Databases by Subject:  Nonprofit Management (Graduate)

 

Statistics

Stat-USA Description: Stat-USA provides one-stop shopping for a number of significant economic, business, and trade information sources from the federal government.  Resources include: State of the Nation:  Over 50,000 current and historical U.S. statistical releases, state and regional analysis reports, forecasts, and financial data.  Includes Economic Indicators, Employment Statistics, County and City data, up-to-the-minute Foreign Exchange Rates, Weekly US Retail Gas Prices, etc.

Additional Databases and Indexes
AgeLine (Abstracts) Dates covered: 1978-present, with selected coverage 1966-1977. Full Text: No Description: AgeLine abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences. It covers aging-related issues for professionals in aging services, health, business, law, and mental health. AgeLine also includes selected consumer content. AgeLine summarizes journal articles, books and chapters, research reports, dissertations, gray literature, and educational videos from many publishers and organizations, including AARP. Article Linker is not enabled on this free version of AgeLine. Subject searching can be enhanced by using terms provided in the AgeLine thesaurus. A .pdf version of the AgeLine Thesaurus is freely available for download. Title List
Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) Dates Covered: Full Text: Partial  Description: Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media. Title List You might also want to try:  Communication Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Ethnic NewsWatch Dates Covered: 1990-present Full Text: Yes  Description: This database is a full text general reference database of the 240 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press dating from 1990 to the present. It is searchable in both English and Spanish, and contains titles in a wide range of current and historical topics in both languages. Title List
GenderWatch Dates Covered: 1970-present Full Text: Yes Description: This index is a full text database comprised of 175 periodicals and other publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. GenderWatch supports programs in business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history, political science, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports. GenderWatch contains some archival materials from the 1970's, making this an important repository on the historical perspective of the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles over the last fifteen to twenty years. Title List
JSTOR Dates Covered: Indexing begins with first issue/first volume of each title indexed. Current 3-5 years of each title not included.   Full Text:  Yes Description: JSTOR contains a moving wall of back issues of 522 journals in full-text format. Generally the last 3-5 years of publication of each title are NOT included in this index. Bush Library subscribes to the Arts and Sciences collections I, II, and IV, the Complement, and the Language and Literature Collection. View a list of journal titles organized by subject area Collection I and Collection II, Collection IV, the Complement, and the Language and Literature Collection Title List Some titles indexed in JSTOR, are also indexed and available full-text in Project Muse (including more recently published articles); or check Journals @ Hamline for a specific title.
LexisNexis Academic Search Dates Covered: varies with title Full Text: Yes Description: This service provides full-text access to articles in news, business, legal research, medicine and reference. This service is especially useful to students looking for full-text of foreign newspapers. Access to full-text of the Minneapolis Star Tribune is available from 1991-present and the St. Paul Pioneer Press from 1996-present. Title List
New York Times Index  ProQuest Dates Covered: 1851-2001 Full Text: Yes Description: ProQuest Historical Newspapers interface provides indexing and full image online archive of the entire New York Times newspaper from 1851-2001. The current 3 years is not found in this product.  More recent articles indexed with selected full text in ProQuest NewsStand Complete, and in LexisNexis Academic  Print index available: 1907-2003 Ham Bush Index Table
ProQuest Newsstand Dates Covered: varies by title Full Text: Yes Description: This database indexes over 350 full-text state, national and international newspapers. Includes the Minneapolis Star Tribune full-text from 1986 to present, as well as the Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) 1984-current, and the New York Times East Coast Late Edition, 1999-current. To search historical back issues of the New York Times, select that database alone. Title List
PsycARTICLES CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1985 - present Full Text: Yes Description: PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of advertisements and editorial board lists. Title List You might also want to try:  PsycINFO CSA Illumina
Social Services Abstracts CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1980 - present Full Text: No Description: Contains indexing of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. This index also includes links to "Scholar Universe", a directory of faculty and organization profiles. Title List
Sociological Abstracts CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1963 - present Full Text: No Description: CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. This index also includes links to "Scholar Universe", a directory of faculty and organization profiles. Title List Available in print format: 1953-1995 HM1 .S6