General Guides and E-Resources for the Sports Industry
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Leeds, Michael and Peter von Allmen. The Economics of Sports. Boston : Pearson/ Addison Wesley, c2005.
LC Call Number: GV716 .L44 2005
LC Catalog Record: 2004046602
Table of Contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy045/2004046602.html
A textbook look at the economic aspects of the sports business.
Topic include labor, public finance, and amateur sports .
Schaaf, Phil. Sports, Inc. : 100 Years of Sports Business. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004.
LC Call Number: GV716 .S315 2004
LC Catalog Record: 2003010191
Discusses the evolution of the modern sports industry including information
on sponsorship, franchise relocation, radio and television, stadium issues,
endorsements, etc.
Sports Market Place Directory. Millerton, N.Y.: Grey House Publishing, 2004-
LC Call Number: HD9992.U5 S667
LC Catalog Record: 00233153
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Baseball
Basketball
Football
Golf
Soccer
Tennis
Athletic equipment. National Photo Co.
from the National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-96727
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This publication has been recently taken over from Franklin Covey.
It includes information on over 2,000 single sports or single sports teams,
over 2,500 meetings, trade shows, and events, over 1,500 college teams, over
1,500 facilities, as well as information on professional services, agencies,
media, sponsors, and leagues and state associations.
Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal. Charlotte, NC : Street & Smith Sports Business Journal, 1998 -
LC Call Number: GV716 .S77
LC Catalog Record: 98643691
Publisher's web site: http://www.streetandsmiths.com/index.cfm
Journal web site: http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/
This journal is published 49 times a year and is targeted to sports executives and others interested in the business aspects of sports and sports related industries. The publisher also produces the e-mail daily - Sports Business Daily and other publications such as Street & Smith's Sports Gear.
Westerbeek, Hans and Aaron Smith. Sport Business in the Global Marketplace. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
LC Call Number: GV716 .W46 2003
LC Catalog Record: 2002075498
This book takes a global look at the business of sport focusing upon the structure of the sport industry, commercialization of sport, sport marketing, franchising, television, and other rights, and the rise of the global super athletes and teams.
Zimbalist, Andrew S. ed. The Economics of Sport. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., c2001.
LC Call Number: GV716 .E36 2001
LC Catalog Record: 2001040120
A two volume set that includes essays by selected authors from various
publications on aspects of sports as a business. Overall sections - The Theory
of Sports Leagues and Antitrust Analysis and Sports Leagues and Labor Markets:
General.
This section of the guide offers a collection of online finding aids on the
economic and business aspects of sports in general. Electronic
resources focusing on the individual sports of baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, football,
and soccer are listed in the sections
of this guide covering those specific sports.
JournalistExpress.com : Sports
http://www.journalistexpress.com/asp/join_ind6.asp
Free access to sports news and portals with registration. Intended audience is sports journalists.
Sports Business Research Network
http://www.sbrnet.com/
A subscription database which covers 1993 to present. Contains statistical
market research data for 63 sports and 85 product categories. Offers full-text
articles and reports in more than 10 leading trade publications covering U.S.
and international sports marketing, sporting goods, and export and import statistics.
Other topics covered are sports equipment, participation in sports, sports
broadcasting, and newsletters dealing with finance, licensing, and sponsorship.
Available onsite in the Business Reading Room, Adams Building 5th floor
Librarian's Index to the Internet: Sports Category
http://lii.org/search/file/sports
Reviews of freely available Web sites on sports from the Librarians' Index to the Internet
Sport Information Resource Centre
http://www.sirc.ca/
SIRC is a sports documentation and information center in Canada.
SIRC offers subscription databases. The Sport database contains more than 400,000
citations covering 1975 to present with approximately 1,200 new citations added
monthly. It includes some information on sports management which is of value
for the sports business community. The SportDiscus bibliographic database
includes topics such as corporate wellness, team building, physical health
of employees, and work-related activities.
International Association for Sports Information
http://www.iasi.org/guides/index.html
Archive of freely available information from this association. Lists sports databases from numerous countries. Includes some information on sports management and business.
Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association International (SGMA International)
http://www.sgma.com/index.html
The association is the global business trade association for manufacturers
and marketers of sports apparel, athletic footwear, licensed products, fitness,
sporting goods equipment and related business/professional organizations.
Amateur Athletic Foundation. Digital Library Archives.
http://www.aafla.org/search/search.htm
The AAF Sports Library houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of sports information. The AAF provides traditional library services and has built an extensive digital collection of sports publications which is available for free in full-text.
World Directory of Sports Information Centers and Experts
http://www.directory-iasi.org/recherche.htm?x=68&y=23
Searchable by region, country, name of the sports information center,
and the subject expertise of the information centers on topics such as sports
management and the economic aspects of sports.
Aussport.com.
http://www.aussport.com.au/
Searchable directory of the Australian sports and fitness industries.
A B-to-B (Business to Business) Web site sponsored by the Australian Sport
Businesses Association (ASBA) which was founded in 2001.
Sports Equipment Worldwide Database
http://www.conglomerate.net/csearch.html?exploreCat=sports
Searchable directory of sports equipment industry. A B-to-B Web site
dealing with import and export of sporting goods.
AllSportsDirectory.net http://www.allsportsdirectory.net
Sports directory with over 4,000 sports industry addresses and contacts including sports marketing companies.
Sports Business Marketplace
http://www.sportsmarketguide.com/
Subscription database useful to investors, business planners, researchers, librarians, marketing/advertising/public relations executives, coaches, athletic administrators, journalists, manufacturers and retailers of sports equipment and sports apparel, and Internet/ecommerce companies. Includes listings of the following: 1,700 sporting goods equipment, apparel and footwear vendors, 200 marketing agencies, 900 sports trade associations/sanctioning/governing bodies, over 200 major sporting goods retailers and e-retailers, and 300 consumer information sites.
Network 54
http://www.network54.com
A large collection of publicly accessible forums and bulletin boards
devoted to entertainment, sports, gaming, etc. Nearly every page of every forum
can be received in RSS format. Simply browse to the forum you want to monitor
and add ;xml=rss to the end of the URL after you have downloaded an RSS reader.
For those new to RSS and Web logs: What is RSS?
The Power 100: The most influential people in the world of sports
http://www.businessweek.com/table/07/0926_power100.htm
Additional works on the sports business in the Library of Congress may be identified by searching the Online Catalog under appropriate Library of Congress subject headings. Choose the topics you wish to search from the following list of Library of Congress subject headings to link directly to the Catalog and automatically execute a search for the subject selected. Please be aware that during periods of heavy use you may encounter delays in accessing the catalog. Please see the individual sports business sections of this guide for catalog searches relating to them. For assistance in locating the many other subject headings which relate to the sports business, please consult a reference librarian.
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