Sport Management

Evaluating Websites

If you're searching for sources outside of RSU Libraries' resources, then you need to evaluate the sources you find to make sure they are reliable. When evaluating an online source, use the following questions from the CRAP test!

• Currency - Is the source recent or too outdated for your topic?
• Reliability - Is the source Primary? Secondary? Peer-reviewed? Balanced?
• Authority - Does the source have an author? Is the author a subject expert?
• Purpose - Does the information contain bias? Is the intent to inform, persuade, advertise, or entertain? 

Professional Organizations

• North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM)
• National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)
• Oklahoma Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
• Sport Marketing Association (SMA)
• Women Leaders in College Sports
• College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
• Outdoor Industry Association
• International Sports Management, Inc.

Business

• Business of Baseball

• College Athletics Finance Database

• spotrac

  Sports, contracts and more

• Outdoor Industry Association data and reports

  Includes sales data and trends, manufacturer and retailer intelligence, and industry and economic reports, provided by the Outdoor Industry Association.

• Rodney Fort's Sports Business Data Pages

Law

• Legal Information Institute: Sports Law

• National Sports Law Institute Sports Law Research Website

News

• Athletic Business

• Recreation Management

• SportBusiness.com

• The Sports Economist

Scholarly Research

• The Sport Journal

• Sport Science

Fitness, Exercise & Sports Injuries

• ACA - "Sports Injuries"

  The American Chiropractic Association's entry for "Sports Injuries."

• American College of Sports Medicine

• American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)

• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)

• GSSI

  Gatorade Sports Science Institute.

• MedlinePlus

  A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, a branch of the National Institutes of Health.

• NCSS

  National Center for Sports Safety.

• NIAMS - "Sports Injuries"

  The entry for "Sports Injuries" on the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases website. The NIAMS is a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

• STOP Sports Injuries

  STOP (Sports Trauma and Overuse Prevention) Sports Injuries is a campaign initiated by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM).