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Catalog Holdings
Government Documents
Journals
Databases
Internet Resources
This library guide offers a selection of the resources at the Peterson Library and some Internet websites useful in study of sports management. Additional guides on management, marketing, and other subjects may also be helpful. For a good overview of our library, take the Virtual Reference Tour. If you need research help, visit us at the Information Desk, call us there at 203-932-7189, or email us. For assistance with writing the research paper, visit the Center for Learning Resources in Maxcy Hall.
Library Home Page
All the access points for library materials and services are on the left of our home page at www.newhaven.edu/library. From the UNH website at http://www.newhaven.edu/, click on Library in the top middle. The most important links are the ones for Catalog, Databases, Journals, and library Guides, but a quick look at our entire homepage will be time well spent.
Library Catalog
Use the library catalog to find reference and circulating materials, including books, audio-visual resources, government documents, and periodical holdings. Our catalog utilizes the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and its subject headings. LC assigns call numbers (letters and numerals) according to the book's primary subject. The HB-HF area is for business, economics and general commerce. GV713-716 is the area covering sports management and marketing. Some quick catalog search tips:
- Truncate with ‘?': manag? will get management, manager, managing, etc.
- Put phrases in " ": "physical education" or "facilities manag?" etc.
- Sort results by Publish date descending to get newest items at the top of the list.
- Click on an item's Bibliographic tab for subject-heading links to find additional
material.
- Click on the Linked Resources tab and/or look for a URL box that denotes online
access.
For additional search tips, consult the library guide on Using the UNH Library Catalog (OPAC) or take our interactive Online Library Catalog Tutorial.
Accessible Sports Facilities: A Summary of Accessibility Guidelines for Recreation Facilities. [U.S. Govt Docs] Y 3.B 27:8/SP 6; also online.
College Athletes for Hire: The Evolution and the Legacy of the NCAA's Amateur Myth.
GV351 .S23 1998
Developing Successful Sport Marketing Plans. GV716 .S737 2001
Dream Job: $port$ Publicity, Promotion and Marketing. GV714 .H45 2000
Economics of Sport and Recreation. GV181.3.G73 2000
Ethics in Sport Management. GV713 .D47 1996
Event Risk Management and Safety. GT3405 .T37 2002
Global Sport Sponsorship. GV716 .G57 2005
An Insider's Guide to Managing Sporting Events. GV713 .S63 2002
Labor Markets in Professional Sports. HB1 .A2 N3 no.7573; also online.
Playing Nice and Losing: The Struggle for Control of Women's Intercollegiate
Athletics, 1960-2000. GV709.18 .U6 W87 2004
Sport Promotion and Sales Management. GV714 .I79 2002
Student Athlete Protection Act: Hearing... [U.S. Govt Docs] Y 1.1/8:106-903; also online.
Testing out Contractual Incompleteness: Evidence from Soccer.
HB1.A2 N3 no.11110; also online.
A federal documents depository since 1971, the library currently receives about a third of Government Printing Office (GPO) publications. Documents received since 2000 will show up in catalog searches. Many of these are also available online so be sure to click on Linked Resources for each item. Most documents held in the library can be borrowed. Consult the Government Documents library guide for more information. To request catalog items with the U.S. Govt Docs location or to inquire about older documents, come to the Information Desk.
Periodical articles from magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals are a valuable source of information in all research areas. Our Journals link lists of most of the periodical titles, current and historical, to which you have access through the library, in all formats.
Use the upper search box to enter a journal title to get links to databases containing the journal electronically and a link for any available library holdings as well. You can also use the drop-down box to search for title words like sport* or physic* educ* [*=truncation], etc.
Use the lower search box to drop down through topical groupings like: Health & Biological Sciences > Medicine > Sports Medicine. Click here to identify periodicals in this latter subject area and to browse current issues, either online or in the library.
Use the indexes in the next section to find periodical articles. For more help, consult our library guide on Finding Articles.
Searching for articles on a subject is best done using an electronic index that looks through the contents of many journals at one time. These databases now often provide the full text of articles or give you other ‘Find full text' options. For tips on searching effectively for articles, take our interactive Database Searching Tutorial.
Access all our Databases via the link on the library home page and enter your 16-digit UNH ID number when requested. Most are available 24/7 from any Internet terminal. Databases below with ** are only available in library. Ask at the Information Desk for log-on.
Databases useful for sports management are listed below. Use the Annotated Listing to get additional information about them. Use the Subject Listing to look for others in topical groupings. Those under the General/Multidisciplinary heading will be useful in all fields.
Periodical indexes
ABI/INFORM Global, Trade and Industry, and Dateline. Periodicals back to the 1970s in all areas of business, industry, and economics and in all regions and locales.
Academic OneFile. Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from thousands of journals.
Business and Company Resource Center. Search for periodical articles and company financial information, brands, industry codes, investment reports, liabilities from lawsuits, etc.
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) indexes material from books, journals, conference proceedings and more, on all medical topics.
Emerald Full Text Journals Online. Over 100 journals published by Emerald Insight Publishers, with many articles on sports management, marketing, coaching and athletics.
Engineering Village2 encompasses journal articles, technical papers, and conference proceedings dealing with construction, materials, facilities planning, and safety issues.
Health and Wellness Resource Center. Medical news and information from journals and reference books on all health topics, including sports medicine and injuries.
HeinOnline Legal Periodicals. Full text back to the late 1800s of many top national and international legal journals, as well as the Federal Register from 1936 onward.
HighWire Press. Many full-text articles on sports business and sports medicine topics.
ProQuest Newspapers and Historical Newspapers. Major U.S. newspapers, full-text.
PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection. Articles on employee motivation, organizational behavior, sports psychology, and more.
PubMed. National Library of Medicine database of articles on all aspects of health, physiology, sports medicine, etc. Universal free access; PubMed link is on the right of the NLM home page.
Other research databases
BNA Human Resources Library. Handbook coverage of H.R. policies, practices, and legal compliance. Includes NLRB decisions, tax law, economic data, templates, and sample forms.
Conference Board Online. Current analysis, and economic indicators for U.S. and other major countries. Use the library catalog to find print reports in the library's collection.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations. Corporate structure for public and private companies.
ENGnetBASE. Online engineering handbooks. The sections on Civil Engineering and Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing should be useful to sports facilities planners.
Hoover's Online. Company financials, industry information and ‘Competitive Landscape.'
Mergent Online. U.S. and world public company, annual report, and industry information.
Reference USA. U.S. businesses, including multiple retailer locations.
TIA: The Travel Industry Association of America. Major association publications online. Database available in library only. Use our catalog to find print publications in the library.
Value Line Investment Survey. Current and historical stock prices and statistics for companies, as well as investment outlook with Value Line Timeliness and Safety rankings.
Many of the websites below are from academic institutions and government agencies. Usually, these, with .edu and .gov, domains are the most reliable. Google "sport management" for additional sites and examine them carefully for their content, currency, and credentials. Look for the About us link. Here's a website to help you to critically evaluate Internet resources.
Government websites
American Factfinder. From the U.S. Census Bureau, online access to the latest population, housing, and economic censuses and updates. Maps and statistical data all the way down to the neighborhood block level enable managers to do detailed marketing analyses.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Using the Search feature with sports takes you to tables detailing labor markets, wages, and other occupational data for coaches, players and sports officials, as well as articles on sports industries in BLS publications.
Census Bureau. Search this site with the keyword sports for links to many data tables and reports. See also the CenStats databases within this site and search the online NAICS with the word sports for data about various occupations in this and related fields.
EconData.Net. Links to U.S. regional, state and local data, organized by categories like demographics, employment, occupation, income, prices, and more.
Web directories: These meta-sites have hundreds of links to specialized websites.
Google Directory - Sports
Google Directory ... Sports > Management
Scholarly Sports Site
Sport Links Central
Yahoo Directory - Sports
Sports organizations: Look for links for publications, research, and jobs.
Amateur Athletic Union
American College of Sports Medicine
International Association of Assembly Managers
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
National Collegiate Athletic Association
North American Society for Sport Management
Stadium Managers Association
Sportsplex Operators and Developers Association
United States Olympic Committee
News and legal issues: Keep up with current events and legal developments.
Cornell University Legal Information Institute: Sports Law
FindLaw: Sport Law News
Howard Bloom's Sports Business News
National Sports Marketing Network
Street and Smith's SportsBusiness Journal
SportBusiness
Sportcal
Sports City
Management companies: Look for services, clients, marketing ideas, and jobs.
409 Management & Consulting
ARAMARK
Centerplate
Global Spectrum
Octagon
The Silverman Group
SMG
Sodexo
Sports Management Group
Questions? Ask at the Information Desk, call 203- 932-7189, or email us at LibraryHelp@newhaven.edu
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