Kinesiology - Sports Information Resources

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Journal articles

Search for articles by database:

  • SportDiscus (Major sports index available at SFU)
  • Academic Search Complete (Scholarly and popular articles)
  • CBCA Complete Combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets (Reference, Current Events, Business and Education)
  • ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (Physical education)
  • Physical education index (Print only - Bennett Reference Indexes 2nd Floor GV 201 P534)
  • PsycINFO (Psychological aspects of sports)
  • Sports documentation monthly bulletin (Print only - Bennett Science Indexes 2nd Floor)
  • Web of Science (Includes the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Extended Science citation indexes)

Definitions

  • Dictionary of concepts in recreation and leisure studies
    Bennett Reference GV 11 S57 1990
  • Dictionary of sports injuries and disorders
    Bennett Reference RC 1206 P68 1995
  • Dictionary of the sport and exercise sciences
    Bennett and Surrey Reference GV 558 D53 1991
  • Macmillan dictionary of sport and games
    Bennett Library GV 567 C8 [1980]
  • Oxford dictionary of sports science and medicine
    Bennett Reference RC 1206 O94 2006 and Belzberg Reference RC 1206 O94 1998
  • Quick reference dictionary for athletic training
    Bennett Reference RC 1206 B475 2005
  • Sterling dictionary of sports
    Bennett Reference GV 567 B63 1997

Background information

  • Berkshire encyclopedia of world sport.
    Bennett Reference GV 567 B48 2005 (4 vols.)
  • Encyclopedia of ethnicity and sports in the United States
    Online and Bennett Reference GV 709.5 E83 2000
  • Encyclopedia of international games.
    Bennett Reference GV 721 B45 2003 
  • Encyclopedia of North American sports history
    Bennett Reference GV 567 H518 1992
  • Encyclopedia of sports medicine
    Bennett Reference RC 1206 O355 2005
  • Encyclopedia of sports science (Pt. 1 Sports Pt. 2 The Body: physiology of sport)
    Bennett and Belzberg Reference GV 558 E53 1997
  • The encyclopedia of twentieth-century athletes.
    Bennett Reference GV 697 A1 M355 2001 
  • Encyclopedia of women and sport in America.  
    GV 709 E53 1998 
  • Encyclopedia of women and sports
    Bennett Reference GV 709 S44 1996
  • Encyclopedia of world sport : from ancient times to the present
    Bennett Reference GV 567 E56 1996 (3 vols.)
  • International encyclopedia of women and sports
    Bennett Reference GV 709 I59 2001 (3 vols.)
  • New Encyclopaedia Britannica
    Bennett and Surrey Reference AE 5 E363 2003 (32 vols); Belzberg Reference AE 5 E363 1998 

Quick facts

  • NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook
  • Official rules of sports and games
    Bennett Reference GV 731 O27 1995-96
  • Sports culture : an A-Z guide
    Bennett Reference GV 706.5 C383 2000
  • Sports, exercise and fitness: a guide to reference and information sources.
    Bennett Library GV 704 A55 2005
  • Sports injuries sourcebook
    Bennett Reference RD 97 S736 1999
  • Sports science handbook: the essential guide to kinesiology, sport and exercise science
    Bennett Reference GV 558 J46 2005 (2 vols.)

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