Sports: Used for field sports, pastimes, and recreations. Related terms include athletics, games outdoor life, and physical education. For specific sports, use title (i.e. aquatic sports, racket games, winter sports). Sportscan be modified to narrow a search (e.g. Sports--accidents, Sports--biography, Sports--history). Other terms: Sports and state, Sports camps, Sports for the aged, Sports for the handicapped, Sports for women (can be modified with specific sport), Sports injuries. Sports Sciences: Refers to theories underlying physical education and sports including biomechanics, kinesiology, sport psychology, exercise, and ergometrics. Electronic equipment is the only modifier for this topic (e.g. Sports Sciences--electronic equipment). Narrower terms for this field include physical fitness, and Sports--physiological aspects. Olympics: Includes comprehensive works on the Olympics. For Works on the Olympic events of a particular years, use the following model: Olympic games (21st :1976:Montreal, Quebec). Other terms: Olympic games (Ancient), Winter Olympics, Olympic programs. Olympics can be modified with the terms law and legislation; and records(e.g. Olympics--law and legislation; Olympics--records).
Starting Points for Research on the Internet
PAL: Human Kinetics Links Page: Physical Activity Links of a leading publisher in sport and physical education issues. Includes an extensive list of activities including martial arts, snowboarding, and yoga among the many covered. Also includes links to pages covering athletic training, sport history, sport psychology, and sport sociology.
SportQuest: Produced by the Sport Information Resource Center (SIRC). This page includes over 14,000 sites evaluated by professionals. Information on sports, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, sports for the disabled, women in sports, and olympic sports are included.
U.S. Olympic Committee: This official web site is updated regularly. Interviews, statistics, and a daily schedule compose the page. A keyword search function is also included.
WWW Women's Sports Page: An index of internet resources of pages covering women's and girl's sports and sport issues. Includes links to sports in which women are participants as well as organizations and teams for women in sports.
Recent Acquisitions in Kinesiology at ALS
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