Subject
Guide: Kinesiology & Leisure Studies
DATABASES | REFERENCE
WORKS | WEB
LINKS | PERIODICALS
This page is intended to introduce a few select resources,
both on the Web and in the Smith Library Center print
collection, that are particularly useful for the
study of Kinesiology & Leisure Studies.
DATABASES
REFERENCE WORKS
In interdisciplinary fields such as
Kinesiology, resources in many different
subject areas will be useful. To find
printed reference material relevant
to your topic start with the library's online
catalog. Do a Reference Materials search using keywords
to describe your topic. You can also check the library's
Web pages for subject guides for specific topics to find
other
suggested sources.
Below are a few titles to get you
started. To check call number and location
information, search the online
catalog.
DK Ultimate Sports Lists
REFERENCE, 1st floor 796 M561d
Encyclopedia of World Sport
REFERENCE, 1st floor 796.03 En19
Encyclopedia of Sports Sciences and Medicine
REFERENCE, 1st floor 617.1 En19
Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America
REFERENCE, 1ST floor 796.082 En19
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Sport Medicine
REFERENCE, 1st floor 617.1T899e
International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
REFERENCE, 1st floor 796.082 In85
Oxford Dictionary of Sports and Medicine
REFERENCE, 1st floor 617.1 Ox2
Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine
REFERENCE, 1st floor 617.1027 Ox2
Physical Education Index
REFERENCE, 1st floor
Index to periodical articles on the topics of dance,
health, physical therapy, recreation, sports and
sportsmedicine. 1970-present.
Sports Medicine, Health and Medication
REFERENCE, 1st floor 617.1027 Sp67e
Sports Rules Encyclopedia
REFERENCE, 1st floor 796 Sp672
WEB
LINKS
American Council
on Exercise
Certifies fitness professionals and health clubs, and commissions
testing of exercise products.
Fitness
Jumpsite - provides fitness, health, and nutrition
related information and education.
Mystart! Online
The American Heart Association fitness web site includes:
a virtual personal trainer, cyber teams, and an exercise diary.
The National Athletic Trainers'
Association
Contains information about the Association and also includes
a directory of NATA accredited programs and a section on injury
information.
NLM National
Library of Medicine
Provides access to NLM's health information, library services,
and reseach programs. One research program, The
Visible Human Project, is creating a database of anatomically
detailed, three-dimensional representations of the male and
female human body.
SPORTQuest
- a free directory of sport and fitness related websites and
full text articles on topics such as: sports medicine, physical
education and coaching, provided by SIRC, a website that includes
fee-based databases.
sports.reference.com
Launched in 2000, this site covers major American sports.
It purports to be "the easiest-to-use, fastest, and most complete
sports statistics anywhere."
Yahoo! Health:
Fitness
Fitness related web links compiled by Yahoo.
Yahoo!
Sports
Sports web links compiled by Yahoo.
PERIODICALS
To find holdings and location information
for specific periodicals titles (both
print and online), search the online
catalog.
To find citations or online full-text
for articles in periodicals on your
topic, try the resources listed above
under Indexes.
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