Guides: PRAD 336 (Mundel): Encyclopedias & Directories

Encyclopedias and Directories

SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Cross-searchable collection of more than 100 encyclopedias and handbooks from SAGE.
Extent: Multidisciplinary

Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations: A Reference Handbook
Focuses on issues and leadership topics important to those seeking to understand more about the Nonprofit sector of society. A major focus is on the specific roles and skills required of the nonprofit leader in voluntary organizations.
Encyclopedia of Human Development
Cross-disciplinary coverage on topics such as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, and temperament.
International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies
Provides an overview of many of the major ideas, concepts, terms, and approaches that characterize this diverse field of organization studies.
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
Covers the fields of activism, civil engagement, and social justice and includes biographies of the major thinkers and leaders who have influenced the study of activism.

Intelligent Philanthropy
Evaluates nonprofit performance.
CharityWatch
Professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits.
Candid
Established in 1956, Candid (formerly the Foundation Center) is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Candid maintains the Foundation Directory Online and Guidestar, two leading tools for funder and nonprofit research.
CharityNavigator
Analyzes the financial performance, governance, and openness and awards ratings of one to four stars.

SRDS Media Directories This link opens in a new window
Allows you to determine the media landscape in any given metro area along with advertising rates and readership/audience profiles for individual business and consumer magazines, newspapers, and radio/TV/cable stations.

npENGAGE
Collection of blogs of interest to nonprofit analysis, fund raising, marketing, and management.