Library Resources for Public, Nonprofit and Health Administration: Databases
How to find articles
Databases allow you to look for articles. Databases usually have citations (information about an article such as the title, author, name of the journal or magazine the article appeared in, volume and issue, date, and pages) and sometimes they will also contain an abstract, or summary, of the article.
Databases also often have information about other types of resources - books, essays or chapters, government documents, etc.
Some databases will also have the articles themselves (the full text of the article). When that happens, you will see a link to an HTML or PDF document. If you do not see a link, click on the "Get it at GVSU" button.
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Key Databases
Consider trying the databases below or exploring an alphabetical listing of GVSU databases. Or, if you think your topic would also fit within another discipline, take a look at our subject resource pages and explore from there.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowThis is a great place to start if you aren't sure where to begin as it covers a wide range of subject areas-- everything from education to population studies Academic Search Premier is a "mega" database designed especially for higher education. It indexes and abstracts more than 8,000 journals, of which more than 85% are peer-reviewed and over 55% are full text.
- Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new windowFull text journals in all disciplines of business as well as management. It also includes such journals as: Academy of Management Journal, Public Management, and Harvard Business Review.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJournal articles, primary sources, and books from over 50 disciplines.
- PAIS International This link opens in a new windowOne of the library's top international relations databases. This database indexes scholarly and trade journals, books, and publications from governments and NGOs. PAIS International references "journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more."
- Public Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new windowProvides abstracts for the field of Public Administration, including research and theory. Records are selected from many of the leading periodicals in the discipline, including Public Administration Review, Public Administration Quarterly, and International Journal of Public Administration.
- ProQuest Business DatabasesLarge collection of journals with articles on a variety of administration and business topics.
- SAGE journals This link opens in a new windowThis database contains the full-text of 10 journals relevant to public and nonprofit administration. Click on blue 'I' icon for instructions.
- SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowGreat place to trace citations backwards and forwards.
- iPOLL This link opens in a new windowAcademic, commercial, and media polls in the U.S. with search tools designed specifically for survey questions.
- CQ Press Political Reference Suite This link opens in a new windowThis suite integrates many of CQ Press's acclaimed reference titles on government and politics into a user-friendly, electronic format that offers a number of Web-enabled features.
- Catalog of Nonprofit Literature This link opens in a new windowPrimarily citations and abstracts with some full-text materials, including scholarly and non-scholarly articles and books relating to philanthropy, foundations, and the nonprofit sector. Topics range from charitable giving, statistics, theory, international and domestic philanthropy, and nonprofit administration. There is also information on policy, law and tax regulations as they relate to these fields.
- International Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new windowThe library's main political science database. An excellent source for finding scholarly political science and international relations articles.
- CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new windowThis database provides access to health science literature related to nursing and allied health disciplines. In addition, it includes standards of practice and evidence-based care guidelines.
- MEDLINE (ISI) This link opens in a new windowSearch MEDLINE using the Web of Science interface. MEDLINE is the premier database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It contains over 30 million records of journal articles in all areas of the biomedical and health sciences.
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Streaming Video Databases
- Docuseek2 This link opens in a new windowDocuseek2 provides access to academic streaming videos, with over 600 titles in all major disciplines.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowFilms On Demand provides access to more than 11,000 online streaming videos from the Films Media Group.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowKanopy is an on-demand streaming video service. To maintain a balanced budget, the library began mediating all purchases through Kanopy's request form in 2018. If there are specific films that are required viewing for your courses, you can search by title on Kanopy's catalog and fill out Kanopy’s request form that appears for films we do not currently have licensed. A library staff member will be in touch to facilitate your request. Please keep in mind these are 1-year leases on films and each 1-year lease costs $150.00.
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowAcademic Video Online: Premium consists of thousands of streaming videos from a large number of produces and distributors across a wide range of subject areas, including art, architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, economics, education, ethnic studies, ethnography, gay and lesbian studies, health, history, humanities, law and public safety, literature, opera, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, science, theater, women's studies, and more.
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