Business and Nonprofit Management Resources

Books and Media

Earlham Libraries Catalog
Catalog of books and other materials available in the Earlham Libraries, with the option to search catalogs in the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI).

WorldCat
The world's largest library catalog, covering books and other materials available in OCLC member libraries around the globe.

Articles

Business Source Premier
The industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 8,800 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.

Academic Search Premier
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.

Chronicle of Philanthropy
A bi-weekly newspaper of the nonprofit world with articles on charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise. Contact a librarian for a username/password to access the full content.

Corporate ResourceNet
Full-text articles from over 1,300 general interest and trade magazines plus management journals, 1985 to present. Also includes detailed company profiles for the world's 5,000 largest companies.

EconLit
EconLit, the American Economic Association’s electronic database, is the world’s foremost source of references to economic literature. The database contains more than 735,000 records from 1969-present. EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics.

Health Business FullTEXT
This database provides full text coverage for nearly 130 well-known administrative journals. Critical for hospital administrators and managers, this database includes publications covering the business of health care administration and much more.

JSTOR
Full text of hundreds of scholarly journals in all disciplines dating back to the 1700s.

LexisNexis Academic
Provides fulltext articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires & transcripts. Under the "Search" tab, select the "News" category. From "Select Sources" you can choose to change your search to US, World, or Business news publications.

Reference

Blackwell Reference Online – Business and Management
Contains the complete texts of encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other reference works from Blackwell Publishing.

Blackwell Reference Online – Economics
Contains the complete texts of encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other reference works from Blackwell Publishing.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Online version of the Oxford University Press title (2003).

Oxford Reference Online - Economics & Business
Contains the complete texts of  Oxford University Press dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference titles.

Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys
Provides in-depth economic and business information on 52 major US industries through reports that are available for searching by company name or industry.

The Statesman's Yearbook
Online version of the famous yearbook that provides an overview of political, economic, and demographic information on world countries.

Statistics

Earlham Libraries Guide to Statistic Sources

Company and Industry

AnnualReports.com
Centralized access to company annual reports and 10-K forms. Searchable alphabetically, by company name, by ticker symbol, by sector, or by industry.

Business Source Premier
Includes detailed Datamonitor Company Profiles for the world's 5,000 largest companies. Choose the "Company Profiles" button in the green Advance Search Tab.

EDGAR
Copies of 10-K forms and other filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

LexisNexis Academic
Under the "Search" tab select the "Business" section to search by company name, ticker symbol, or category. Will present Snapshot Data, News, Corporate Hierarchy, Financial Information, Legal Information, Intellectual Property Information, and References.

Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys
Provides in-depth economic and business information on 52 major US industries through reports that are available for searching by company name or industry.

ThomasNet
Guide to industrial products, companies, and industries.

Nonprofit Organizations

Guidestar
Provides comprehensive data on more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations. Basic content is available immediately for free. Scholars and researchers may request free access access to premium content by registering.

Grants

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Guide to Grants --requires username and password; contact a librarian.
Access all corporate and foundation grants listed in The Chronicle of Philanthropy since 1995.

Foundation Directory Grants Index -- requires username and password; contact a librarian.
Access over 70,000 grantmakers and 150,000 grants

Grants.gov
Find and apply for over 1,000 grant programs offered by all Federal grant making agencies.

Foundation Center
Sign up for newsletters announcing grant availability.

Wayne County Indiana Grant Providers
Wayne County Foundation
US Bank
Gannett Foundation