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First Year Seminars:
Social Issues in Sport

This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on the topic of social issues in sport.

Background Information Sources

Facts on File Encyclopedia Black Women in America	REF E185.96 .F2 1996
Outstanding Women Athletes	REF GV697.A1 .W69 1998
Sports Matters: Race, Recreation, and Culture	REF GV706.32 .S75 2002
Controversies of the Sports World	REF GV706.5 .P88 1999
Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America	REF GV709 .E53 1998
International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports (3 volumes)	REF GV709 .I58 2000
The Ultimate Guide to Sports Marketing	REF GV713 .G62 2001
Handbook on Mass Media in the United States	REF P92.U5 H36 1994
Essentials of Sports Nutrition	REF TX361 .A8 B74 2002

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers GV (Sports and Recreation), P90-P96 (Mass Media), TX360-TX370 (Diet and Nutrition).

sports social aspects	sports media	athletes	sports nutrition
sports ethical aspects	sociological aspects	athletics	sports health
sports discrimination	social conditions	mass media	children sports

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
CQ Researcher: in-depth reports on current, hot, and controversial topics.
LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.
General Reference Center/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles

Internet Resources

Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from the Web Resources page, follow links for Health Care and Community Health.