[ResourceShelf] Newsletter 446
Gary Price
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Number 446 March 11, 2010
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In the current Resource of the Week, we visit one of our long-time
favorite Web destinations -- the Foundation Center, pre-eminent
resource for the world of philanthropy and nonprofits. We thought
we'd highlight just one of the many useful things you'll find there --
a searchable catalog of nonprofit literature. We love niche
databases, and this one is particularly well done.
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Resource of the Week - Catalog of Nonprofit Literature
By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor
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We are big supporters of nonprofits in general both here on
ResourceShelf and over on DocuTicker, our sister site. Thus, we are
huge fans of the Foundation Center. This is a venerable institution;
in operation since 1956, it's currently supported by roughly 550
foundations and is widely recognized as a pre-eminent authority on
'organized philanthropy.'
There is an avalanche of useful information on the Foundation Center's
website, and most of it is free. We thought we'd give a little love to
the Catalog of Nonprofit Literature - formerly known as Literature of
the Nonprofit Sector (LNPS) - this week.
The Catalog of Nonprofit Literature is a searchable database of
the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique
contents of the Foundation Center's five libraries and contains
approximately 28,000 full bibliographic citations, of which nearly
20,000 have descriptive abstracts. It is updated daily.
The basic search form offers a standard keyword search that allows for
the use of standard boolean operators. Use the radio buttons to either
search everything or restrict your search to full-text resources only.
To the right are links to more information and/or help, including a
guided tour, a bibliography of periodicals, and a quick look at
recently added items.
The 'standard search' is actually an advanced search form offerings
several more options that facilitate a more precise query. If you
click on the buttons labeled 'Index,' a window pops up with a
directory of relevant subject terms. Nicely done!
Though there are full-text resources in this database, many other
items are not available online. They can be viewed at the Foundation
Center's headquarters in New York City, its national collection in
Washington, D.C., or its field offices in Atlanta, Cleveland, and San
Francisco. These libraries are freely open to the public; no
appointment is necessary to use them. If none of these locations is
convenient, you might want to try one of the center's 400 'Cooperating
Collections' - most located at public or academic libraries around the
country, as well as in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, South
Korea, and Thailand. (If your institution is interested in housing a
cooperative collection, The Foundation Center is currently soliciting
applications.)
By the way, don't leave this website without a look at the wonderful
collection of Links to Nonprofit Resources. The navigation links on
the right make it easy for you to browse by subject category; major
subject headings are:
* Philanthropy
* Fundraising
* Nonprofit News
* Nonprofit Management
* Nonprofit Technology
* Public Interest & Policy
* International Philanthropy
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