Encyclopedia Of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S., 52E is a guide to more than 25,000 national and international organizations. These include trade, business, and commercial; environmental and agricultural; legal, governmental, public administration, and military; engineering, technological, and natural and social sciences; educational; cultural; social welfare; health and medical; public affairs; fraternal, nationality, and ethnic; religious; veterans, hereditary, and patriotic; hobby and avocational; athletic and sports; labor unions, associations, and federations; chambers of commerce and trade and tourism; Greek letter and related organizations; and fan clubs.
The arrangement of subjects in 18 categories allows the user to identify at once all organizations related to a particular topic without having to conduct multiple searches. The comprehensive Name & Keyword Index allows the user to search for an organization by its name, any significant word within the name, the primary keyword, or an additional keyword.