Think about your topic conceptually. Maybe you're looking for information about recruiting potential members for your student organization. These databases can be a good place to start looking. Don't worry if the sources you find are not about your specific type of organization. A lot of the principles will remain the same.
A full-text, scholarly database of more than 12,000 journals (10,900 peer-reviewed) in almost every academic discipline. Also includes over 60,000 videos from the Associated Press.
Published by: EBSCO Publishing (Databases)
Includes nearly 5,000 full-text journals (2,600 peer-reviewed) and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business covering accounting, finance, banking, marketing, management and much more. In addition, the database includes case studies, country economic reports and company profiles, as well as interviews with executives and analysts.
Alternate titles: BSC
Published by: EBSCO Publishing (Databases)
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, provides access to more than 1 million abstracts of education-related documents and journal articles from 1966 to the present. In addition to journal articles from leading education journals, ERIC also contains conference proceedings, technical reports and research analyses, dissertations, teaching guides, instructional materials, books, and government documents.
Alternate titles: Education Resources Information Center; Educational Resources Information Center
Published by: EBSCO Publishing (Databases)
Many students are familiar with Google Scholar, which is a publicly-available datatabase. You can use this link to set up Google Scholar so it connects you to library resources on the back end.