Philanthropy
This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate courses in OSU's Philanthropy program. For further help, contact one of the Social Sciences/Humanities Librarians at ph# 737-7295 or at ISSoc/HumLibrarians@oregonstate.edu.
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Encyclopedias
Directories
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Facts & Figures
Other Useful Internet Sites
Finding Books in Online Catalogs
OSU Libraries
Online Catalog
Try these subject terms: charities, charitable
giving, charity organization, civil society, endowment of research, endowments,
fund raising, humanitarianism, non-governmental organizations, nonprofit
organizations, philanthropists, social service, and voluntarism.
Summit (Orbis): A collective catalog of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington.
Finding Articles in Journals
To find articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc., use an article database that covers your topic.
Academic Search Premiere, 1985-present Includes full text for nearly 2,050 publications, including nearly 1,500 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all 3,393 journals in the collection. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study. This database is updated daily.
Alternative Press Index, 1991-present Indexes nearly 290 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change. Provides in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences, and includes selected abstracts from scholarly publications. Updated quarterly by the Alternative Press Center.
Business Source Premier, 1965-present Provides full text for nearly 3,300 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text for more than 300 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated daily.
IRIS Illinois Researcher Information Service currently contains over 8,000 active federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Users can search IRIS by sponsor, deadline date, keyword, and other criteria. Most IRIS records contain live links to sponsor Web sites, electronic forms, or Electronic Research Administration (ERA) portals. IRIS is updated daily.
MasterFILE Premier, 1984-present Provides full text for over 1,830 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. Also includes, indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,800 periodicals. This is updated daily.
Sociological Abstracts, 1963-present Index to articles from journals in sociology, social work and other social sciences.
Reference Sources
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of business reference. Reference HF1001 .E466 1995
- Encyclopedia of sociology. Reference HM425 .E5 2000
- International Encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences. Reference H41 .I58 2001
Directories & Guides
- International Foundation Directory. Reference HV
7 .I57 1991
Charitable Organizations of the United States. Reference HV 89 .C471 1992
Corporate Giving Directory. Reference HV 97 .A3T29 1999
Guide to United States Foundations, Their Trustees, Officials and Donors. Reference HV 97 .A3G84 1998
Corporate Foundation Profiles. Reference HV 97 .A3C64 1992
Givers Guide. Reference HV 91 .M25 1990
Directory of International Corporate Giving in America. Reference HG 4028 .C6D57 1999
Foundation Directory. Reference AS 911 .A2F6
National Directory of Corporate Giving. Reference HG 4028 .C6N371 1997
Facts & Figures
- Giving USA 2003
- Oregon Foundation Databook. Reference HV 98 .O7O731 2001
- Statistical Abstract of the United States.
- Statistical Resources on the Web. – a comprehensive collection of starting places for many categories of statistics
- Survey of Corporate Contributions. Valley HC 10 .C5 no.942
- TableBase.
Other Useful Internet Sites
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