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The list below contains just a few of the Sports Management related titles available through Credo Reference and Oxford Reference Online and Gale Virtual Reference Library.

A Dictionary of Business and Management by Jonathan Law (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199684984
Publication Date: 2016-04-18
This wide-ranging and authoritative dictionary covers all areas of business and management, including marketing, organizational behaviour, business strategy, law, and taxation.
A Dictionary of Human Resource Management (3 ed.) by Edmund Heery and Mike Noon
ISBN: 9780191827822
Publication Date: 2017
This authoritative dictionary contains succinct, expert definitions that are used in the fields of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations. It covers all areas of Human Resource Management, including recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, reward, industrial relations, and the design of work and organizations.
A Dictionary of Sports Studies by Alan Tomlinson
ISBN: 9780199213818
Publication Date: 2010-04-05
Addressing the need for an A-Z reference guide in the field of sports studies, this dictionary is essential reading for students of sports studies and the related disciplines of leisure and recreation studies, sports science, and physical education.
Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing by Linda E. Swayne (Editor); Mark A. Dodds (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412973823
Publication Date: 2011-08-08
A comprehensive four volume reference work bringing both sports management and sports marketing all together in one place.
The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine by Michael Kent
ISBN: 9780198568506
Publication Date: 2007-02-03
This dictionary covers all the major areas of sports science and medicine including: anatomy, biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition, sports psychology, sports sociology, sports injuries, and training principles.
Sports Science by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner
ISBN: 9781414406145
Publication Date: 2006-11-03
Covers theoretical and practical treatment of all aspects of sports science and exercise physiology, kinesiology, and biomechanics. Particular emphasis is placed on such high-interest topics as sports medicine, specifically the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries; and much more.