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.

• The Jossey-Bass Division of John Wiley has a nonprofit management and leadership series.

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

Data collections

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

Encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference material

• Philanthropy in America 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

• International Journal of Not-for-profit Law
• 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)