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RESOURCES ON NONPROFITS
This web site gives access to all the print and electronic holdings purchased by the Rutgers University Libraries, plus resource lists and pathfinders constructed by information professionals across the system. You need to obtain a barcode and a PIN number from a circulation desk in order to borrow or request any materials from the Rutgers system.
Print Resources
IRIS, the online catalog of the Rutgers University Libraries, gives students and faculty ready access to what we own -- over 3 million print volumes in 22 libraries across the state, plus multimedia and many full-text electronic journals. You may limit searches to DANA or use the  or  buttons to intralibrary loan books or articles from other Rutgers libraries. Here are some example of useful searches:
American Red Cross --  (This is a keyword search; use the "Contains" button.)
nonprofit organizations --  (This search will retrieve books by Library of Congress subject heading.)
Fuller, Millard --  (This search will retrieve books written by Millard Fuller.)
angel in top hat -- 
Chronicle of Philanthropy -- 
- Encyclopedia of Associations (Dana Reference Desk)
- Print version of data included in the Gale Ready Reference Shelf (below), but easier to use because it is more selective.
Periodicals
- Click on Indexes and Databases. Click on Academic Search Premier (Ebscohost).
- This multidisciplinary database indexes periodicals in many different fields and on many different levels, from general interest to scholarly. Students find it a handy place to begin searches because it is partly full text and because it covers so many different subjects. However, you might find that you need something more. Rutgers offers you more than 150 periodical indexes and databases in many subject areas. Don't stop here if you need additional information.
- Click on Indexes and Databases. Click on ABI / INFORM GLOBAL.
- ABI / INFORM contains articles from newspapers, magazines and journals on nonprofit/charitable organizations as well as businesses and corporations.
Rutgers Newspaper Resources
- Click on Indexes and Databases.
- Newspapers Database - New Jersey Newspapers and Philadelphia Inquirer (NewsBank). "Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. "
"Includes the following as of March 2003: Asbury Park Press (2002+), Bayonne Journal (forthcoming), Courier-News (Bridgewater, 2002+), Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, forthcoming), Daily Journal (Vineland, forthcoming), Daily Record (Morristown, forthcoming), Home News Tribune (East Brunswick, 12/24/2002+), Jersey Journal (Jersey City, forthcoming, also to include Kearney Journal and Waterfront Journal), Ocean County Observer (Toms River, 2002+), Press of Atlantic City (1989+), Record (Bergen County, 1985+), Star-Ledger (Newark, 1996+). Rutgers subscription also includes Philadelphia Inquirer (1981+)." -- from the Rutgers database description.
- Proquest Historical Newspapers provides the full image of articles published in the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 until two years ago.
- Find recent articles in major metropolitan newspapers in Dow Jones Interactive (soon to be Factiva) or Lexis-Nexis Academic. For items you cannot locate in full text from these sources, we own the following newspapers on microfilm on the Lower Level in Dana Library:
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Christian Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
Newark Star Ledger
Rutgers Electronic Resources
- Gale Ready Reference Shelf
- Click on Indexes and Databases. Select the Gale Ready Reference Shelf. You can find information about a nonprofit organization by using the Extended Search Mode (Organizations).
Web Resources
Some of the bigger (and smaller) nonprofit /charitable organizations have websites that will give you information about their history, purpose and activities. You can find them by doing a Google search using the name of the organization as your search term.
- GuideStar: The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
- This database contains information on more than 1 million nonprofit organizations located in the United States. You can search GuideStar for information about an organization by keyword, name, state, city or categories divided by purpose.
- Idealist
- This directory contains information on more than 40,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries. You can search or browse Idealist for information about organizations by name, keyword for mission, country and "area of focus." (purpose).
- American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP)
- The AIP investigates and rates charities to help people decide what charities they would like to give money to. This website contains a list of top-rated charities, an alphabetical list of charities and their ratings, and an explanation of how AIP comes up with its ratings.
- United Way of Essex and West Hudson
- United Way maintains an online resource directory of affiliated area nonprofit organizations, searchable by zip code, city, service, or organization name. One of the items identified for each organization is "volunteer opportunity".
- CASE (Citizenship and Service Education)
- CASE is a Rutgers-based service learning program.
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