Welcome to the Event and Sport Management Research Guide!
Welcome to the research guide for Sport and Event Management! This guide will support your research in all courses on the sport and event management track of the Communication major at HPU.
The databases listed below are some of the most popular used by students doing research for these courses. Depending on your topic, you may want to explore other resources using the tabs on the left side of the guide. Remember, you can always ask a librarian for help!
Sports Management Databases (Best Bets)
The following databases are your "best bet" for finding articles for your research:
- ABI/Inform Collection via NC LIVE This link opens in a new windowProvides the latest business and financial information, including business conditions, management techniques, business trends, and management practice and theory, as well as full text access to the Wall Street Journal back to 1984.
- Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistical data on over 80,000 topics, and reports on companies, products, markets, and industries. Statistics and reports are formatted in clear visualizations and include their citation information, as well as links to related sources and topic reports.
- Sports Market Analytics (SMA) from SBRNet This link opens in a new windowA dedicated resource of market research for sport business, SBRNet allows you to locate information by sport, sporting goods, team, market, and more.
- Business Market Research Collection in ProQuest via NC LIVE This link opens in a new windowContains information from Hoover's Company Profiles--40,000 global public and non-public companies; OxResearch--articles covering regional economic and political developments; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports--covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots--market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.
