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Welcome to the Non Profit Management Research Guide. Use the tabs to navigate the resources. Items included here range from academic journals, industry analysis, keyword suggestions, reference materials and news sources.

What is a non profit?

A group, organization, institution or corporation formed to provide goods and/or services for a charitable, educational, religious, literary or scientific purpose. Nonprofits' assets are usually donated by companies, foundations or individuals who do not expect to be repaid. These contributions are tax deductible. If a nonprofit meets the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service's Code, section 501(c)(3), it can obtain tax-exempt status, and does not pay federal or state income taxes.

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Getting started: General Business Resources

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A lot of getting started with analytics is figuring out what kind of information you need. Each tab contains information and links to regularly used resources by students, faculty, and other researchers interested in business analytics and related topics. Below is a starting point to some of our most popular business resources.

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Business Source Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete provides full-text business journals and hundreds of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals covering all aspects of business; marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more.
EIU Viewpoint and Country Reports (Economist Intelligence Unit) This link opens in a new window
Contains Country Reports, Country Finance, and Country Commerce, plus special reports on current international issues. Updated continuously. Terms of service
GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.
A free version of this resource is also available.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Allows you to access a vast archive of corporate and industry related documents. WebReports contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries using an easy to navigate and reliable system. Includes Digital Corporate Manuals and the Digital Municipal & Government Manuals.
If you are not on a Northeastern campus network, try this link: https://link.ezproxy.neu.edu/login?url=http://www.mergentonline.com/login.php?status=1
PolicyFile This link opens in a new window
Covers all public policy issues and it draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.

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