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Key Sports Leadership Databases

Here are some of your best options for finding articles on issues and topics in sport and society, including culture, race, gender, youth, violence, diversity, respect, disabilities, activism, and human rights. This field is very interdisciplinary so you'll want to try more than one of these resources.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Covers sports medicine & psychology, sports science, injury prevention & rehabilitation, physical therapy, physical fitness, exercise & education, nutrition, kinesiology, coaching & training, sport administration, doping, health & health education, etc.
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
Full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed (scholarly) titles covering all academic subjects.

Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and professional citations and abstracts with full text links in politics and public policy, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, information sciences and education. Professional society databases included.
Journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, Social Sciences Premium includes

Sociology Database
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
PAIS Index
Political Science Database
PolicyFile
Criminal Justice Database
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
Library Science Database
Library & Information Science Abstracts
Education Database
ERIC
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
Linguistics Database
Social Science Database
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

ERIC
Sponsored by the US Department of Education; provides extensive access to school and learning-related literature.

PsycINFO 1887-Current (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
The American Psychological Association's database of articles, books, and other international documents in psychology.
GenderWatch (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Reprints full articles from women's studies magazines and newsletters, as well as some scholarly journals.
Communications & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Unique coverage of sports and culture in the public media including print journalism, radio, television, and advertising. Significant full text is available.

CINAHL Complete (EbscoHost)
Most comprehensive source of full-text articles for allied health issues in journals, including gender and race comparisons in sports, identity, and disability.
Business Source Complete (EbscoHost)
Useful source for the study of the psychosocial aspects of sports in the consumer and marketplace, the workplace, and the arena venues.

Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (Gale) This link opens in a new window
This collection includes titles covering the fields of physical therapy and sports medicine, including proven treatment techniques, experimental research theses, and more.
Access courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System.