer Reviewed

Example: I need research specific to animal/shelters dogs

  • Click the box for "Select All" and then click Continue
  • Type dogs or animal shelters into the first box
  • Type nonprofit or charitable into the second box
  • Click Search
  • Click the box for Peer Reviewed

The article How emotions induce charitable giving: A psychophysiological study will be relevant

Example: I want articles on the reputations of nonprofit organizations.

  • Click the box for "Select All" and then click Continue
  • Type nonprofit or charitable into the first box
  • Type reputation* into the second box and select TI Title with the pulldown menu
  • Click the box for Peer Reviewed

Example: I want articles on manipulative messaging that have theoretical models.

  • Click the box for "Select All" and then click Continue
  • Type manipulat* or guilt or emotion into the first box and select TI Title
  • Type advertising or marketing or donations or nonprofit or charitable into the second box
  • Type theory of planned behavior (or another theory) into the third box
  • Click search
  • If you don't have a specific theory in mind type theory or model or framework into the third box
  • Click search

Example: I need dissertations on the impact of images/pictures on advertising effectiveness.

  • Type images OR pictures OR imagery into the first box and select Ti Title
  • Type advertising OR marketing OR appeals into the second box and select Anywhere except full-text NOFT
  • Type guilt OR persuasion OR manipulat* OR disgust or emotional into the third box and select Anywhere except full-text NOFT
  • Click Search
  • Dissertations such as "The persuasive impact of disgust-provoking images in animal-rights campaigns" will be relevant

Example: I need dissertations about guilt/manipulation and animal shelters.

  • Type shelters into the first box and select Anywhere except full-text NOFT
  • Type animals or dogs into the second box and select Anywhere except full-text NOFT
  • Type emotions OR persuasion OR guilt OR manipulat* into the third box and select Anywhere except full-text NOFT