Sports Studies: Reference

Reference materials are helpful starting places if you want:

1. To browse for research ideas.
2. Help with focusing your topic.
3. General information about a topic, person, place, or an event.
4. More resources that provide bibliographies – which will lead to additional books and articles to look at.

Browse Call Numbers GV for Sports Resources like:
Encyclopedia of World Sport (Reference Room GV567.E56 1996)

Browse Call Number R for Medicine & Health Resources like:
Wellness Encyclopedia (Reference Room RA776 .W436 1991)

Online Sources (see box at right for more sources)

Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary

Taber's Cyclopedia Medical Dictionary

Encyclopedia of Women's Health

Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior

Encyclopedia of Human Development

The Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to it's Structure, Function, and Disorders

Search multiple reference sources at once!

Credo Reference contains hundreds of fully searchable reference titles, including many medical and health resources. 

Sage eReference is a collection of reference texts in the social sciences. Titles cover diverse topics including Encyclopedia of Health &
Behavior  and Encyclopedia of Human Development.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online is the searchable content of the printed set. Added content includes images and video.

Statistics Research Guide has links to a multitude of online data and statistics resources, including US Federal agencies & publications.