Library Guide
Sports and Recreation Management Subject Guide
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This subject guide will help you access some general Sports and Recreation Management information on the Web and in the Miller
Library. This guide will lead you to Reference materials, books, journals, magazines, newspapers, associations, and internet resources
available through the Library’s holdings, services and databases. It will also direct you to online locations of full-text journals. As
always, carefully evaluate all sources before you choose to integrate them into your papers, assignments and presentations.
Sports and Recreation Management are a broad terms covering field sports, athletics, games, outdoor life, gymnastics, mass media and
sports, Olympics, professionals sports and sports teams and more. This guide aims to help provide general information that will be
helpful in the beginning stages of research. If you have a very specific topic in mind, consult more specific subject guides that more
closely examine your chosen area.
Reference Books
Sports, Exercise, and Fitness: a Guide to Reference and Information Sources (2005) 016.796 A425s
Handbook of Sport Psychology (2001)—REF 796.01 H236
Successful Sport Management (2000)—REF 796.06 S942
Sports and Education (2003)—REF 796.071 F828s
The Guinness Book of Sports Records (1992)—REF 796 G964
Sports: A Reference Guide and Critical Commentary, 1980-1999 (2000)—REF 796.09 D285s
Encyclopedia of College Basketball (1995)—REF 796.323 D728e
Basketball Biographies (1991)—REF 796.323 T176b
NBA Basketball: An Official Fan’s Guide (1995)—REF 796.323
100 Best Ski Resorts of the World (2003)—REF 796.93 W769o
Ballparks of North America (1989)—REF 796.357 B474b
Total Baseball (1989)—REF 796.357 T717
Encyclopedias
The following encyclopedias and dictionaries offer a broad treatment of Sports and Recreation Management. They are useful for their
definition terms, and for their cross references to related terms. They offer a way to quickly explore various aspects of sports,
recreation, events, organizations, and other terms you might choose to investigate. They also provide bibliographies and reading lists
for further research
The World Encyclopedia of Soccer (1994)—REF 796.334 L121w
Bud Collins’ Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis (1994)—REF 796.342 B927
Library of Congress Subject Headings
These subject headings may be used when searching for books and other materials related to Sports and Recreation Management.
They are most useful for searching online catalogs, but they can also be used in searching indexes and abstracts as well as the Internet.
RT Athletics
Community Centers
Sport and Recreation
UF Field games
Games
Leisure
Pastimes
Outdoor life
NT Architecture and recreation
Recreations
Physical education and training
Outdoor recreation
BT Recreation
Amusements
Sports
Some Call Numbers Related to Sports and Recreation Management
Sometimes, it is difficult to find relevant information through the online catalog. You may prefer to browse the shelves that contain
materials related to your topic. The Miller Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification System, so these are the areas in the
collection you might like to browse.
796
Sports
796.068 Sports centers
395.5
Sports etiquette
725.804 Sports architecture
070.449 Sports Journalism
796.092 Sportsmen
796.77
Recreation
790.1
Recreational activities
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Databases
Information about Sports and Recreation Management can be found in the indexes listed below under specific topics or subjects like
sports figures, specific sports, leagues national pastimes and international sports. The order the indexes are displayed below reflects
which ones are more likely to have a greater number of references to relevant published materials. All of the indexes and abstracts
listed below can be accessed through Miller Library’s home page.
On Campus Off Campus
ArticleFirst describes items listed on the table of contents page of individual issues of more than 13,000 journals
ArticleFirst
On Campus Off Campus via the public library Need a card?
For school and public libraries, includes full text articles on civics, social studies, science, careers, health, sports, adventure,
hobbies, technology, biographies from more than 2,100 popular nonfiction books.
Book Source Nonfiction
On Campus Off Campus
Search multiple Ebsco databases at once.
EBSCOhost
On Campus Off Campus via the public library Need a card?
EBSCO offers a more user-friendly interface to the largest source of education information with abstracts of documents and journal
articles and limited full-text.
ERIC [via EBSCO]
On Campus Off Campus
General interest and scholarly resources across a variety of disciplines.
Expanded Academic ASAP
HighWire Press
A division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content,
with 925 journals and 1,250,111 free, full-text articles online. N.B. Keystone does not have free access to all articles. You should
use Interlibrary Loan services.
On Campus Off Campus
Access to digital versions of printed material such as books or journals, databases or any digital content. Available 24/7.
NetLibrary
On Campus Off Campus
Over 350 newspapers and broadcast transcripts from major networks including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, & NPR.
News-LexisNexis
On Campus Off Campus via the public library Need a card?
Information on education, psychology, children’s health and development & pedagogical theory and practice.
Professional Development Collection
On Campus Off Campus
Abstract and full-text database of general interest and scholarly resources.
Proquest's PA Research I
On Campus Off Campus
WorldCat contains more than 43 million items owned by libraries around the world. Materials covered in the catalog include: books,
internet resources, films, journals, magazines, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, newspapers, slides, sound recordings, and
videotapes. WorldCat does not include individual article titles or stories in journals, magazines, newspapers, or book chapters.
WorldCat
Some Relevant Journals—in the Miller Library
The some of following publications are available in the Miller Library periodical stacks. All periodicals are shelved alphabetically.
The most current four months are in the Current Reading Room. If the journals are available electronically, the appropriate database .
Miller Library Collection
Selected full-text through Expanded
Some Journals available in Proquest Pa
Academic ASAP
Research I
Academy of Management J
Coach & Athletic Director
Brandweek
Athletic Business
International J of Sport Nutrition &
Coach & Athletic Director
Exercise Metabolism
Backpacker
J of Sport & Exercise Psychology
International Sports J
Business & Society Review
J of Sport Behavior
J of Athletic Training
Business Communication Q
J of Sport Rehabilitation
J of Business Ethics
Business Week
J of Sports Sciences
J of Business
Chronicle of Higher Education
Nation’s Business
J of Sport Behavior
ESPN
Sociology of Sport
J of Leadership & Organizational Studies
Fast Company
Women in Sport & Physical Activity
J of Occupational & Organizational
Fitness
Psychology
Some Journal in Business Source
Premier
Forbes
Business Strategy Review
J of Organizational Behavior
Fortune
Brand Strategy
J of Physical Education, Recreation& Dance
From the Gym to the Jury
Fitness Business Pro
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
Harvard Business Review
Journal for Institutional Innovation,
Research Quarterly for Exercise & sport
Development & Transition
Health Club
Journal of Applied Psychology
T+D
Human Resource Development J
J of Facilities Management
Sports Illustrated
Human Resource Management
J of Leisure Property
Women & Work
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J of Sport Management
J of Travel Research
Leader to Leader
Leisure Management
Sociology of Sport J
Leisure Opportunities
Men’s Health
Men’s Journal
National Parks
Outside
Pennsylvania Game News
Shape
Sports Illustrated
Sports Business J
Training & Development
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Journal of Management Studies
Journal of Organizational Change
Management
Journal of Sports Tourism
Leisure Facilities Industry Profile
Leisure Sciences
Leisure Studies
Managing Leisure
Organization Science: A Journal of the
Institute of Management Sciences
Special Events
Sport Marketing Quarterly
Sports Marketing
Women in Business
Some Journals in Professional
Development Collection
Sport, Education & Society
Sports Coach
Selected full-text EBSCO WEB Interface
Sporting News
Sports Afield
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Sports Illustrated for Women