This research guide is intended to serve as a starting point for your research, not a comprehensive list of all resources that are available with respect to issues related to nonprofit organizations law. This guide includes secondary and primary legal sources at the federal and state level as well as books and non-legal resources published by academic institutions and advocacy organizations. This guide also contains several comparative databases (50 state surveys) that examine differences among state laws. Because issues related to nonprofit organizations exist beyond the United States' borders, this guide also includes material addressing international perspectives.