The following is a guide to library resources that may prove useful. It is
not an exhaustive list; please consult a reference librarian for help in
locating additional materials. The guide covers major reference sources in
the fields of health education, physical education, recreation/ leisure services, and dance.
WEB SITES
- AAHPERD. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation
and Dance.
- http://www.aahperd.org
- National Recreation and Park Association. http://www.nrpa.org
INDEXES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- For the next five items, link through "Full Text Journals/Indexes"
on the Library home page.
SPORT
Discus. Select EBSCO and scroll down to this subscription database.
Select.
- Expanded
Academic ASAP.
- Select Gale/InfoTrac. General database which indexes, abstracts, and has
full text for some journals in these fields.
-
- Medline
via PubMed.
- Look at alphabetical listing under "Full Text Journals" and look for Medline
under the alphabetical listing. Citations and abstracts only.
- ERIC.
1966- .
- On the University Library home page link through "Full Text Journals." Go
to EBSCO. ERIC and Professional Development Collection may be searched together
but some of the limiting choices are not active if you have selected Professional
Development Collection as well as ERIC. ERIC has links to some documents
that are full text.
- Leisure Literature: A Guide To Sources in Leisure Studies. Ref.
Z 7511 .L37 1992B
Physical Education Digest. http://www.pedigest.com
- Articles can be identified and ordered at this journals website. Ref. GV
1594 .B6 1994
- Research in Dance: A Guide To Resources. Ref. GV 1594 .B6 1994
STATISTICS
- Digest of Education Statistics. Gov Docs SuDocs # ED 1.326
- Statistical Abstract of the United States. Ready Ref. HA 203
.A299 (also in Gov Docs)
- American Statistics Index. Gov Docs Ref. Z 7554 .U5 A46
- National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
DIRECTORIES
- Encyclopedia of Associations.
- Ready Ref. HS 17 .G334 Use the keyword index in vol. 3 to look up professional
and scholarly organizations in HPELS fields and others.
- Sports Market Place. Ref. GV 563 .S7 Library has 2004.
- Guide To ACA Accredited Camps. 1998. Ref. GV 193 .P37
Also http://www.acacamps.org
RULES AND ETHICS
- Sports Ethics: A Reference Handbook. Ref. GV 706.3 .B47 1994
- NCAA Division I Manual. Ref. GV 563 .N25297 Latest edition only.
- Legal Handbook on School Athletics. Ref. KF 4166 .Z9 L44 1997
- Allen & Hanbury’s Athletic Drug Reference.
- Ref. RC 1230 .A45 1994 volume.
- Official Rules of Golf. Ref. GV 971 .O33 1996
BIOGRAPHIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
For Catalog searching of author or subject, use last name first.
Example: higgs, robert
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index.
- Electronic access through "e reference" on the Library home page.
- International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports. 3 vols. Ref.
GV 709 .I58 2001
- Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1992-1995 Supplement.
Ref. GV 697 .A1 B494 1995
- Encyclopedia of College Basketball. Ref. GV 885.7 .D68 1995
- African American Sports Greats. Ref. GV 697 .A1 F37 1995
- Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement. Ref. GV
721.5 .H546 1996
- Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present.
Ref. GV 567 .E56 1996
- Sports: the Complete Visual Reference. Ref. GV 704 .S663 2000
- Encyclopedia of Sports Science. Ref. GV 558 .E53 1997
- Biographical Dictionary of the Sports Hall of Fame. Ref. GV
877 .B27 1996
STATISTICS AND RECORDS
- Chronicle of the Olympics, 1896-1996. Ref. GV 721 .C57
1996
- College Football Records: Division 1-A and the Ivy League, 1869-1984.
Ref. GV 950 .B35 1987
- Negro Leagues Book. Ref. GV 863 .A1 N434 1994
- Track and Field Record Holders. Ref. GV 697 .A1 B336 1996
- Americans at Play: Demographics of Outdoor Recreation and Travel.
- Business Area/Ref. GV 191.4 .W44 1997
- Baseball Encyclopedia. Ref. GV 877 .B27 1996; CD-ROM available
at Circ. Desk
CAREERS
- Guide To Careers in Sports. Career Resources/Ref. GV 733 .K37
1995
- Career Opportunites in Travel and Tourism. Career Resources/Ref.
G 155.5 .H39 1995
- Outdoor Careers: Exploring Occupations in Outdoor Fields.
- Career Resources/Ref. HF 5381 .S542 1992
SOUTHcat CATALOG SEARCHES
Capital letters not necessary for SOUTHcat searching, not even for
boolean operators such as and.
Examples:
| Subject-- |
Keyword-- |
| Games |
"physical education" |
| Sports |
olympics and history |
| Sports medicine |
"sports medicine" |
| Physiology |
"automobile racing" |
| AIDS disease |
"AIDS disease"
|
| Camping |
recreation |
| Sports united states finance |
"hospitality industry" |
| Sports accidents and injuries |
kinesiology |
| School health |
"human anatomy" |
| Nutrition |
"south alabama" and "physical education"
and diss?
|
Note: For ERIC searching, consult the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors,
which is held in the Reference
department. An electronic edtion is available as a link from ERIC on
EBSCO.
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