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ESS 630 - Sport and Society: Social Inequalities

Basic Library Services

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reserves GV706.4 .H37 2001
Singer, R.N., Hausenblas, H.A., & Janelle, C.M. (2001). Handbook of Sport Psychology. (Ed.). New York: Wiley.

ref. GV706.4 .C39 2002
Cashmore, E. (2002). Sport Psychology: the Key Concepts. London; New York: Routledge.

ref. LB15 .I569
International Encyclopedia of Education. (2nd ed., Vols. 1-12). (1994). Oxford: Pergamon Press.

ref. GV567 .D530
Cox, G. (Ed.). (1999). The Dictionary of Sports: the Complete Guide for TV Viewers, Spectators and Players. London: Carlton.

ref. GV567 .E56
Levinson, D., & Christensen, K. (Eds). (1996). Encyclopedia of World Sport: from Ancient Times to the Present. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO.

ref. H41 .I58
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. (26 vols.). (2001).

ref. GV709 .I58
International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports. (3 vols.). (2001).

ref. HM425 .E5
Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed. (5 vols.). 2000.
available online

ref. HM425 . J64
The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology : a User's Guide to Sociological Language, 2nd ed. 2000.
available online

ref. HM756 .E53
Encyclopedia of Community : from the Village to the Virtual World (4 vols.). 2003

 

Online Databases (articles and more... )

Boolean Searching using connectors AND, OR and NOT.

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.

Online Catalog

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

Athletes
Coaching (Athletics)
Exercise
Health
Physical Fitness
Physical Therapy
Recreation
Sex Discrimination in Sports
Sports Administration
Sports -- Sociological aspects
Soccer -- Social aspects
Physical education and training – Social aspects

Subject searches incorporating the following subheadings are also productive:

Exercise -- Physiological Aspects
Physical Education Teachers -- Training of
Sports -- Marketing
Sports -- Psychological Aspects
Sports -- Sociological Aspects

Link keyword searching Keyword searching expands possibilities by permitting the searcher to enter any significant terms and connecting them with boolean operators "and", "or", or "not".

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

Other Resources

book stacks  GV1 .H430
Kinesiology Publications (KinPubs)--
formerly: Health Physical Education and Recreation, Exercise and Sport Sciences Microform Publications Bulletin. (1992-1998). Eugene, Or.: International Institute for Sport and Human Performance, University of Oregon.
Jackson Library has copies of the complete text on microfiche. To access the catalog (electronically) for older and more recent issues, see link to:

http://kinpubs.uoregon.edu/

Jackson Study Lounge RC1200 .E94
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. (1973 to present date). Santa Barbara, Calif.: Journal Pub. Affiliates.

Selected Internet Resources

ESS Web Sites | Citations Style Guides | Virtual Reference Shelf
Guide to finding Articles in Scholarly Journals | Biography Resources

Page Author: Gerald Holmes
Exercise and Sport Science Librarian
Maintained by: Lynda Kellam