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Sport Databases/Directories
DATABASES / DIRECTORIES
NOTE: The definition of what constitutes a database or directory is loosely interpreted for many listings in this section. Listed here are websites which gather many sources together, provide hotlinks to other sites and can generally be considered a point of embarcation on a particular topic.
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Lifestyle Information Network (LIN)
- LIN's goal is to provide an infrastructure for the collection, dissemination and exchange of information amongst leisure service professionals. There are two major LIN services: 1) Custom Information Service and 2) a National Recreation Database. This latter project consists of fulltext access to hard-to-find documents including unpublished reports, policies, training manuals and other grey literature.
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PubMed
- PubMed is the web access name of Medline, the biomedical database of periodical articles indexed from over 3700 international periodicals in all languages. Covers clinical and experimental medicine, pharmacology, and for the sport researcher, sports medicine, physiology, exercise science, doping and drugs.
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Sport and Recreation South Africa Library
- The SRSA documentation centre in Pretoria, South Africa hold over 20,000 entries ranging from scientific articles to popular magazines, conference material, videos, CD's and many other materials.
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SPOLIT Database
- This is a database of over 135,000 records produced by the Federal Institute of Sport Science (BISp) in Bonn, Germany. This database is freely available on the BISp website along with their two other databases SPOFOR and SPOMEDIA.
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SPONET - Sportwissenschaft im Netz/Sportscience on the Net
- A database of over 3,000 references to fulltext periodical articles and essays on all aspects of the sport sciences. Created and indexed at the Institute of Applied Training Science, University of Leipzig.
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SPORTDiscus
- A sport database of over 1,000,000 records in all languages. Contains citations to periodical articles, conference papers, monographs, book chapters and essays, theses and dissertations.
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TOURCD / Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts (LRTA)
- Contains citations to over 32,000 source documents published since 1976 on the topics of leisure/tourism policies, industries, facility management and planning, recreation/sport activities and natural resources/environment.
NOTE: These databases have citations to sport-related resources and are available on subscription through university and college libraries for their faculty and students. These links lead to the product description on the producer's website.
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ABI Inform Global
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America: History & Life/Historial Abstracts
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ERIC Database
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HighWire (Stanford University Libraries
- Offers access to "high-impact" scientific, technology and medical journals in fulltext.
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Periodicals Index Online
- Provides over 9 million article records, covering journals and periodicals from 1770 to 1990
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Philosopher's Index
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PsycINFO
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Sociological Abstracts
NOTE: Listed here are websites with biographical information for many sports. Also consult the halls of fame (HoFs) in the Museums and Halls of Fame section on this website. Many HoFs have biographical information on honored inductees.
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Current Biography Excerpts
- Current Biography, a reference serial published by H.W. Wilson, offers online excerpts from articles on a number of sports figures that have appeared in Current Biography since 1983.
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Distinguished Women of Past and Present
- This directory to biographical resources covers all subject fields and has a good representation from women in the sports field.
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HickokSports.com - Biography section
- Created by Ralph Hickok, author of many sports biography reference books, this section of his website contains biographical information on many sports figures
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Women in Canadian Sport
- Created by the Library and Archives Canada, each biography includes a bibliogaphy for further reading.
Note: Many university and college websites have established a career section. These sites are very useful in finding the local, state or provincial sources on careers or jobs. In addition, many of the scholarly and expert associations have a job bank or career information on their website. See the societies listed under ASSOCIATIONS on this website.
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Canada WorkinfoNET
- This internet directory provides useful information on different aspects of the labour market. Intended for all levels of job seekers.
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Canadian Careers
- Produced by Syvde Enterprises, this website includes job postings, information on Canadian career fairs, career news, and links to many of the provincial and urban career sites.
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HRDC Work/Jobs (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
- Has information on work/job opportunities, work search assistance, workplace information and learning opportunities.
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OnlineSports Career Center
- Is a directory to career opportunities/jobs and a resume bank for potential employers within the many segments of the sports and recreation industries.
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Sports Careers (a product of Franklin Covey Sports Division)
- Contains information on careers in the sports industry, has career tips, upcoming career-related events, articles and sample jobs.
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USA Today Job Center
- Has sections on career advice, jobs database, companies who are hiring, ways to post a job and many other career information resources.
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The Basketball Highway: The Basketball Coaches Network
- A site designed for the basketball coach. Has many sections on how to improve basketball coaching, plus printed and audiovisual resources, news, and other materials.
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C.O.A.C.H. - The Comprehensive Online Access to Coaching Help
- Has products/services section, articles on coaching football and other sports, a job board, clinic information and links
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Coaches' Info Service
- Sponsored by the ISBS and University of Edinburgh, this website contains fulltext information on biomechanical applications to specific sports, e.g. basketball, golf, gymnastics, swimming, tennis.
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Coaching Science Abstracts
- Created by Dr. Brent S. Rushall, San Diego State University, this site presents citations to recent research articles and includes an abstract
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Sports Coach
- Site created by Brian Mackenzie, a senior UK athletics coach and includes information, tests and advice on conditioning, fitness training for athletes and coaches.
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Artslynx International Dance Resources
- This comprehensive directory of dance resources, which focuses mainly on the performing arts, also has sections on health & safety, dance education in universities and colleges, links to dance libraries and organizations.
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Peterson's Education and Career Center
- This website edition of the well-known and authoritative Peterson's Annual Guide to Graduate Programs (in print and CD ROM also) provides basic information on graduate programs in the US and Canada. For physical education/sport sciences, Peterson's organizes the this subject area into 7 sub-areas (e.g. sport administration, recreation, kinesiology) for 350 graduate programs.
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Healthfinder
- Produced by the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, this guide to health information contains a section on "hot topics", online health information, fraud and complaints, health resources for all age groups, links to libraries, online journals, medical dictionaries, and databases.
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Healthy People 2010
- Managed by the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, has fulltext documents from the Healthy People 2010 conference. See the section on leading health indicators and the data overview, major data sources and progress reviews.
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Mayo Clinic
- This information source produced by the renowned Mayo Clinic has sections on disease and conditions (A-Z), healthy living and lifestyle, drug information, first aid and self care.
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National Center for Health Statistics
- An institute of the Centers for Disease Control, this website includes fulltext statistical data on national/state data on aging, diseases/disabilities, healthy people and many other topics.
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Nutrition.GOV
- Created by the US Dept of Agriculture, this portal has topical sections: food facts, food safety, lifecycle issues, health management, food assistance, research and resources.
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Ballparks by Munsey & Suppes
- Describes the baseball parks, basketball and hockey arenas and football stadiums in the US. Also includes a bibliography of books on the topic.
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Ballparks of Baseball: the Fields of Major League Baseball
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College Gridirons (Division I)
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Stadiums of the NFL
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Swimmers Guide Online
- A directory to swimming pools in the US, Canada and abroad, this directory lists over 9,000 full-size, year-round swimming pools in 91 countries.
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WorldStadiums.com
- Founded in 1998 as a source of information on approximately 600 soccer stadiums, this website now has over 1600 listings for soccer, baseball, rugby, basketball, and football stadiums worldwide.
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Resource Guide to Philosophy of Sport
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Cornell University. Legal Information Institute. Sports Law
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EU Sports Law
- This sport law section is part of the European Union's Jurist website. Has a wide number of links e.g. Argentina Sport Law website, plus links to fulltext articles on legal issues in European sport.
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FindLaw: Legal News and Commentary - FindLaw Sports Law Resources
- This comprehensive database contains current news, case law and commentary on many aspects of sports law
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StopHazing.org
- Created by two persons who helped pass an anti-hazing law in New Hampshire, this website has sections on hazing in fraternities, high school, athletics and the military with links to resources and "activism".
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World-Wide Sports Law Organizations
- Produced by the Anglia Polytechnic University, Sports Law Research Centre this listing of sports law organizations and publications is one section of this Centre's website.
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Adventure Sports Online
- This Woodland, California website offers information on outdoor sports including paddle sports, climbing/mountaineering, skiing, bicycling, fishing, wilderness travel.
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Lifestyle Information Network (LIN)
- LIN's goal is to provide an infrastructure for the collection, dissemination and exchange of information amongst leisure service professionals. There are two major LIN services: 1) Custom Information Service and 2) a National Recreation Database. This latter project consists of fulltext access to hard-to-find documents including unpublished reports, policies, training manuals and other grey literature.
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SocioSite: Leisure, Recreation and Sport
- Produced by the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences, this annotated site contains hotlinks to resources on leisure, recreation and the sociology of sport (click on Subject areas first)
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The Trail Database
- This database of hiking trails around the world is created and maintained by an avid hiker in the Netherlands.
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Australia. National Sport Information Centre. Fulltext Archive
- This NSIC Web Archive has Australian fulltext documents and publications representing all aspects of sport and sport sciences that are aimed at coaches, administrators, sport researchers, officials, and academics.
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Librarians' Index to the Internet
- A subject guide to websites, the home page lists major categories, e.g. California, Computers, Cultures, Current Events, Geography, Government, etc. and includes Sports and Recreation
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On-Line Books Page
- A directory to over 12,000 books which can be freely read on the Internet. Includes an index by LC Classification (e.g. GV for sports and recreation) to thousands of online fulltext books, and pointers to significant directory and archives of online texts. Created in 1993 and edited by John M. Ockerbloom. The GV classification now has over 171 books available in fulltext.
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SPORTQuest
- Produced by the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC), Ottawa, Ontario, this site links to specific sport or sport topic websites.
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Yahoo Recreation/Sports Web Directories
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California Physical Education Resources
- Has information on the California PE curriculum , foundations and grants, technoligy in PE, advocacy, research and many links to other sites.
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Character Counts
- A coalition to help young people develop the basic of good character, this website sponsored, in part, by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, has reports, information on seminars, a training program for coaches and other information on sports and ethics for the physical educator.
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disABILITY Information and Resources. Sports Training and Athletic Competition
- This large directory to resources for persons with disabilities has a section devoted to Sports Training and Athletic Competition and links to national sport associations and international games organizations among others.
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PE Central: the Website for Health and Physical Education Teachers
- Intended for physical education teachers, students, parents and adults, the goal is to provide the latest information about contemporary developmentally-appropriate physical education programs for children and youth. Has lesson plans, assessment ideas, adapted information, books.
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PE 4 LIFE
- The goal of this website is to promote quality daily physical education programs for America's youth. Includes community action kits, information on PEP grants and other resources.
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PELINKS4U
- This site, connected to the Central Washington University, lists resources and links in physical education (elementary, secondary, adapted), coaching, fitness/nutrition, interdisciplinary PE and technology in physical education.
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Sports Media: Physical Education & Sports for Everyone
- This directory to resources and links in physical education has sections on lessons plans, coaching, sporting equipment and other physical education topics.
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THENAPA: Thematic Network of Adapted Physical Activity
- This European network is supported by the Director General, Education and Culture of the European Commission and will include information on activities, plans and organization of adapted physical education and sport in EU countries.
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Sport Psychology Movie Database
- Created as a result of discussions on the SportPsy listserv, Allen Cornelius has compiled the list of sport films recommended by listserv members and recommended in an article in Sports Illustrated (Feb 5, 2001).
NOTE: In addition to these sources, many college and university kinesiology departments list the faculty members, including current courses being taught, specific research interests, and bibliographies of publications.
- SEE ALSO the ASSOCIATIONS section in this website. Association Members' directories are being added to many association websites, e.g. NASSH, NASSS, ISEA, ENSSHE
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American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education Directory
- Is a directory of sports specialists who are AAKPE members.
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Australian Sports Science Directory
- A directory to sports scientists and allied professionals working in Australia.
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Biomechanists of the World
- Is an alphabetical list of researchers in biomechanics with links to their personal homepages. Each entry briefly describes their research specialties.
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British Psychological Society. Directory of Chartered Psychologists
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Canadian Mental Training Registry (CMTR)
- Lists sports psychologists who practice in Canada.
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Community of Science (COS)
- Is a commercial service offering information on the research expertise of over 200,000 scientists from hundreds of universities.
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ISBS Who is Who
- The International Society for Biomechanics in Sports has developed a directory of members. Each entry has basic contact information and specific research interests.
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North American Society for Sport History. Directory of Scholars
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North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. Directory of Experts in Sport Sociology
- Part 1 of this directory is organized by topic (e.g. African Americans, Athletes' rights, Athletic careers/retirement, Boys, Boxing, Canada, Coaching) and includes name of expert and affiliation. Part 2 is an alphabetical listing of experts giving their contact information
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Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand Directory
NOTE: Also consult the international sport federations and national sports organizations for rulebooks.
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[Australian] Sporting Facilities
- This directory provides information on the dimensions and details of sports playing fields as outlined in the rules for each sport.
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NCAA Playing Rules
- Provides playing rules and field dimensions for 13 university sports.
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National Federation of State High School Associations. Rules and Sport Specific Information
- Provides rules for 16 sports for boys and girls that govern virtually all high school competititons in the US.
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Sport and Activity Dimensions Index
- Produced by the Northern Arizona University Parks and Recreation program, this index to sports fields, sports courts and multiple sports fields, includes a citation to the US rule book where the dimensions are outlined
- Selected Bibliography of Currently Available Books on Sport/Games Rules
- The Book of Rules: a Visual Guide to the Laws of Every Commonly Played Sport and Game. NY: Checkmark Books, 1998.
- Hanlon, Thomas W., The Sports Rules Book, 2nd ed. Champaign, Ill: Human Kinetics, 2004
- Sports Rules on File, by the Diagram Group. NY: Facts on File, 2000.
- Sports: the Complete Visual Reference. by Francois Fortin. Buffalo, NY/Willowdale, Ont., Firefly Books, 2000.
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Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
- The most comprehensive serials directory, the web edition provides essential publishing details on thousands of journals, newsletters, ~zines and newspapers.
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New Jour: Electronic Journals and Newsletters
- This list, published by the Association of Research Libraries is a directory of electronically networked journals or newsletters.
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Newspaper Library Catalogue (The British Library)
- Lists the newspaper holdings of the British Library. Using the word "sports" in the search engine provided on site, elicited over 190 titles.
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OnlineNewspapers.com
- A directory to over 10,000 online newspapers world-wide. Arranged by country or region and within a country, by state or province.
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Publications on the Web: Journals, Magazines, and Newsletters Collection
- Produced by the Center for Instructional Technology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, this list includes electronic journals in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
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Scholarly Journals Distributed via the WWW
- This directory, produced at the University of Houston Libraries, provides links to established web-based scholarly journals that offer access to English language articles files without requiring user registration or fees.
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A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey
- Based in the UK this website is a comprehensive source for information on amateur and professional ice hockey teams, leagues, players, competititons and results. Also has a dictionary of terms, awards, and information on publications.
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Hockeydb.com: the Internet Hockey Database
- Includes major sections on statistics, standings, records, draft picks, players, logos (of defunct and current teams), trading cards and other ice hockey information.
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Megasoccer.com: World Football and Soccer
- This compehensive directory to soccer information provides access to news via each continent and country, league and game statistics, video resources and many other services.
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Soccerlinks: the Football Website Directory (UK)
- This website has a database to hundreds of links on soccer news, clubs, associations and other aspects of soccer from all over the world.
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SwimIndex
- Created by Harvard University Swimming and Diving, this site has over 1000 hotlinks to all aspects of swimming, water polo & diving, including colleges, governing organizations, masters, regional, swim camps, personal swim pages and many others.
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American Soccer History Archives
- This site contains playoff results and league tables for all US pro leagues from 1894-1997, a chronological record of League champions, Cup champions, histories of the NA Soccer League.
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Volleyball World Wide
- Has information on all aspects of volleyball for the beginner to elite. Sections include high school, college/university, history, rules, international, US states and news.
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Free Medical Journals.com
- Lists medical journals freely available online, categorizing them by freely available as published, available after one year or two years or those available for a free trial.
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American Sports Data, Inc.
- This consumer survey research company provides syndicated and custom research on sports participation for many corporations and organizations including the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Assocation and the International Health & Racquet Sportsclub Association.
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American Statistical Association. Section on Statistics
- Has links to sports servers, television sites, major pro sports sites, newspaper sports pages, list of important sport statistics articles, information on the Section's proceedings, and statistical data.
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Association of Football Statisticians (UK)
- Contains statistics on the game of soccer in the UK and abroad.
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Australia. Topics in Sport - Statistics
- Provides an annotated list of the various statistical reports on all aspects of Australian sport/recreation.
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Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
- Site has fulltext Information Letters section which has refers to Sports and Recreation Equipment in No. 2A (Face Protectors and Visors in Ice Hockey and Hockey Helmets). In May 2004 CSA added a new standard, Guidelines for Spectator Safety in Indoor Arenas (CAN/CSA-Z262.7-04)
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COMPASS: A Project Seeking the Co-ordinated Monitoring of Participation in Sports in Europe
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Hockey Research Association. Hockey Stats Archive
- Maintains a database of ice hockey statistics organized by league or association, then by year.
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International Organization for Standardization/Organisation Internationale de Normalisation (ISO)
- This important international organization promotes standardization in commerce and communication for the benefit of organizations and persons. The site contains a search engine. A sample search under the term "sport" elicited ISO standards from 1980 to the present on gymnastic equipment, ski equipment (bindings, boots, poles) and laboratory measurement methods.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association. Sports Sponsorhip and Participation Rates
- Includes participation rates from 1982 to date for the categories: overall, men's and women's.
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National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA)
- Publishes many annual series on various aspects of sports participation, information on the sporting goods market, and sports equipment expenditures.
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Sport England. Statistics
- Use the search engine to find the various publications containing statistical information.
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Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association (SGMA)
- The research section of the SGMA website has information on costs and scope of the current and older statistical reports on topics of sports participation, lifestyle, sport-specific industry studies and other aspects.
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Sports Business Research Network
- A commercial website requiring a subscription ($600 per year) which provides access to the National Sporting Goods Association market surveys and research including statistics on sports participation trends, market size, demographics and other research. Some surveys are archived back to 1997.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States. Section 26. Arts, Entertainment, Recreation
- Contains fulltext of the latest edition and earlier editions of the Statistical Abstract of the United States in PDF file format. Section 7, Recreation/Sports, Tables 433 to 442 is where the sports statistics are found in earlier editions. Statistics are presented on participation in NCAA sports, selected spectator sport, selected recreational and sports-specific activities, sporting goods sales, organized sport activities in schools.
NOTES:The literature on tests and testing is large and complex. There are a number of approaches the researcher can make to find background information or information on specific tests. In this section are a few suggested methods for finding information. They include: 1) the online public access catalogue (OPAC), 2) Directories both print and web-based, and 3) databases.
- 1) OPACS
- A search of the college/university OPAC will find books on measurement, evaluation, and testing. For background material search by the Library of Congress Subject Headings for books more specifically in the sport sciences and physical education field use the subject headings:
- Physical fitness-testing;
- Treadmill exercise tests, etc.
- 2) DIRECTORIES
- Directories - Print
- Baumgartner, Ted A. Measurement for evaluation in physical education and exercise science, 7th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
- Heyward, Vivian H. Advanced Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription. 4th ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2002.
- Lacy, Alan C.& Hastad, Douglas N. Measurement and evaluation in physical education and exercise science, 4th ed., San Francisco: B. Cummings, 2003.
- Ostrow, Andrew C., ed. Directory of Psychological Tests in the Sport and Exercise Sciences, 2nd ed. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology, 1996.
Please note: The over 300 sport psychology scales, questionnaires, and inventories are now available fulltext on the Fitness Information Technology website. There is a charge of $3 to download one test entry and information.
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Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
- This website has a search engine to find tests by name, test review, test publisher or subject. The Buros Institute also published the print ed. called Mental Measurements Yearbook (13th ed, 1998) which lists thousands of tests on a wide range of subjects. Each test entry is accompanied by reviews and a large bibliography of periodical articles where the test is used and discussed.
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ETS Test Collection
- This Educational Testing Service website has a collection of tests that were acquired from a variety of U.S. publishers and individual test authors. Foreign tests are also included in the collection, including some from Canada, Great Britain, and Australia.
- 3) DATABASES
- To augment the above sources and find specific tests three databases are recommended. They include SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, and Medline/PubMed. In some instances the name of a test is used as a descriptor (e.g. Harvard Step Test in SPORTDiscus), however most test names are found in the Abstract field (sometimes the title). Therefore a free text search can be employed. For example, in SPORTDiscus (and the other databases), a researcher should perform a free text search for the Exercise-induced feeling inventory (EFI) using the full test name and/or the acronym. Other approaches can be made through use of the descriptors, e.g. in SPORTDiscus use:
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- physical fitness and testing
- instrumentation (used for scale and test protocol)
Many other combinations can be used depending on the type of test required.
- List of Named Tests in SPORTDiscus
- The above list may be found as an appendice to the Search Guide for Finding Test / Testing Information in SPORTDiscus. This list was organized in Feb 2003 after an extensive search of SPORTDiscus records and other sources. There is at least one record in SPORTDiscus with the named test title found in either the abstract or title field.
- Standards/Ethics Information
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American Psychological Association Science Directorate. Testing and Assessment
- Has information on the revision procedures for their 1985 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. It appears that a new edition will be available by the year 2000. This site also has links to other test websites.
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American Psychological Association. Ethics Information
- Has fulltext of Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, APA Ethics Committee Rules and Procedures, plus other guideline documents.
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Kinesiology Publications
- Formerly called Microform Publications of Human Movement Studies this newly named collection of North American masters theses and PhD dissertations are available on microfiche by subscription or individual purchase. Titles can be found on this site using the search engine. All titles in this collection have been indexed and can also be found in SPORTDiscus, the international sport database. Many academic libraries subscribe to this service.
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ProQuest Digital Dissertations
- Has information on UMI's (now called Bell & Howell) database of Ph.D dissertations. Libraries must subscribe to allow researchers access to full information on dissertations from 1861 to date. Searchable by author, titles and subject with abstracts from 1980 to date. Some titles are in fulltext.
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Feminist Internet Gateway - Women and Girls in Sports
- Part of the Feminist Majority website. Includes a representative number of links to women's sports resources
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Gender Equity in College Sports
- On this site, produced by the Chronicle of Higher Education can be found a number of fulltext articles which appeared in issues of the Chronicle plus lists of Best/Worst institutions on topics of participation rates, scholarships, coaching salaries, recruiting budgets for women's teams, and operating expenses. Also included is a special section on general stories about women's opportunities, court cases, federal actions and policies, women's athletic teams and men's athletic teams.
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Gender Equity in Sports (University of Iowa Libraries)
- Contains information on Title IX - the law, complaints & lawsuits, and related information on university, institutional and association decisions.
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Gender, Sport and Society Forum
- An online project dedicated to scholars and students with an interest in social issues in gender and sport. There is an email discussion group, links to gender and sport websites, and e-resources.
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National Women's Law Center
- Click on the section called Athletics to find many fulltext documents on the topics of equal opportunies in athletics, athletics in schools, colleges and universities and briefs on current legal cases.
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Silent Edge
- Subtitle of site is: Links of Interest for Those Concerned about Advocacy for Figure Skaters. Site is produced by a faculty member at Syracuse University. Has sections on news of sexual abuse and harassment in sports, prevention and policy, skaters and parents and other resources.
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Women in Sports
- A biographical directory to sportswomen and dedicated to providing role models. Created by Jan Meyer, a sport skydiver.
