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(More Info)	Acadia Recreation and Leisure Online
Acadia Recreation and Leisure Online is a comprehensive listing of internet resources aimed at the recreation and leisure profession. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
AAHPERD is an alliance of six national associations, six district associations, and a research consortium which support healthy lifestyles through high quality programs. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	American Council on Exercise
Under the "Get Fit" section of the site free exercises, recipes, and discussion boards with fitness professionals are available. A FitKids section is provided for young people Read the full annotation

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APA PsycINFO (ProQuest)

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CINAHL Plus with Fulltext (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) (EBSCO)

(More Info)	Encyclopedia of Health & Behavior
Designed with the overarching goal to collect together in a single resource the knowledge generated by this interdisciplinary field, highlighting the links between science and practice. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Encyclopedia of Sports Science
Explains sports from a physiological perspective. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	ERIC (EBSCO)
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is essential tool for education researchers of all kinds. Read the full annotation

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ERIC (ProQuest)

(More Info)	Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook
Provides basic information on fitness and exercise. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Grey House Performing Arts Directory
A comprehensive resource covering the Performing Arts. Provides current information for over 8,500 dance companies, orchestras, opera companies, choral groups, theater companies, performing arts series, performing arts facilities, and artist management groups. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Health Fitness Instructor's Handbook
This work provides the latest information on the fundamentals of fitness, exercise physiology, and biomechanics. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides access to hundreds of full-text scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines, specifically nursing and allied health. Coverage for this database extends from 1958 - present. Read the full annotation

History of American Physical Education and Sport

Information Please Sports Almanac

(More Info)	International Dictionary of Ballet
750 entries covering individual artists (dancers, choreographers, composers, teachers, etc), individual ballets, and ballet companies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	International Dictionary of Modern Dance
The International Dictionary of Modern Dance covers all aspects of modern dance through biographies, essays, and overviews of dance development around the world. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	International Encyclopedia of Dance
A project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc. covering individual artists, companies, choreographers and choreographed works, as well as types of dance, music for dance, scenic and costume design, theories of aesthetics and methodologies, and dance films. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
In three volumes, the work provides unique international and historical coverage of women's sports from earliest recorded times to the dawn of the twenty-first century. Read the full annotation

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MEDLINE (FirstSearch)

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MEDLINE (Integrated with Web of Science)

(More Info)	Mental Measurements Yearbook
Contains overviews, descriptions and one or more reviews of many English language standardized tests of educational skills, personality, psychological traits, and related areas. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Music and Dance of the World's Religions: a Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography..
Contains some 3,800 references, most briefly annotated, to English-language print resources published mainly since the 1970s, including books and book sections, journal articles, dissertations, and entries in dictionaries and encyclopedias. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	National Library of Medicine Gateway
An entry point for searching the many valuable resources at the NLM. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	National Park Service
The web site provides numerous links under four main headings: Parks & Recreation; History & Culture; Nature & Science; Interpretation & Science. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	North American Society for Sport History
The North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) supports local, national, and international organizations for the purpose of encouraging study and research in the history of sport. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Dictionary of Dance
Ranging from the history of music to the changing design of the ballet shoe, the ODD is a comprehensive dictionary compiled by two leading authorities on dance. Read the full annotation

Parks Directory of the United States

(More Info)	PE Central
A health and physical education Web site for physical education teachers, parents, and students, with the goal to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	PubMed Central (PMC)
PubMed Central (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). It contains more than 5 million full-text records, spanning several centuries of biomedical and life science research, from the late 1700s to present. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Recreation and Entertainment Industries: an Information Sourcebook
This work focuses on locating business information through references to unique databases and publications. Read the full annotation

Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)

(More Info)	Sports - a Reference Guide and Critical Commentary, 1980-1999
Twelve chapters deal with unique topics related to sports. Each chapter concludes with a detailed bibliography. Read the full annotation

Sports and Physical Education : a Guide to the Reference Resources

(More Info)	Sports Ethics - a Reference Handbook
Surveys the ethical problems that plague modern-day American and international sports. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Sports Injuries Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information about the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Common Sports-Related Injuries in Children and Adults
Covers trends in the field, common injuries, those associated with specific sports, diagnosis and treatment, conditioning and training, and prevention. Read the full annotation

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Sports Medicine and Education Index (ProQuest)

(More Info)	Sports, Everyone!: Recreation and Sports for the Physically Challenged of all Ages
Focusing on participation and aimed at the estimated 43 million disabled people in America today, this directory combines personal testimony with useful directory-style information covering a variety of areas. Read the full annotation

Student/Athlete Educational Foundation

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Web of Science

(More Info)	Y-Coach Youth Coaching Information
This Web site contains information pertaining to the coaching of various sports. Read the full annotation

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