Sport, leisure and tourism information sources : a guide for researchers / edited by Martin Scarrott.
Contributor(s): Scarrott, Martin
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999Description: xv, 267 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0750638648.Subject(s): Leisure industry -- Information resources | Leisure -- Information resources | Sports and tourism -- Information resources | Tourism -- Information resourcesDDC classification: 026.79 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 026.79 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00155587 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 026.79 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00079675 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sport, Leisure and Tourism is a practical guide to finding information, encouraging readers to make active use of libraries in their research. This book provides readers with an understanding of the major information search tools which are available. It is a starting point in the search for information which offers advice and indicates some of the major sources which are available. Sport, Leisure and Tourism Information Sources is aimed primarily at final year undergraduate and postgraduate students who are preparing a dissertation in the area of sport and leisure studies who need access to information sources. It is also ideal for academics for teaching purposes and practitioners in the sport and leisure industry needing to undertake research.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-256) and index.
An excursion in sport, leisure and tourism research: The changing face of research in sport, leisure and tourism / Bob Lentell -- An introduction to the internet as an information source for sport, leisure and tourism research / Martin Scarrott -- Using libraries for sport, leisure and tourism research / Karen King and Martin Scarrott -- Journals as sources of information in sport, leisure and tourism / David Airey, Geoff Cole and Ruth Mitchell -- A guide to using bibliographies, abstracts and indexes / Denise Harrison -- Finding out about statistics and market research / Sarah Ward and Wendy Luker -- Finding and using official european union information sources on sport, leisure and tourism / Bob Burns -- Sport, leisure and tourism organizations / C. Michael Hall -- Finding out about sport, leisure and tourism on vVideo / Lesley Gunter.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. vii)
- Introduction (p. ix)
- List of contributors (p. viii)
- 1 An excursion in sport, leisure and tourism research: the changing face of research in sport, leisure and tourism (p. 1)
- 2 An introduction to the Internet as an information source for sport, leisure and tourism research (p. 27)
- 3 Using libraries for sport, leisure and tourism research (p. 51)
- 4 Journals as sources of information in sport, leisure and tourism (p. 76)
- 5 A guide to using bibliographies, abstracts and indexes (p. 119)
- 6 Finding out about statistics and market research (p. 138)
- 7 Finding and using official European Union information sources on sport, leisure and tourism (p. 157)
- 8 Sport, leisure and tourism organizations (p. 197)
- 9 Finding out about sport, leisure and tourism on video (p. 232)
- Appendix A selection of books on sport, leisure and tourism (p. 253)
- Glossary of terms (p. 257)
- Index (p. 261)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Martin Scarrott is Subject Librarian for Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality Management at the University of North London. He is also Publicity Officer for the Sport and Recreation Information Group (SPRIG).Bob Lentell, Senior Lecturer in Leisure Management, University of North London.
Martin Scarrott, Subject Librarian for Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of North London.
Karen King, Information and Technology Officer, Humberts Leisure.
David Airey, Professor of Tourism Management, University of Surrey.
Geoff Cole, Subject Librarian for Tourism and Hospitality Management, Oxford Brookes University.
Ruth Mitchell, Assistant Librarian, University of Surrey.
Denise Harrison, Head of Lending Services, University of Sheffield.
Sarah Ward, Information Specialist, Sheffield Hallam University.
Wendy Luker, Information Adviser, Sheffield Hallam University.
Bob Burns, European Documentation Centre and Law Librarian, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.
C. Michael Hall, Centre for Tourism, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Lesley Gunter, Senior Sport and Leisure Librarian, Sheffield Libraries and Information Services.