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Sports Administration/Sports Medicine Research Guide
How to Cite Sources

Sports Administration Literature usually employs APA style citations. Some examples:


Journal article from a print journal

Tsuji, Y., Bennett, G., & Zhang, J. (2007, December). Consumer Satisfaction with an Action Sports Event. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 16(4), 199-208.


Journal article from one of the Library databases
Tsuji, Y., Bennett, G., & Zhang, J. (2007, December). Consumer Satisfaction with an Action Sports Event. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 16(4), 199-208. Retrieved July 1, 2008, from Business Source Premier database.


Web Site
Sports Media. http://www.sports-media.org/. Accessed June 25, 2008.


Selection from a Book
Mason, J. G., & Paul, J. (1988). Modern sports administration. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

The following websites provide a simple way to create a citation. Fill
in the information about the item, then copy and paste the citation
into your bibliography or footnote.


Easy Bib
MLA and APA

Citation Machine
APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian

NoodleBib Express
MLA and APA

Also Important:

Plagiarism - what is it?  how to avoid it.