1. LIBRARY CATALOG
  2. DATABASES
  3. JOURNAL FINDER
  4. SUBJECT GUIDES
  5. LIBRARY SERVICES

The University Libraries

ESS 351: History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education


Basic Library Services


Style Manuals and Guides

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001).
location: ref BF76.6 .P83

Educators Guide to Free Health, Physical Education and Recreation Materials (200/01).
location: ref GV1 .E380


Encyclopedias and Dictionaries and Handbooks

The Dictionary of Sports: the Complete Guide for TV Viewers, Spectators and Players (1999).

location: ref GV567 .D530

Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports (2007).

location: Reserve Desk GV749.7 .B47

Encyclopedia of World Sport: from Ancient Times to the Present (1996).
location: ref GV567 .E56

CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition (1998).
location: ref QP141 .B523

Human Kinetics with Thomas Hanlon. The Sports Rules Book (2004).
location: ref GV731 .H85

Sport Psychology: The Key Concepts (2002).
location: GV706.4 .C39 2002

Sport and Physical Education: the Key Concepts. 2002.
location: ref. GV 567 .C43 2002 available online e-book

International encyclopedia of women and sports (3 vols.). 2001
location: ref. GV709 .I58 2001

A to Z of American Women in Sports. 2002.
location: ref. GV697 .A1 E28 2002

Encyclopedia of Education , 2nd ed. 2003.
location: ref. LB15. E47 available online


LC Subject Headings

Additional material can be found in the stacks by searching the library's on-line catalog. Search by using the following Library of Congress Subject Headings:

Physical fitness
Health
Recreational Therapy
Play Therapy
Exercise
Sports
Physical Education
Sports for Women
Exercise Physiological Aspects
Sports Psychological Aspects
Physical Education Teachers - Training of Recreation
Women Athletes
Sports – Sociological aspects
Sports – Social aspects -- History

If you have any questions about how to perform an efficient On-line Catalog search, do not hesitate to ask a librarian.


Online Databases (articles and more... )

Boolean Searching using connectors AND, OR and NOT.

Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles Search Engine

Jackson Library can provide patrons with access to extensive library holdings and resources beyond those that are maintained within the building. Some 150 databases are provided, most of them accessible remotely via the Web. For the Exercise and Sport Science subject areas, the library provides access to the databases listed when you select Exercise and Sport Science.



Other Resources

Citation Styles
Guide to finding Articles in Scholarly Journals
Biography Databases
ESS Web Resources Page

American Periodicals Series

Special Publications that can be located in Journal Finder include:

         New York Clipper

        

         Brooklyn Daily Eagle

        

         International Journal of the History of Sport

 


Author: Gerald Holmes
Maintained by: Lynda Kellam