Library Resources for Sports Management

Books in the Library

If you wish to browse the bookshelves, most of the books you'll be interested in will be on level 3 of the main library, with call numbers beginning with GV.

Books Online

Ebrary is a multi-disciplinary collection of online books, including:

• Sport Funding and Finance
• Sport Governance
• Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus

EBL (EBook Library) is a large,  multi-disciplinary collection of online books, including:

• Sport Management: Principles and Applications
• Managing Sport Finance
• Sport as a Business
• Doing your Research Project in Sport

Online books available in Science Direct include:

• Qualitative Research in Sport Management
• Sport Facility Operations Management: A Global Perspective
• Sport Policy and Practice: Local Perspectives 

Journals and journal databases

The Library provides access to these and many more online journals:

• International Journal of Sport Finance
• International Review for the Sociology of Sport
• Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport
• Journal of Sport and Social Issues
• Journal of Sport Behavior
• Journal of Sport Management
• Sociology of Sport Journal

If you need to do a literature search for journal articles on a particular topic, there is a large selection of electronic resources to choose from on the Library's Electronic Resources index.  However, if you're not sure which to choose, the following databases would be a good starting point: 

• AUSPORT
• SPORTDiscus
• Business Source Complete

If you want to find out whether the Library subscribes to a particular journal, use the e-Journal Portal. 

If you’re after an article from a journal which is not available through the e-Journal Portal, you can request the article you're after from the Library's Document Delivery service.

You can find out if a journal is peer-reviewed or not using Ulrichsweb.com.

Multimedia Resources

Image Quest from Encyclopedia Britannica contains over 2 million rights-cleared images for educational use.  Browse  the Sports & Games subject category  to find images for your presentations.   E.g.  The First Olympic Games, From 'The History Of Our Wonderful World', 1967. [Fine Art]. Retrieved from Encyclopaedia Britannica Image Quest.

TV News contains digitised video content of Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks.  E.g. Colin Barnett Interview: WA Premier Colin Barnett discusses a planned sports stadium at Burswood and the James Price Point gas development deal in the Kimberley region. [online]. 7.30 WA (ABC1 Perth); Time: 19:30; Broadcast Date: Friday, 1st July 2011; Duration: 7 min., 4 sec.