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Mary Beth Allen - Sports, Exercise, and Fitness, Inbunden

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Sports, Exercise, and Fitness

A Guide to Reference and Information Sources

Av Mary Beth Allen

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For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop. For collection development specialists, it is an invaluable selection guide. Allen describes and evaluates over 1,000 information sources on the complete spectrum of sports: from basketball, football, and hockey to figure skating, table tennis, and weight training. Focusing on English-language works published between 1990 and the present, the guide thoroughly covers traditional reference sources, such as encyclopedias and bibliographies, along with instructional sources in print formats, online databases, and Web sites. To enable users in search of information on specific sports or fitness activities, chapters are organized thematically, according to broad- type aquatic sports, nautical sports, precision and accuracy, racket sports, ice and snow sports, ball sports, cycling, and so on, with subcategories for such individual sports as soccer, golf, and yoga. Within these categories, works are further organized by type: reference, instructional, and Web sites.
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Mary Beth Allen is Applied Life Studies librarian at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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To say that the body of literature in sport and fitness is extensive would be an understatement. Allen has compiled a comprehensive reference of over 1,000 entries for those needing a list of core sources in the area of sport, exercise, and fitness for the last 15 years. Although the majority of sources are North America-based, Allen also includes European English-language sources to give balance to the cultural interpretation of specific sports….Attention is paid to a wide variety of sports, from basketball to fishing and extreme sports to yoga. The table of contents and indexes are extremely well organized….[t]his resource will definitely help librarians and sports and fitness professionals compare and update their collections. An excellent value. Recommended. Academic libraries serving health, physical education, and athletic training programs; lower-division undergraduates and above.

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