My Colby-Sawyer Experience
"I'm nearly 20 and still want a pony, so I knew I wasn't going to do any college sport other than the equestrian team."
- Jessica McLavey, English major
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exercise sport sciences resources @ CSC Library
online databases
SPORTDiscus Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. Includes journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 20,000 dissertations and theses and reference to articles in 60 different languages.
SBRnet Sports Business Research Network Market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry: sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.
Proquest Biology Full text and peer-reviewed articles
CREDO Reference: Science Encyclopedias and reference books online
Oxford Online Reference A collection of online Reference Books
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)cover-to-cover full text for 25 national & international newspapers. Full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
Access World News The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources; includes world map
netLibrary e-books
EJS E-Journals (EBSCO) articles
WebFeat/Search All search all these databases at once
exercise sport sciences websites
National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research collects and disseminates death and permanent disability sports injury data that involve brain and/or spinal cord injuries.
National Athletic Trainers' Association Official website of the professional membership association for certified athletic trainers and others who support the athletic training profession.
Scholarly Sport Sites From University of Calgary, subject directory of websites for serious sports researchers, sport information specialists, college/university students and faculty.
Sports and Nutrition created by two professors at University of Illinois
National Institute for Sports Reform NISR is a coalition of concerned Americans seeking to improve the athletic and educational experiences of our young people. NISR is the only organization in the United States that is specifically devoted to studying and advocating needed sports reform at the pre-professional level.
Official Website of the Olympic Movement
Business of Baseball
ESPN Sportzone Sports news
Women's Sports Foundation an educational nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by tennis legend Billie Jean King to advance the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity.
books
Use the CSC Library catalog to find books about exercise sport sciences:
Search with subject browse or subject keyword using any of these words: Recreation, sports, physical education and training, exercise physiology, exercise, sports medicine, physical fitness, athletes or try your own words in a general keyword search. Find ESS journals with a subject keyword search sports - periodicals
Most ESS books are classified under GV (Recreation) QP (Sports Medicine) RA (Physical Fitness) RC (Medicine)RM (physical therapy)and can be found on the upper level (GV), main level (QP) or lower level of the barn (R, Oversize), and in the Reference Collection on the library's main level. Don't forget to check for DVD's at these call numbers in audio-visual collection, downstairs behind the circulation desk.
