Course Pathfinder: Steven Kenneally, Instructor
Getting Started
A library reference room can be a good place to find expert sources of quick information. Directories offer concise information on a variety of subjects, people, places, organizations and associations. The following are examples of directories in which international sport contact information can be found.
Print Directories:
Sports Business Resource Guide and Fact Book
Sports fan's connection : an all-sports-in-one-directory to professional, collegiate, and Olympic organizations, events, and information sources
The sport summit sports business directory
Finding Books
For finding resources in the Mount Union College Library and other libraries, construct keyword & subject searches. A good strategy is to do a keyword search first, using words that you think might be in the title or content notes. When you find a resource that looks worthwhile, see what subject headings are used to categorize that item and use them to do subject searches. Searches in the online catalog will display what resources MUC owns in those areas.
Finding Journal & Magazine Articles
Some indexes and databases will provide the full-text of articles online; others offer only a citation and/or abstract of the article. If the database you're using doesn't provide the full-text of an article, first check 'Research by Title' (found on the Library Home Page) to see if it is available online in another database or in Mount Union College Library's in-house collection.
Useful Journals
--Use 'Research by Journal Title' to view the holdings and access options for subject & related topic journals
--Some journals are full-text within databases, others are in print holdings in the Mount Union College Library
--Journals published from 2001-present are on the 1st floor of the Old Building
--Journals published from 1976-2001 are on the second floor of the Old Building
--Journals published from 1800's-1975 are located in the basement of the Old Building
Article Databases & Indexes (Sport Management)
General Research Indexes:
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) Full text expanded coverage including news magazines, popular culture, medical and legal information
Academic Search Premier
Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study
Digital Video Collection (OhioLINK, Digital Media Center)
EJC ' Electronic Journal Center
Full text of 6000+ research journals
JSTOR
Full text scholarly journals in the Arts & Sciences, Business, Language and Literature
Infotrac OneFile
Full text expanded coverage including news magazines, popular culture, medical and legal information
LexisNexis Academic
Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information
Sport Management Research Indexes:
ABI Inform
U.S. and International articles on business and management
Business and Company Resource Center
Company profiles, investment reports, industry information, full text journal articles
Business and Industry
1994 to 2006, citations and full text of articles on business information from over 1000 publications
Business Source Complete
Index,abstracts, and full text covering scholarly business journals on management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more
CIAO
Columbia International Affairs Online, access to journals, working papers, economic indicators, policy briefs, books, maps and country data
CountryWatch
Full text information on the people, history, economy, environment, of countries of the world; news articles, key data and complete country reviews available for downloading
General Business File ASAP
PAIS International
index and abstracts of literature on public affairs
Sport Discus w/ Full Text
Sport Discus Select
Sports Business Research Network
information about any sport business topic, marketing, media, specific sports, sporting goods products, sponsorship, e-commerce, etc.
Westlaw
Access to State and Federal Court cases, full text legal periodicals and law reviews, American Jurisprudence
Finding Newspaper Articles
America's Newspapers-America's Newspapers from NewsBank provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 30 U.S. newspapers - all in one easy-to-search database.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
LexisNexis Academic-"Provides full-text access to a wide range of U.S. and international newspapers, radio and television transcripts. Covers general, business, and legal information sources. LexisNexis Academic is particularly strong in legislative, government, company financial and demographic information, market research and industry reports."
Newspaper Source-Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selected full text for more than 230 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc.
New York Times-Fill-text of the New York Times from 1980-present.
Finding Government Documents
Mount Union College receives and maintains a collection of various federal government publications for public use. Among those available to the public are core documents of United States democracy: statutes, congressional hearings, related legislative information, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Strenghts of the collection include publications from the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Labor, and Interior (U.S. Geological Survey).
Internet site links provide access to federal, state, and international information, judicial and legal resources, and numerous web based statistical sources
International and Foreign Information
Country Studies (Library of Congress)
Documents Center (University of Michigan)
US State Department Home Page
United Nations
Final Writing and Presentation
A Writers Response, Electronic Resource
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 808.06615 A512p5
MLA handbook for writers of research papers, 808.02 G437m6
Mount Union College Writing Center, http://www.muc.edu/academics/writing_center
Academic Honesty
"Academic honesty is expected of Mount Union College students. Academic standards and practices are influenced by culture. What is considered appropriate academic behavior in your home country might be different from what is appropriate in the United States; it is important that you understand U.S. standards and practices. Not meeting these standards can result in charges of academic dishonesty and possibly expulsion from the College.
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not necessarily limited to, cheating on assignments and examinations; plagiarizing, representing as your own work any part of work done by another; or unauthorized use of library or computer materials."
**(Information obtained from 2006-07 Mount Union College Catalog)