Research Guides: Sports Studies: Resources

Article Indexes

PsycInfo
Psychology. Search the subjects: sport psychology, athletes, athletic training, sports coaching.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Sociology. Search the subjects: sports participation, elite athletes, sports for women, sports spectators, sports injuries, professional sports.
Academic Search Complete
Journals and magazines in most areas of study.
EconLit
Economics. Search for the subject sports.
Scopus
Science and social sciences.

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Oxford Bibliographies
Search for "sport," etc., to find recommended sources on scholarly topics, including Sports Psychology, Sports and Media, College Athletics, and others.

The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology
Location: Available online.

Published: 2012

Essays with extensive bibliographies on performance psychology, motivation, coaching, and other aspects of sports psychology.
Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting by Dan Doyle and Deborah Doermann Burch
Location: GV709.2 .D695 2008

Published: 2008

Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport by Richard Giulianotti (Editor)
Location: Available online

Published: 2015
Sports Around the World
Location: Reference GV706.8 .S664 2012

Essays on general sports topics followed by entries on traditional sports and sport practices in world regions.
A Companion to Sport
Location: Available online.

Published: 2013
Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality
Important new work from 68 leading international scholars that, collectively, demonstrates the intrinsic interconnectedness of sport, gender and sexuality.
Sociology of North American Sport by Eitzen & Sage
Location: GV706.5 .E57 2009
Encyclopedia of Sports Films
Location: Available online.

Published: 2011
Encyclopedia of Title IX and Sports
Location: Bates Reference GV709.18.U6 M58 2007

Published: 2007