Physical education subject guide

Physical education subject guide

Reserve collection
Check Reserves course or by professor in the Brock Library Catalogue.

Searching the Brock Library Catalogue
Select the subject and/or the keyWORDS search options in the Brock Library Catalogue.Refer to the Library of Congress volumes in order to identify appropriate headings and related terms for a subject search. For a keyWORDS search, enter word(s) from the title, subject, corporate author or notes. If your search retrieves too many items, use the limit option. For further assistance, please inquire at the Reference Information Desk.

Indexes and abstracts (to find journal articles)

Canadian periodical index	REF PER A1 3 C344
Education index	REF PER L11 E3
Physical education index	REF PE GV 201 P534
Leisure, recreation and tourism abstracts	REF PER GV 191.6 R86
Social sciences index	REF PER H1 S65

Select Databases on the Brock Library Home Page to access the following:

Canadian Education Index
CBCA
CINAHL
Elsevier Science
ERIC
General Science Index
Lexis-Nexis (Genmed and Medline)
PsycINFO
Sociological Abstracts
Sport Discus
Medline

Bibliographies (a selective list only)

Annotated bibliography of dance/movement therapy	REF RC 489 D3 F53 1993
Benefits of exercise: the evidence	REF QP 301 F45 1990
Greek and roman athletics: a bibliography	REF GV 613 S346 1984
Social issues in contemporary sport: a resource guide	REF GV 706.5 W57 1994
Women in sport: an annotated bibliography and resource guide, 1900- 1990	REF GV 709 R456 1991

Directories and handbooks (a selective list only)

Comprehensive directory of sports addresses	REF GV 563 K56 1990
Directory of psychological tests in the sport and exercise sciences	REF GV 706.4 D57 1996
Kirby's guide to fitness and motor performance tests	REF QP 301 K55 1991
Oxford textbook of sports medicine	REF RC 1210 096 1994
Sports science handbook	REF GV 558 J456 1990
World sport psychology sourcebook	REF GV 706.4 S256 1991

Dictionaries and encyclopedias (a selective list only)

Cambridge encyclopedia of human growth and development	REF QP 84 C26 1998
Dictionary of the sport and exercise sciences	REF GV 558 D53 1991
Encyclopedia of North American sports history	REF GV 567 H518 1992
Encyclopedia of physical education, fitness, and sports	REF GV 11 E588 v. 1-4
Encyclopedia of sports science	REF GV 588 E53 1997
Encyclopedia of women and sports	REF GV 709 S44 1996
Encyclopedia of world sport	REF GV 567 E56 1996
International encyclopedia of dance	REF GV 1585 I586 1998

Internet resources
Select subject resources -->physical education and recreation from the Brock Library Home Page http://www.brocku.ca/library/research/physed/physed.htm