Sports & Fitness

This guide includes current print and electronic life science resources for general research sports and fitness topics. Contact a librarian for more information or for help with specific projects for classes in this program. Guides for other courses and subjects are available from the Subject & Course Guides page.

Book Collections | Periodicals & Databases | Websites | Citations
Book Collections

Circulating Books

Use the Catalog to find books in the libraries' circulating collection, as well as reference sources, government documents, and other materials.

Library Catalog Keyword Subject Author Title
    Limit to: Print Books  E-books  Audio/Visual 

Print Reference Books

• Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine
  Leesburg Campus
  Ref RC1206 .O355 2005
• Encyclopedia of Sports Science
  South Lake Campus
  Ref GV558 .E53 1997
• Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
  Leesburg, South Lake and Sumter Campuses
  Ref GV567 .E56 1996
• International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
  South Lake Campus
  Ref GV709 .I58 2001
• Sports Rules Encyclopedia
  Leesburg Campus
  Ref GV731 .S75 1990

Online Books

To access online books, login using your 14-digit library barcode number and PIN number (last four digits of your Social Security number).

• The following titles and many more are available from NetLibrary through the LINCC Catalog
• • Careers for Sports Nuts & Other Athletic Types
  • The Management of Clubs, Recreation, and Sport: Concepts and Applications
  • Nutrition in Sport
  • Pre-Exercise, Competition and Post-Exercise Nutrition for Maximum Performance
  • Routledge Handbook of Sports Sponsorship: Successful Strategies
  • Sport and Postmodern Times
  • Sport Marketing: Managing the Exchange Process
  • The Ultimate Guide to Sports Marketing
  • Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports
  
  
• The Digital Collection from Greenwood Electronic Media available through the LINCC Catalog provides a large quantity of electronic titles on a variety of subjects. Some of the life science titles include:
• • American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success
  • Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball, Revised and Expanded Edition
  • Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States
  • Professional Sports and Antitrust
  • Sports Economics: Current Research
  • Sports in the Lives of Children and Adolescents: Success on the Field and in Life
  
  
• The following titles are available from the Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
• • A Dictionary of Business and Management
  • A Dictionary of Human Resource Management
  • The Oxford Companion to the Body
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine

Periodicals & Databases

Magazines, newspapers and journals are available in print at all LSCC libraries and through online databases.

Finding Articles

Databases provide indexes for articles on a large variety of topics. LSCC has access to more than 70 databases on a range of topics. You can access databases alphabetically or by clicking on the subject categories below.

• General Databases provide articles on a wide variety of disciplines and usually provide sufficient information for most general research.
• Business & Economics Databases provide articles on management, marketing and other business topics.
• Health, Nursing and Medical Databases will provide articles about medical and health topics for both consumers and scientists. The databases will provide both background reference materials and in-depth research on medical topics.

To access LSCC Databases, login using your 14-digit library barcode number and PIN number (last four digits of your Social Security number).

Finding Magazines, Journals and Newspapers

If you know the name of a specific periodical, the Journal Finder search box below will tell you if it is available at one of the LSCC Libraries or through one of the databases.

Find Journal by Title:

Websites

Associations & Organizations

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Council on Exercise
• National Academy of Sports Medicine
• National Association for Girls & Women in Sport
• National Association for Sport & Physical Education
• National Athletic Trainers Association
• National Strength and Conditioning Association

Government Sites

• Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• Accessible Sports Facilities
• Recreational and Sports Safety Publications

Citation

Remember, plagiarism is a serious violation of LSCC's Academic Integrity policy, so you must cite any idea or direct quote imported from an outside source. The links below provide citation examples and formatting instructions.

• For APA and MLA citation styles, refer to the libraries' Citation Center for printable guides and other help with documentation. Ask a librarian for additional assistance.
• For other documentation styles, the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides good examples and instruction.