Resources for Econ 3171 Economics of Sports
Databases
RESOURCES
Sports Business Research Network
Resource featuring market research and industry news
covering all facets of the industry…sports equipment sales,
sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship
and sports marketing.
Access Information
Must access
through library
website
Notes
Info is organized by sport, as well as by functions
(which they call ‘multisport’)
LexisNexis Statistical
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Free internet
resource
Free internet
resource
Choose “Search Tables Base Edition” on opening
page, then use name of sport as keyword
Good for article searches
Free internet
resource
Vrooman teaches a sports econ course at
Vanderbilt. He has links organized by sports
Business Source Complete
EconLit- Full Text
Web resources
Sports Economics (Portal) www.sportseconomics.com
Sports Economist (Blog) http://thesportseconomist.com/
“a depository of economic thinking on issues in sport, and to a
lesser extent, economics in general”
John Vrooman’s webpage
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Econ/faculty/Vrooman/sports.htm
Books
Need more help?
9/10/2007
Go to Washington University Catalog
Good for article searches
Commercial consulting site, but they have some
good links and research under the Resources tab
If we don’t have it
in our library, ask
about MOBIUS
Contact Ron Allen: 935-6739 allenron@wustl.edu or Margie Craig: 935-6332 craigm@wustl.edu