Library Guides: Sports Management: Databases for Sports Management Research

Databases

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SBRnet (formerly Sports Market Analytics) This link opens in a new window
From the website: "SMA is a single resource for analytics of sports marketing trends, brand preferences, general media habits, sponsorship, social media, fantasy, eSports, participation, and sports equipment and footwear.
From the website: "SMA is a single resource for analytics of sports marketing trends, brand preferences, general media habits, sponsorship, social media, fantasy, eSports, participation, and sports equipment and footwear. We feature wide-ranging resources tailored to meet specific needs of sports teams, media, leagues, agencies, manufacturers, retailers and sports educational institutions."

SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full text articles from journals such as Athletic Business, European Sport Management Quarterly, Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, International Journal of Sport Finance, Leisure Sciences, Managing Sport and Leisure, European sport management quarterly, Managing leisure: An international journal, Sport Marketing Quarterly, Journal of Sport Management, and many more sports-related journals.
Premier source of full-text literature for sports and sports medicine journals, books, conference proceedings; subjects include exercise science and fitness, clinical specialties such as orthopedics, coaching and education, physical therapy, and much more.
More database information from EBSCO, including title lists.

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Includes Business and Legal Aspects of Sports and Entertainment – a comprehensive treatment of business and legal aspects of sports and entertainment. Important Sports Cases, Congressional Documents, National Sports Law Institute and much more are available.
For search tips see https://help.heinonline.org/
This database specializes in legal issues and documents. It contains statutes, academic articles, law reviews, case histories, political documents, legislative debates, international treaties and more over a wide variety of disciplines. There are many images and video segments as well.
Help with HeinOnline resources (includes training videos, searching tips, how to use the features in this database, etc).

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text articles from journals such as Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, and Sport Marketing Quarterly as well as national business journals.
Provides indexing and full-text of journals in advertising, marketing, and public relations as well as management, MIS, accounting, finance, and economics.
More database information from EBSCO.
US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
Full text of every article in the top five national newspapers:
Chicago Tribune (1996-present)
Los Angeles Times (1996-present)
New York Times (1980-present)
New York Times Magazine (1997-present)
Wall Street Journal (1984-present)
Washington Post (1987-present)
Newspapers include Chicago Tribune (1996-present), Los Angeles Times (1996-present), New York Times (1980-present), New York Times Book Review and New York Times Magazine (1997-present), Wall Street Journal (1984-present), and Washington Post (1987-present)
TIP: Use "quotation marks" to search for exact phrases. For additional searching help, click on "Search tips" above the search box on Advanced Search screen; also notice links for Thesaurus and Field codes specific to this database. (On the Basic Search screen, "Search tips" is located under the search box Enter button).
Advanced Search screen: Use for filtering by Company/Organization, looking up NAICS codes, selecting specific Document types, etc.
D&B Hoovers (Use Chrome or IE browser) This link opens in a new window
Profiles of companies around the world, including professional sports teams and organizations
D&B Hoovers delivers insightful comprehensive information on more than 130 million businesses, both public and private, around the world, including the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and emerging markets. Search by Company Name; Executives; Industry or by using Conceptual Search and Business Signals.
Business data includes Annual revenues, Employee counts, Corporate family tree, Key contacts, Analyst reports, SWOT reports, stock data, financials and other vital information.
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