SubjectsPlus: Biographical and Organizational Information
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Acceda Noticias (English interface) 
Mostly 2000-present online resource that provides full-text information from over 40 Spanish-language newspapers and news services based mostly in the United States, Mexico, and some countries in Central and South America.
Acceda Noticias (Spanish interface)
2000-present online resource that provides full-text information from over 50 Spanish-language newspapers and news services based mostly in the United States, Mexico, and some countries in Central and South America.
Complete online access (including advertisements) to the full text of the New York Times from 1851 up to the last three years. For current access, see National Newspapers, LexisNexis Academic, and other sources.
Provides links to thousands of world newspapers.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views.
Access World News: United States
Electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers. Access World News also contains full-text content from key international sources.
Includes the following newspapers: Christian Science Monitor, 1988-present; Los Angeles Times, 1985-present; New York Times, 1980-present; Wall Street Journal, 1984-present; Washington Post, 1987-present.
Access World News Research Collection
Mostly 1990's-present online resource that provides full-text information from over 3,900 United States and international newspapers, news services, magazines, blogs, transcripts, and more.
Full text of newspapers published by U.S. ethnic communities including African American, Hispanic, Greek, Italian, Jewish, Finnish, Russian, Filipino, Arabic, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and more.
Dates vary. An extensive multidisciplinary database providing full text for thousands of publications, including thousands of peer-reviewed journals.
Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
Coverage varies. Full text. Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information and is strong in legislative, government, company, financial and demographic information, market research, and industry reports.
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International
1915-present. Includes scholarly and non-scholarly articles, books, government documents, reports and more, covering global public policy and social issues.
1952-current. Includes citations and abstracts for articles in over 1,500 journals, conference papers, books, and dissertations in the social and behavioral sciences.
Full text. A gateway into art research and the access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions and publications including The Dictionary of Art(1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art(2001). Articles will be added and updated.
All time periods. Full text. Oxford Music Online expands Grove Music online and comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and more.
Some full text. Reference Universe helps you find the right article--the authoritative article--to begin your research, whether it's on your shelves in a reference work or in an online reference database.
African American National Biography
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Burling Ref E185.96 .A4466 2008
American National Biography
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Burling Ref E176 .A493x 1999
Biographical Dictionary of Iowa
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Burling 1st Floor CT234 .B56 2008
Biography Index
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Burling Ref
An index to biographical information appearing in books and magazines.
Biography: a User's Guide
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Burling 1st Floor CT21 .R585 2008
A discussion of biography as a literary form.
Dictionary of National Biography
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Burling Ref CT1502 .S46
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Burling Ref DA28 .O95 2004
Chambers Biographical Dictionary
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Burling Ref CT103 .C4 1997
Dictionary of Literary Biography
(print and online-selective)Reference collection: PS 21 .D5x (volume no.) The last volume of the series includes a complete index. The online version is selective and available through Literature Resource Center.
Encyclopedia of Associations
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REF AS22 .E5 48th ed
Encyclopedia of Biography
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Burling Ref CT103 .E53 1997
Iowa Biographical Dictionary
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Burling Ref CT234 .I59
Notable American Women: 1607-1950
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Burling Ref CT3260 .N57
Notable American Women: the Modern Period
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Burling Ref CT3260 .N57
Notable American Women: a Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century
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Burling Ref CT3260 .N57
Research Guide to European Historical Biography
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Burling Ref CT759 .R47x
Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives
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Burling Ref CT213 .S
The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa
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Burling 1st Floor CT234 .B56 2008
The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia
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Burling Ref CT103 .C26 1998
Current Biography Yearbook
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Burling Ref CT100 .C8
Covers 1940 to present. Updated by Current Biography monthly supplement.
Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
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REF AS8 .E53 48th ed
Formerly the World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance. Hundreds of economic and social indicators, with 40 years of data for some series, for every country in the world.
Charity Commission for England and Wales
Provides information about each of the thousands of registered charities in England and Wales.
Charity and non-profit information database.
Directory of non-profit sector in Canada.
Listing of charities compiled by the American Institute of Philanthropy.
Directory of Development Organizations
International in scope.
Accesses the scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Includes links to resources subscribed to by Grinnell College.
National Center for Charitable Statistics
Search for statistics on active charitable organizations.
A database reflecting the research interests of scholars at Duke University. International in scope.
TakingITGlobal Organizations Database
International in scope. Search by country, language, category, and more.
Encourages strategic thinking about how your nonprofit or foundation will achieve its intended impact, and helps you share concise information about your plans and progress with key stakeholders and the public.
America's premier independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of over 5,500 of America's largest charities.
Non-profit data, reports and forms for donors, grantmakers and businesses.
Humanitarian Accountability Partnership
Established in 2003, HAP International is the humanitarian sector's first international self-regulatory body. Members of HAP are committed to meeting the highest standards of accountability and quality management.
The largest coalition of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), with more than 190 members working in every developing country.
Helps organizations develop new ways of planning, measuring and reporting social change; offers provides access to useful guides, reports and surveys.
Non-Governmental Organizations
A useful guide, including a search engine, for information on NGOs. Created by the University of California Berkeley.
Rates verified, financially responsible charities according to how much great work they're doing.
Project on the Evolution of International Non-Governmental Organizations
Information sources on NGOs from the City University of London.
Compiled by the US Internal Revenue Service. A list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions. This online version is offered to help you conduct a more efficient search of these organizations.
WANGO: World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations
An international organization uniting NGOs worldwide in the cause of advancing peace and global well being. WANGO helps to provide the mechanism and support needed for NGOs to connect, partner, share, inspire, and multiply their contributions to solve humanity’s basic problems.
A global platform for sharing information in order to evaluate societal progress. It is a place to find information and statistics to facilitate the exchange of ideas, initiatives and knowledge on “measuring the progress of societies,” and is open to anyone who has an interest in the concept of “progress.”
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