Key Databases:

• PAIS
• PRO: Philanthropy Resources Online
• Business Source Complete
• EconLit
• Canadian Business and Current Affairs Database
• CPI-Q (Canadian Periodical Index)
• Sociological Abstracts

              
Good to know:

1. Within a database, limit your search to scholarly articles when it is appropriate to disregard other resources.
2. Never limit to full-text only as we may subscribe to the journal you find from another vendor.  Use the Get it! icon to search for the full text when it is not immediately available.
3. Use available options to search more than one database at a time.
4. Look for the option to set up an RSS feed  or to Create an Alert.  You are then notified when a new entry is added to the database that meets your search criteria.
5. Use the Interlibrary Loans RACER form to request items not held at Carleton’s library.  
6. For additional relevant databases, look at the Subject Guides that best relate to your topic, such as Public Policy and Administration, Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership,  Canadian Studies, Business, Sociology etc.​

• Citation Searching
            
  Use Citation Indexes to find if a particular author and/or paper has been cited by other authors.           

  Web of Science    
         Select Cited Reference Search from top tool bar.
  You have the article        
       "Street Credentials and Management Backgrounds: Careers of Nonprofit Executives in an Evolving Sector" by  Suarez, DF (Suarez, David F.)  Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly  Volume: 39   Issue: 4   Pages: 696-716   AUG 2010

   

         Enter the author in cited author box
                   Suarez, D  (use surname, first initial and truncation symbol)          
         Retrieve abbreviation of journal name from list provided, and enter year of publication.  NONPROF VOLUNT SEC Q   2010
         Deselect disciplines not relevant from listing under Citation Databases

  From the list, select the article and click on Finish Search at the top of the list.
  Results show the article has been cited 4 times - the most recent in  2013.
        
  Note the option Create Alert to be notified of any future citings of this article.

  Scopus
         Choose Author Seach from top tool bar.
         Enter author's name and affiliation if known
                  Waters, R.D.
                  North Carolina State University
         Select displayed result.  On right hand side all published articles by the author will be listed.  Click on article for citing references.

  "Tweet, tweet, tweet: A content analysis of nonprofit organizations' Twitter updates" by Waters, R.D.,  and Jamal, J.Y.   Public Relations Review  Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2011, Pages 321-324

  Look to the right hand side of the screen - this article has been cited 6 times.  Click to see the list. 

  Note #5
  "Engaging stakeholders through Twitter: How nonprofit organizations are getting more out of 140 characters or less" Public Relations Review  Volume 38, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 313-318  has been citied 7 times. 

  (Remember to see if a citing article has itself been cited!) 
        

  Tips for effective searching -

  If you find one relevant article for your reseach it can lead to other relevant papers by the following:

  • using the databases, including Summon, look to find all papers & books published by the author or co-authors
  • explore the bibliography in the paper for sources
  • using Web of Science or Scopus, look for articles that cite the article you found.    Remember, some databases will also list citing articles but those lists are limited to the current database.  The Web of Science and Scopus are more comprehensive, with coverage from multiple databases.