Research Guides: Not-For-Profits and Nonprofits: Library Databases

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Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary database of more than 4,600 magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 8,470 journals. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
The Business Source Complete database includes full text business journals and magazines, covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Credo Reference
Provides full-text online access to hundreds of multidisciplinary reference book collections, including art, history, law, medicine, psychology, technology, bilingual dictionaries and encyclopedias. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Credo is a vast, online reference library, providing access to the full text of hundreds of highly regarded and popular titles. And Credo brings the facts alive with images, sound files, animations, and much more. Find speedy, simple answers and authoritative, in-depth articles.Credo Reference contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopaedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range or subject-specific titles covering everything from accounting to zoology, via maps, math, management, martial arts, media studies, medicine, mountains, moons, music, multimedia, mythology.
Foundation Directory Online Professional
Foundation Directory Online was developed by the Foundation Center, a nonprofit organization founded over 50 years ago to open up U.S. foundations to public view. This resource is now provided through Candid.
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This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Thomas Yoseloff Business Center; Bronx Library Center; Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL); St. George Library Center
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online is an online database of nearly 10,000 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. This resource is now provided through Candid.
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This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Thomas Yoseloff Business Center; All Branch Libraries
Gale Directory Library
Contains e-directories of nonprofit organizations or associations, such as Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S., Encyclopedia of Association: Regional State and Local Organizations, Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations, National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations, and Research Centers Directory . Current NYPL Card account is required for access. Create a user account within the database to save your work.  **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Gale eBooks
Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) is an online library of reference titles for multi-disciplinary research, including texts related to American and world history, biography, health, arts, business, travel, religion, and multicultural studies. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Leadership Connect This link opens in a new window
Leadership Connect focuses on the following areas related to the public sector: Congress, Federal Government, State & Local Government, News Media, Law & Lobbying Firms, Companies, Nonprofits & Associations, and Courts. It contains profiles with information on people and organizations in these areas, as well as information about government offices and departments.
Users can search by name, job title, organization, and issue area, or see the Advanced Search menu for more detailed search options.
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This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Thomas Yoseloff Business Center
Sage Knowledge
The full text and full catalog of Sage Publishing's social science ebook platform. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Small Business Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Links to e-book editions of Nolo Press business/legal titles are also available. Examples of titles include Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits, Every Nonprofit’s Tax Guide, and Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes & Records.