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Reference Databases

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Content: A reference database useful for accessing scholarly definitions, background and contextual information. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, economics, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion, and science and technology.
Purpose: An excellent starting point for brainstorming a research topic and building out your initial search terms list.
Special Features: Mindmap; related articles; image search
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Content: Ebooks with coverage across all academic disciplines. The collection offers a critical mass of more than 150,000 foundational scholarly ebooks with balanced quantity and quality to improve teaching, learning and research workflow and outcomes.
Purpose: Provides access to multidisciplinary ebooks for download or to be read online.
Special Features: Browse by subject option; highlight and take notes in text.
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Content: Reference sources, primarily books but also videos and business cases.
Purpose: Use for finding reference sources like encyclopedias and handbooks that provide contextual or explanatory material.
Special Features: Includes Sage Navigator

Business Dictionaries

The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management by George Thomas Kurian More than 6,000 key business terms, covering a vast range of terminology from all areas of business including management, strategy, finance, human resources, economics, marketing, sales, insurance, and international business.
ISBN: 9780814420287
Publication Date: 2013
Dictionary of Accounting by S. M. H. Collin; Jane Russell; A-and-C Black UK Staff Dictionary of Accounting covers a wide range of topics related to accountancy, including personal finance, investments and company accounts. Ideal for students of accountancy, users without a background in accounting and those working in company accounts departments.
ISBN: 9780713682861
Publication Date: 2007
Dictionary of Economics by C. L. Pass, Leslie Davies , Bryan Lowes Summarizes the theoretical principles behind the science of economics and their application in such areas as competition policy, agricultural policy, fiscal policy and monetary policy.
ISBN: 9780007198108
Publication Date: 2005
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary by Barbara Etzel Clear, accessible, and cross-referenced explanations of today's most essential financial terms, including vocabulary related to accounting, finance, banks and banking, economics, investing, markets, real estate, and securities.
ISBN: 9781438001401
Publication Date: 2003
Wall Street Words by David L. Scott; Louis Rukeyser (Foreword by) Has 4,500 entries; more than 700 of them newly added to reflect key developments in national and world markets.
ISBN: 9780618176519
Publication Date: 2003
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary by Barbara J. Etzel This resource gives you cross-referenced explanations of financial terms, including vocabulary related to: Accounting; Finance; Banks and banking; Economics; Investing; and Markets.
ISBN: 9780764526350
Publication Date: 2003

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Nonprofit Leadership and Management Research Starter
Provides an overview of the topic with keywords, terms & concepts, bibliography and suggested reading list.

The A-Z of Corporate Social Responsibility by Nick Tolhurst; Manfred Pohl; Dirk Matten; Wayne Visser
ISBN: 9780470686508
Publication Date: 2010
Provides an easy-to-use guide to CSR: from general concepts such as sustainability, stakeholder management, business ethics and human rights to more specific topics such as carbon trading, microfinance, biodiversity, the Base of the Pyramid model and globalization.
Applied Research Methods in Public and Nonprofit Organizations by Kathleen Hale; Mitchell Brown
ISBN: 9781118737361
Publication Date: 2014
A complete guide to applied research, featuring original data and detailed case studies .
Assessing Performance in Nonprofit Service Agencies in International Handbook of Practice-Based Performance Management by Patria de Lancer Julnes (Editor); Kaifeng Yang (Editor); Frances Stokes Berry (Editor); Maria P. Aristigueta (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412940122
Publication Date: 2008
Business by Jonathan Law; Chris Bartlett; Meredith Belbin
ISBN: 9781408128114
Publication Date: 2011
An international bestseller, BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource is a one-stop reference and interactive tool covering all aspects of today's world of work. Unique, authoritative, and wide-ranging, it offers practical and strategic advice for anyone doing business today.
"CHOICES: Measuring Return on Investment in a Nonprofit Organization" in Social Media Performance Evaluation and Success Measurements by Michael A. Brown Sr (Editor)
ISBN: 9781522519638
Publication Date: 2016
This chapter explores the success of a mid-sized nonprofit organization, CHOICES: Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, as it develops a strategic social media plan to increase awareness and support for the organization.
Encyclopedia of Management Theory by Eric H. Kessler (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412997829
Publication Date: 2013
This work is designed to serve as a core reference for anyone interested in the essentials of contemporary management theory.
Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management by Mark Easterby-Smith (Editor); Marjorie A. Lyles (Editor); Mark Easterby-Smith (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119977902
Publication Date: 2011
This volume provides a unique and valuable overview of current thinking about how organizations accumulate 'knowledge' and learn from experience.
Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and Managerial Strategies in the Nonprofit Sector by Lindy Lou West (Editor); Andrew Worthington (Editor)
ISBN: 9781522525370
Publication Date: 2017
A comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly information on management tools, analytics, and infrastructures for contemporary nonprofit organizations.
ICT Management in Non-Profit Organizations by Jose Antonio Ariza Montes
ISBN: 9781466659742
Publication Date: 2014
Aims to explore the effective and comprehensive deployment of appropriate ICT strategies within the nonprofit sector.
Nonprofit Marketing by Liz Parsons (Editor); Pauline Maclaran (Editor); Mark Tadajewski (Editor); Elizabeth Parsons (Editor)
ISBN: 9781847873590
Publication Date: 2008
This major work addresses both the historical and conceptual development of the field as well as the new concepts and challenges it faces in the new millennium.
"Nonprofit Organizations and Social Media Use: An Analysis of Nonprofit Organizations' Effective Use of Social Media Tools" in Social Media Performance Evaluation and Success Measurements by Michael A. Brown Sr (Editor)
ISBN: 9781522519638
Publication Date: 2016
This chapter focuses on and addresses the question of nonprofit use of social media by examining the main objectives for using social media, and whether social media has been effective in meeting these objectives.
Voluntary and Non-Profit Management by Stephen P. Osborne (Editor)
ISBN: 9781446257364
Publication Date: 2013
These four volumes draw together the key debates both over time and across the globe about the management of VNPOs and explore the contribution of theory and empirical knowledge to these debates.