Recreation and leisure/tourism subject guide

Recreation and leisure studies/tourism

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 PER 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:

ABI/INFORM global
Academic Search Elite
CBCA
CINAHL
Elsevier Science
ERIC
Lexis-Nexis
PsycINFO
Sociological Abstracts
Sport Discus
Medline

Directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks (a selective list only)

Dictionary of concepts in recreation and leisure studies	REF GV 11 S57 1990
Dictionary of hospitality, travel and tourism	REF G 155 A1 M443 1990
Encyclopedia of 20th century American humor	REF PS 438 N55 2000
Handbook of tourism and leisure	REF G 155 G7 H35 1990
International encyclopedia of dance	REF GV 1585 I586 1998
Tourism market trends: the Americas 1986-1996	REF G 155 A1 T6485 1997
Travel geography and destinations	REF G 155 A1 T6566 1993
Travel industry world yearbook	REF G 155 A1 B54
Travel dictionary	REF G 155 A1 D47 1992
World travel guide	REF G 153 W67 1991

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