Research Guides: Sports Journalism and Research: Choosing a Topic

Choosing Your Topic

The topic of sports can be an excellent way to examine a number of issues affecting our society today. The following resources will help you think about how to focus your research and decide what you ultimately want to write about. They will also help provide a basic understanding on a variety of topics related to sports. This will be helpful whether you're writing a newspaper article or a research paper.

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Reports, summaries, and pro/con views on a range of current issues,1923-present
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Online histories, encyclopedias, almanacs, data compilations, works of literary analysis, and other reference sources owned by the UO Libraries.

Sports Culture: An A-Z Guide by Ernest Cashmore
Call Number: Knight Library Reference (GV706.5 .C383 2000)
Publication Date: 2000
Covers a variety of issues, figures, events, and more related to the world of sports.
Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice by John Nauright and Charles Parrish
Call Number: Knight Library Documents Reference (GV706.8 .S664 2012)
Publication Date: 2012
This four-volume work thoroughly examines a number of sports from around the world, as well as important world-wide sporting events such as the Olympics.
Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia by Steven A. Riess
Call Number: Knight Library (GV583 .S68588 2011)
Publication Date: 2011
Focusing on sports in America, this encyclopedia examines the different sports figures and events that have impacted American culture.
International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports by Karen Christensen, Allen Guttmann, and Gertrud Pfister
Call Number: Knight Library Reference GV709 .I58 2001
Publication Date: 2001
This encyclopedia covers the world of women in sports from an international perspective, including biographical information, national profiles, and a look at over 170 sports.

Sports Journalism and Research

Choosing Your Topic

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