Research by Subject: Sports Management & Media

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Journals/Magazines

LexisNexis Academic Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Full-text access to continuously updated news, law, and business information. Highlights: News: news wires, transcripts, regional, national/international news, & Gallup Polls; Legal: law review articles, case law, and federal/state codes; Business: company profiles, country profiles, and SEC filings; People: directories from the entertainment industry, elected officials, executives, politicians, and obituaries.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Access to the full text of over 240 journals covering sports, physical education, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration, sport law and legislation, sports facility design and management, doping, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention, rehabilitation, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, allied health, occupational health and therapy.

SBRnet (Sports business research network) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Focuses on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. Covers all facets of the industry including strategic planning, market information, new products, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.

Sports Illustrated Vault Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video
54 years of Sports Illustrated content, includes video and image content.

Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Communication and media indexes, abstracts and full-text.

Business Source Premier (Original Interface) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Business topics: management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. SWOT analysis on selected companies.
Note: Also available via Special Business Interface

SocINDEX with Full Text Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Sociology research database; Index/abstracts for journals, books, conference papers and other sources. Searchable cited references also provided.

Communication Studies: a Sage Full-Text Collection Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Communications journals from Sage Publishing covering Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication, Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies.

PsycARTICLES Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Full-Text of articles from APA psychology journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals. Most 1988-present.

General OneFile Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile

ERIC (Ebsco interface) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Educational information produced by the Educational Resource Information Center; annotated references to published and unpublished materials. 1966-present.

Business and company resource center Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only bcrc_handout.pdf Some full text available
Detailed company and industry information, histories, investment reports; 1980-current.

PsycINFO Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled
Bibliographic citations in psychology for journal articles, books, and book chapters. 1872-present.

Newspapers

LexisNexis Academic Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Full-text access to continuously updated news, law, and business information. Highlights: News: news wires, transcripts, regional, national/international news, & Gallup Polls; Legal: law review articles, case law, and federal/state codes; Business: company profiles, country profiles, and SEC filings; People: directories from the entertainment industry, elected officials, executives, politicians, and obituaries.

Web Sites

FindLaw: Entertainment and Sports Law Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Site includes legal news, case law, and analytical articles.

Bills from THOMAS Unrestricted Resource
Is designed to give the broadcaster a more comprehensive analysis and understanding of the many rules, regulations, and laws that effect broadcasters in their day to day operations.

Legal Information Institute (LII) Unrestricted Resource
Cornell University Law School website. Go to Constitutions &Codes > U.S. Code to find the useful Table of Popular Names. Researchers can look up the name of an act and find the corresponding USC and Public Law number.

Dictionaries

Black's Law Dictionary
Call Number: Ref KF 156 .B53 2004
Unrestricted Resource
Standard dictionary that provides basic definitions of legal jargon. 8th ed.

Directories

SRDS Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Circulation, advertising rates, and demographic information; includes: Consumer Magazine, Direct Marketing, Newspaper, TV/Cable, Radio, Out-of-Home and Interactive Advertising Sources.

World Stadiums Unrestricted Resource
Comprehensive stadium database with information on more than 10 000 stadiums in over 223 countries.

Encyclopedias

West's Encyclopedia of American Law, 2nd ed. Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Is a reference devoted to the terms and concepts of U.S. law. It covers a wide variety of persons, entities, and events that have shaped the U.S. legal system.

Handbooks & Guides

ebrary Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Over 44,000 full-text ebooks on business & economics, education, technology, humanities, life & physical sciences, law & politics, medicine, social & behavioral sciences, language & literature, and career guidance. Approximately 175 ebooks are single-user access titles; all other ebooks support multiple-user simultaneous use. In order to view, copy, or print from an ebook, you must download and install the ebrary Reader plugin.
Note: Viewer download works best with IE; don't use pop-up blockers; remote users may encounter a warning about a certificate during login - just accept it

Entertainment, Publishing and Arts Handbook
Call Number: Ref K 5 .N73
Unrestricted Resource
The purpose of this column is to provide articles on the latest developments in the expanding legal field of entertainment, publishing and the arts.

Guide to Finding Legal Information Unrestricted Resource
This guide is designed to help locate information about bills, hearings, laws, rules and regulations, & court cases. These are merely suggested starting points; use the library catalog, indexes and other resources to identify additional materials.

Legal Guide to Broadcast Law and Regulation
Call Number: Ref KF 2805 .L44
Unrestricted Resource
Is designed to give the broadcaster a more comprehensive analysis and understanding of the many rules, regulations, and laws that effect broadcasters in their day to day operations.

Primary Sources

Kinesiology Publications Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Indexes to research studies in health, physical education, and recreation, exercise and sport sciences, sport history and philosophy, and dance published and disseminated by the International Institute for Sport and Human Performance. Selected documents from 1949-2002 are available in the library's microfiche cabinets: call number GV1- under the author's name.
Note: formerly Human Movement Studies

Statistics/Data

Sports Participation and Sporting Goods Purchase Data (NSGA) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
The National Sporting Goods Association's information center provides links to recent data on sports participation and consumer purchases of sporting goods and equipment. Other reports are available for rnpurchase.

MRI+ (University Internet Reporter) On campus use only Some full text available
Planning data on the uses of various consumer products. Data included: demographic information on the persons surveyed, their use of consumer products, and their use of various forms of advertising, including television, radio, and print media.
Note: Registration with valid ITHACA COLLEGE e-mail account required

Statistical Abstract of the United States Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Video

ESPNU Unrestricted Resource Resource contains video Resource contains audio
ESPN\'s college sports network includes news, scores, columns, video and audio highlights, podcasts and the live streaming of games.

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