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Pathfinder: Sport Ethics
Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications
SCOPE: Sports have become a big business making enterprise. Millions of dollars are spent on attending professional sports games, advertising and athlete endorsements. But questions have arisen regarding the ethical aspects of sports. There are issues pertaining to gender equity, the use of performance-enhancing drugs, and violence and aggression in sports. The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for the student in locating library resources on this topic. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing , but as a selective sampling of the many types of materials available in the library.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with sports ethics are listed in the Baddour Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:
Sports
Moral and ethical aspects
There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF GV567.E56 1996 Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
CQ Researcher
:
Issues and Controversies database from Facts on
File
Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Feezel, Randolph M.
Sport, Play, and Ethical Reflection. Urbana: University of Illinois Press,
2004.
Lumpkin, Angela. Sport Ethics: Applications for Fair Play. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
McNamee, M.J. Ethics and Sport. New York: E&FN Spon, 1998.
Morgan, William J.
Ethics in sport. Champaign, Il: Human Kinetics,
2007.
Van Raalte, Judy L. Exploring Sport and Exercise Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1996.
Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of sports ethics are:
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the link for a
list of full text journals available through our
databases in:
Open Access Journals in
Sports Science
Updated
07/24/2008
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