Sports Management

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Sports Management If you need assistance at any point in your research, please contact a reference librarian at [email protected] or by phone at 603-230-4028.

To find books, CDs, and DVDs in the library Search tips: Search for books in the library catalog. Start with a keyword or subject search. When you find an interesting book, look at the subject headings in the record. Collection

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By selecting any one of those links, you can refine your search to include all books with that particular subject heading. Be sure to write down shelf location and call number to locate the book. Examples of keywords: Athletics, sports administration, facility management, winter sports, sports journalism, sports psychology, sports marketing Browsing: You can also browse the shelves at the library. The books in the library are organized by the Library of Congress Classification system, which uses letters and numbers as a code for a subject. This code is referred to as the call number. The following LC classes will be helpful to you: GV- for Recreation Select NEW BOOKS available in our collection: Becoming a Sport Psychologist edited by McCarthy and Jones GV706.4 .B42 2014 Brazil's Dance with the Devil by Zirin GV597 .Z57 2014 Career with Meaning GV160 .S39 2014 Crazyball: Sports Scandals, Superstitions, and Sick Plays by Wilner GV707 .W53 2014 Doping edited by Haerens RC1230 .D6575 2014 Faster, Higher, Stronger by McClusky GV558 .M34 2014 Million Dollar Arm by Bernstein GV734.72.B47 A3 2014 NFL Football by Crepeau GV955.5.N35 C74 2014 The Opening Kickoff: The Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation by Revsine GV950 .R48 2014 Pete Rose: An American Dilemma by Kennedy GV865.R65 K46 2014 Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry by Frommer and Frommer GV875.N4 F756 2014 The Secret Game by Ellsworth GV885.59 .E55 2015 Sports Injuries edited by Langwith RD97 .S68834 2014 Steroids and Doping in Sports: A Reference Handbook by Newton, RC1230 .N48 2014 Why Soccer Matters by Pelé GV942.7.P42 A3 2014 Select REFERENCE BOOKS available in our collection: The Atlas of Sports: Who Plays What, Where, and Why REF GV716 .T665 2011 Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports REF GV749.7 .B47 2007 Encyclopedia of North American Sports History REF GV567 .H518 2002 The Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine REF RC1206 .O355 2005 Encyclopedia of Sports Science REF GV558 .E53 1997 Historical Dictionary of Soccer REF GV942.5 .D86 2011 Rules of the Game REF GV731 .D52 1995 Rev. July 2016

Select DVDs and CDs available in our collection: Evening the Odds: Is Title IX Working? DVD GV706.5 .E946 2004 Extreme Sports and Teens: The Psychology of Risk Addiction DVD GV749.7 .E98 2006 Fitness Management DVD GV428.5.T43 F588 2006 Risky Business: Risk Management Planning in Recreation and Sport KF1290.S66 R575 2010 Sport + Psychology DVD GV706.4 .S667 2000 Sports and Celebrities: Role Models or Marketing Vehicles? DVD GV706.5 .I58 2010

Reserved Books Go to the circulation desk to sign out books and other materials assigned by your class instructor. These resources are for use in the library only. Reserved books are identified in the library catalog as RESERVE COLLECTION – Please see Circulation. Sample titles:  The Art of Coaching Young Athletes, 2012  Risk Management in Sport, 2012  Successful Coaching, 2012  Wooden on Leadership, 2005

Magazines and Journals The following print magazines and journals are available in the library but cannot be checked out. Articles may be scanned at the BookScan Station and emailed or saved to a USB drive. A coin-operated photocopier is also available. A list of all the magazines can be accessed from the Library’s homepage. Select Union List of Periodicals.      

Athletic Business Athletic Management Business NH Bloomberg Business Week Fitness Fortune

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Money New Hampshire Business Review New Hampshire Magazine Sports Illustrated Sports Travel Weekly

Electronic Resources Off-campus access to electronic resources is restricted to members of the NHTI community. Use the instructions in the box to access electronic resources off-campus. Quick Search uses a single search box to search the library catalog, databases, and e-books simultaneously. Quick Search can be accessed from a link on the library’s homepage.

Logging in to Electronic Resources Off-Campus: Students: If your email address is [email protected] then your username is jdoe123 Faculty and Staff: If your email address is [email protected] then your username is jdoe In both cases your password is your email password. In both cases your password is your email password.

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eBooks eBooks on EBSCOhost® is an online collection of eBooks. Search by topic or title and view the full text of digital books. Create notes, download to portable devices, save, cite and email options available. Sample titles:  15 Sports Myths and Why They're Wrong by Fort and Winfree, 2013  The 1929 Bunion Derby by Kastner, 2014  American History Through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports by Batchelor and Coombs, 2013  American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas by Nelson, 2013  The Athletic Trap: How College Sports Corrupted the Academy by Nixon, 2014  The Forgotten History of African American Baseball by Hogan, 2014  Intellectual Property Law in the Sports and Entertainment Industries by Champion, 2014 ebrary is an online eBook database listed on the Library’s Database Page. The ebrary collection contains thousands of books that can be accessed off campus 24/7. Sample titles:  Baseball on Trial: The Origin of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption by Grow, 2014  A Companion to American Sports History by Riess, 2014  English National Identity and Football Fan Culture: Who Are Ya? by Gibbons, 2014  In Motion, At Rest: The Event of the Athletic Body by Farred, 2014  Keepers of the Flame: NFL Films and the Rise of Sports Media by Vogan, 2014  Qualifying Times: Points of Change in U.S. Women's Sport by Schultz, 2014  Sport, Social Development and Peace by Young and Okada, 2014  Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture by the National Research Council Institute of Medicine Board on Children, Youth, and Families, 2014

Article Databases The NHTI Library subscribes to comprehensive article databases: EBSCOHost, JSTOR and ProQuest. All are accessible via the library homepage. If you are looking for a particular title check the publications list in each database. All databases may be searched by topic keywords. EBSCOHost Provides online access to articles, e-books, and reference books. Create your personal MyEBSCOhost account to save and organize your research with folders, save preferences, save and retrieve search history. JSTOR Contains more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources. Main focus is arts and humanities. Register a MyJSTOR account in order to save, email and export citations. ProQuest Access journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. Also contains e-books. Primary subject focus is news, science, and business. The My Research feature lets you save documents you find useful and view details from your searches during your ProQuest session. You can then print a bibliography and email or export several documents at once. 3

Specialized Databases ABI/Inform Business, Management and Trade includes scholarly and trade journal articles, dissertations, market reports, industry reports, business cases and global and trade news. Business Source Elite This business database provides full text for over 1,000 business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985 along with 10,100 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost. ProQuest Psychology Journals coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics. ProQuest Social Science Journals Subject coverage: anthropology, communication science, demography, economics, education, political science, policy studies, psychology, social work and sociology. Small Business Reference Center offers a variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.

Internet Resources ManagerWise www.managerwise.com This site offers resources related to the theory and practice of business management and provides links to business schools worldwide. New Hampshire Economic Conditions www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/ec.htm Monthly publication which highlights economic developments affecting the state, including: seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted labor force, nonfarm wage and salary employment estimates, unemployment compensation claims data and U.S. Consumer Price Index information. SportQuest sirc.ca/resources Browse a vast collection of sport-related website links, visit the Sports area for listings by sport or visit the Topics area to list all other subject headings such as sports science, fitness, Olympic games, and all other areas of interest. Top Ten Resources for Sports Management Students www.sportsnetworker.com/2010/05/17/top-10-resources-for-sports-management-students Provides links to electronic journals, blogs, and employment websites.

Online Career Resources Learning Express Access is through the NHTI Library Databases page. Online tutorials in all NHTI skill-areas. Includes assessment, skill-building, and test preparation. Learning Express provides professional hand scoring of writing and provides targeted direction for further study. Offers test preparation for GED, AP, SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, MCAT, TOEFL, ASVAB, civil service, and a full range of professional licensing exams. Available 24/7 from anywhere. Free registration required for access. 4