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Frequently used Sport Recreation resources
- SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new windowContent type(s): Scholarly journals, trade journals and magazines related to sports and recreation topics.
Dates covered: 1949-present - Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Content types: Peer-reviewed journals, industry and market research reports, magazines, news sources, SWOTS
Dates covered: 1922-present - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowContent type(s): Newspapers, magazines, company information, foreign language news, broadcast transcripts, analyst reports
Dates covered: Current - Sports Medicine & Education Index This link opens in a new window
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Content types: Peer-reviewed journals, reports, magazines, news sources related to sport, coaching, and health education.
Dates covered: 1970-present - PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
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Content type(s): Abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology. The Check for Full Text @ JMU buttons will connect you to full-text, if it's available.
Dates covered: 1872-present - Sports Market Analytics This link opens in a new windowContent types: Market research and industry news related to sporting goods and sports marketing industry.
Dates covered: 1996-present
- Sports Business Journal (SBJ)
Sports Business Journal (SBJ) is a key industry source for breaking news, exclusive stories, and insider interviews.
SBJ Note: Ignore the banner at the bottom of SBJ pages regarding 2 all access articles remaining. We have full access to SBJ content. The vendor is working to resolve the banner issue. Note that the most current 10 weeks are accessible using the main drop down menu. To access older issues click on 'digital issues'.
New resources
Sports Crazy
Sports Crazy: How Sports Are Sabotaging American Schools exposes the excesses of middle and high school sports and the detrimental effects our sports obsession has on American education.
Managing Sport Events
Running a successful sporting event--whether it's a local event, state championship, or international competition--requires the knowledge and skills to plan, organize, promote, lead, and communicate effectively.
LGBT Athletes in the Sports Media
This edited collection combines studies of gender and sexuality with that of the sports media to provide the first-ever comprehensive academic overview of LGBT athletes in the sports media.
Sports Finance and Management
As the sport business continues to evolve, so too, does Sport Finance and Management. This second edition updates each of these elements, introduces relevant case study examples in new chapters, and examines the impact of changes in facility design, media opportunities, and league and conference policies on the economic success of teams, the salaries earned by professional players, and the finances of collegiate athletics.
Mindfulness and Acceptance in Sport
This book brings together highly experienced practitioners and shares their working methods, exercises, and cases to inspire the sport psychology profession.
Sports, Society, and Technology
Sports, Society, and Technology: Bodies, Practices, and Knowledge Production addresses the complex entanglements of science, technology, and sporting cultures.
Video Technology in Refereeing
The Use of Video Technologies in Refereeing Football and Other Sports analyses the capacity of audio-visual technology from different perspectives to help understand the best implementation of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system in football and, more generally, in other sports.
Sporting Gender
In Sporting Gender: The History, Science, and Stories of Transgender and Intersex Athletes, Joanna Harper provides an in-depth examination of why gender diverse athletes are so controversial.
Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity
Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity goes beyond the content of introductory research methods texts to provide an insight into the methodological hurdles that are experienced when researching.
Organizational Behavior in Sport
Organizational Behavior in Sport Management fills a gap in sport management literature by exploring the key organizational behavior topics in sport organization settings. The text covers issues such as diversity, ethics, values, behavior, leadership, and much more.