INTRODUCTION

FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION

SELECTED PRINT REFERENCE SOURCES

FIND BOOKS IN LAVERY LIBRARY AND BEYOND

FIND ARTICLES AND MORE

FIND WEBSITES

INTRODUCTION
This subject guide covers resources in the study of sport including business, educational and social/cultural issues worldwide.

FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Reference Books are located on the Main Level of Lavery Library.

Reference books provide background information to help you understand your topic, narrow your topic, or prepare an outline of your topic. They also help define terms related to your topic, provide assistance in the selection of subject terms for your database searches, and contain factual information, such as, statistics, biographies, and maps.

SELECTED PRINT REFERENCES SOURCES:

Literature and Research Guides
GV706.4.H37 1993 REF
Handbook of Research on Sport Psychology

Encyclopedias
GV567 E55 1999 REF
Encyclopedia of World Sport

Handbooks
GV706.4 H37 2001 REF
Handbook of Sport Psychology

GV558.H36 2000 REF
Handbook of Sports Studies

GV716.M85 2000 REF
Sport Marketing

Chronologies
GV571.G76 2001 REF
This Day in Sports

Biographies
GV697.A1A69 2001 REF
Athletes and Coaches of Summer

GV697.A1A693 2000 REF
Athletes and Coaches of Winter

Statistical Sources
GV191.4.W45 1997 REF
Americans at Play: Demographics of Outdoor Recreation & Travel

FIND BOOKS IN LAVERY LIBRARY AND BEYOND
The key to the library's extensive book collection is the Library Catalog. It may be searched by Author, Title, Subject, or Keyword. Subject headings are established by the Library of Congress. If you have any trouble selecting a Subject heading for your topic, try a Keyword search or check the listings in the Library of Congress Subject Headings red books (Z 695 .L69 2001 REF) in the Reference area near the main floor computers.

Subject Headings which may be useful to you for Sport Studies are:

Sports
Sports—Social Aspects
[name of sport]—[name of country or region]
Sports for Children

If you would like to browse in the Sport Studies section of the library, the main call numbers are GV's.

Circulating books are all located on the Upper Level.

Link to the Library Catalog from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu

Find books in Other Libraries by selecting Library Catalog from the library's home page, then select Other Library Catalogs.

Search the world for books by selecting WorldCat from the databases listed under Research Databases. From the library's home page, select Research Tools, select Research Databases, then select WorldCat from the alphabetized list.

To order a book from another library use the online Interlibrary Loan form, accessible from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu.

FIND ARTICLES AND MORE
Lavery Library subscribes to an extensive collection of Research Databases that may be used to search for articles on your topic in periodicals, newspapers, and book chapters. Periodicals include both scholarly journals and popular magazines. When researching for courses in your major, it is usually recommended that you use scholarly articles, also referred to as peer reviewed or refereed articles. Databases will often allow you to limit your search to scholarly articles.

If the article cited on the database that you are using does not appear in full-text on the database, check Periodical Holdings to determine if the periodical is either full-text on another database or available in hard copy in the library's collection. From the library's home page, select Research Tools, then select Research Databases.

Research Databases are listed both alphabetically and by subject on the library's home page. When starting research in Sport Studies, the following databases are recommended:

Sport Discuss
Expanded Academic
Proquest Databases
Sociological Abstracts
PsycINFO

Link to Subject Listing of databases available for Sport Studies

FIND WEBSITES
When using websites for research it is very important to evaluate their authority and content. Use the following checklist to evaluate sites before using them as references.

Evaluating Web Sites Checklist

Your liaison librarian has provided a list of quality websites for Sport Studies. They are available on the library's home page under Selected Websites. From the library's home page, select Internet Resources, then Selected Websites, then Sport Studies.

To search for additional websites, start with Google - http://www.google.com.