Physical Education/Sports/Fitness Research Guide

Links to databases indexing magazine, journal and newspaper articles

Physical Education Research Databases
For articles from research journals and popular magazines on Physical Education and Sports topics.
Newspaper Research Databases For newspaper articles on current topics in Fitness and Sports..
Physical Education Journals in the C.O.D. Library
Sports Journals in the C.O.D. Library

Books, videos and other audiovisuals

Find backgound information, illustrations and data

African American Athletes. Reference GV 697 .A1 A196 2003
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport . Reference GV 567 .B48 2005
Book of Rules: a Visual Guide to the Laws of Every Commonly Played Sport and Game.Reference GV 371 .B56 1998
Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball. Reference GV 862.3 .L54 1
Encyclopedia of North American Sports History . Reference GV 567 .H518 2002
Encyclopedia of Sports Science. 2 vols. Reference GV 558 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement . Reference QE 862 .D5 C862 1997
Encyclopedia of World Sports. Reference GV 567 .E56 1996
ESPN Sports Almanac. Reference GV 741 .I58 Annual
Hiking and Biking in DuPage County. Reference GV 199.42 .I34 H6 1995
International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports. 3 vols. Reference GV 709 .I58 2001
Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Reference GV 1585 .C78 2000
The Pro Football Encyclopedia. Reference GV 955.5 .N35 P76 1997x
Sports Illustrated Almanac. Reference GV 741 .S768 Annual
Sports Leagues and Teams, 1871 through 1996. Reference GV 583 .P655 1998
Sports: the Complete Visual Reference. Reference GV 704 .S663 2000
This Day in Sports. Reference GV 571 .G76 2001

MedlinePlus Consumer Health
Provides access to 700 health and wellness topics, medical encyclopedias and dictionaries, and links to self-help groups, clinical trials, lists of hospitals and physicians health and information in Spanish and other languages.
http://medlineplus.gov/
Guide to Consumer Health Internet Sites from Health Librarian Debra Kakuk
Extensive annotated guide to recommended health and wellness sites on the Internet
http://www.cod.edu/library/libweb/Kakuk/Consumer_Health/consumerwebsites.htm

Human Kinetics Internet Links
From one of the major publishers of textbooks on physical education, coaching, and sports, an excellent list of links to sports, fitness, and physical education sites.
http://www.humankinetics.com/links
National Athletic Trainers' Association
"Public Information" includes links to documents, statistics, education for trainers, youth sports and other training related information.
http://www.nata.org
NCAA: National College Athletic Association
News, directories, and more from the official site of the National Junior College Athletic Association.
http://www.ncaasports.com/
NJCAA: National Junior College Athletic Association
The official website of the NCAA, reporting on news and results of the various collegiate men's and women's sports and including listing by college of division rank.
http://www.njcaa.org/
SportsLink
Barebones, extensive list of links to sites on coaching, sports medicine, organized sports, education, and more.
http://www.sportslink.org/
SPORTQuest
Huge collection of sports-related links organized by topic or sport and searchable by keyword.
http://www.sirc.ca/online_resources/sportquest.cfm
Yahoo's Index of Sports Links
Search for information by sport of general sports categories or by keyword.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/

The Library's Citing Sources Guide
MLA and APA styles with links to helpful websites and a citation formatting program
http://www.cod.edu/library/research/Citenet.htm

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