LibGuides: SMGT 112: Introduction to Sport Management: Sport Industry Issues

Introduction

Below are some useful resources for finding information on issues and problems within the sport industry.

Journal Articles

Use these databases to find journal articles on your topic:

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
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Abstracts and some full-text articles from scholarly journals and trade publications in business and economics worldwide. Includes industry information, regional and national newspapers, and full-text access to the Wall Street Journal. Coverage: 1971-current.
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A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
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SBRnet This link opens in a new window
Full-text news and market research on all facets of the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. Includes a complete directory of U.S. and Canadian college sports programs with links to over 10,000 sports organizations. Includes Sports Market Analytics, full-text articles and industry statistics.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Citations and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, conference proceedings, books, and magazines in sport, exercise, fitness, sports medicine, and related disciplines. Provides full-text access to over 500 journals dating back to 1985.
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Books

Here are a few books from the WSU Library's collection that might be of interest. You can find more books by going to the Library's online catalog and typing in keywords such as: sports doping; sports disabilities; sports media; sports spectators; sports gender; etc. The computer will look for the appearance of both words in a book's title and/or subject.

Fix Is In: The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and NASCAR by Brian Tuohy
Call Number: GV 742 .T86 2010
Publication Date: 2010
This book is available in paper format.
Native American Mascot Controversy by C. Richard King
Call Number: GV 714.5 .N38 2010
Publication Date: 2010
This book is available in paper format.
Out of Play: Critical Essays on Gender and Sport by M. Messner; Michael A. Messner
Publication Date: 2007
This book is available in electronic format.
Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The Science Behind Drugs in Sport by Chris Cooper
Call Number: RC 1230 .C59 2012
Publication Date: 2012
This book is available in paper format.
Sport, Theory and Social Problems by Eric Anderson
Call Number: GV 706.5 .A57 2010
Publication Date: 2010
This book is available in paper format.
Sports Fans 2.0: How Fans are Using Social Media to Get Closer to the Game by David M. Sutera
Call Number: GV 715 .S97 2013
Publication Date: 2013
This book is available in paper format.
Sports Scandals by Peter Finley
Call Number: GV718.2.U6 F56 2008
Publication Date: 2008
This book is available in both paper and electronic formats.

Reference Sources

Videos

Not Just a Game by Dave Zirin
Call Number: GV 706.35 .N899 2010 -- Located at the Reserve Desk (1st floor) -- 3 day checkout
Publication Date: 2010
We've been told again and again that sports and politics don't mix. In this documentary, Dave Zirin, sports editor of The Nation magazine, takes viewers on a tour of the good, the bad, and the ugly of American sports culture -- showing how sports have helped both to stabilize and to disrupt the political status quo throughout history. Explores how American sports, at their worst, have reinforced repressive political ideas and institutions by glamorizing things like militarism, racism, sexism, and homophobia, as well as looking at a history of rebel athletes who dared to fight for social justice beyond the field of play.