Civil society/External Links

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Article collections

Tufts University Press has a Civil Society book series that includes a number of readers and article collections.

Bibliographies

Union of International Associations Web Resources

University Press Books for Understanding Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Volunteer Management Bibliographies

World Health Organization Annotated Bibliography

World Bank - NGOs, civil society and youth

Companies

The Civil Society Group

Data collections

• Guidestar.org
• National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)

Encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference material

* Philanthropy in America: A Three Volume Encyclopedia Google Books preview. (Not in public domain)

• Encyclopedia of Social Reform (1897) Google Books full-text of the original publication (now in the public domain).

For younger students (up to age 14±)

• Circle:Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement

Government websites

• Internal Revenue Service (U.S.) Charities & nonprofits page
• Business & Nonprofit Gateway

Guides, portals and other general

• Guidestar
• Foundation Center

Important and credible blogs

• Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
• Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
• Where Most Needed

Important and credible discussion lists

• ARNOVA-L
• Charity Channel
• Nonprofit Cyber-accountability
• ISTR-L

Journals and periodicals

• Nonprofit Management and Leadership
• Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
• The Nonprofit Quarterly
• Voluntas
• Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing
• The Nonprofit Review (Japanese NPO Research Association)

Organizations

• African Centre for Civil Society Law
• Civil Society Institute
• The United Nations and Civil Society
• International Center for Civil Society Law

Search engines and Web directories

• Guidestar Search for most U.S. nonprofits in the IRS datafile.
• National Center for Charitable Statistics A project of the Urban Institute.

University departments

• Center for Civil Society (UCLA)
• Center for Democracy and Civil Society (Georgetown)
• Center on Philanthropy (Indiana University)
• Southwest Institute on Religion & Civil Society (NM)
• Center for Civil Society Studies (Johns Hopkins University)
• Civil Society Institute (Santa Clara University)
• Centre for Civil Society (London School of Economics)
• Hauser Center (Harvard University)
• Institute for Nonprofit Management (University of Georgia)
• Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations (Case Western Reserve University)
• Research Group on Europäische Zivilgesellschaft (Muenster)
• Saguaro Seminar (Harvard University)
• Social Economy Centre (University of Toronto)