Research.gif INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION, and DANCE
Prepared by Kathryn Reynolds
Education & Human Services Librarian


ENCYCLOPEDIAS/DICTIONARIES/HANDBOOKS

  1. Print Resources

    Americans at Play: Demographics of Outdoor Recreation & Travel
    Dunbar Reference GV 191.4 .W45 1997

    College Basketball's National Championships: The Complete Record of Every Tournament Ever Played
    Dunbar Reference GV 885.45 .B74 1999

    Dance Words (dictionary)
    Dunbar Reference GV 1585 .P74 1995

    Dictionary of Concepts in Recreation and Leisure Studies
    Dunbar Reference ZGV 11 .S57 1990

    A Dictionary of Public Health Promotion and Education: Terms and Concepts
    Fordham Health Sciences Library Reference WA 590 .M691 1996

    The Dictionary of Sports: The Complete Guide. . .
    Dunbar Reference GV 567 .D53 1999

    A Dictionary of Sports Injuries and Disorders
    Fordham Health Sciences Library Reference QT 13 .P864 1996

    Educator's Guide to Free Health, Physical Education and Recreation Materials
    Dunbar Reference LB 1043 .Z92 E315 2000

    Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States
    Dunbar Reference GV 709.5 .E83 2000

    Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America
    Dunbar Reference GV 709 .E53 1998

    Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present (3 volumes)
    Dunbar Reference GV 567 .E56 1996

    The Folklore of American Holidays
    Dunbar Reference GT 4803 .F65 1999

    The Golfers Reference Dictionary Illustrated
    Dunbar Reference GV 961.3 .S95 1999

    The. . . Information Please Sports Almanac
    Dunbar Reference GV 741 .I58 2001

    International Encyclopedia of Dance (6 volumes)
    Dunbar Reference GV 1585 .I586 1998

    The McFarland Baseball Quotations Dictionary
    Dunbar Reference GV 707 .B34 2000

    The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding
    Dunbar Reference GV 546.5 .S383 1998

    Nutrition: A Reference Handbook
    Fordham Health Sciences Library Reference QU 39 .B458 1997

    Occupational Outlook Handbook
    Dunbar Reference Table 1 HF 5381 .A1 O36

    Ohio Nature Almanac. . .
    Dunbar Reference QH 105 .O3 O35 2000

    Oxford Companion to Sports & Games
    Dunbar Reference GV 207 .O93

    Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science and Medicine
    Dunbar Reference RC 1206 .O94 1998

    Reflections on Leisure, Play, and Recreation (quotations, maxims, etc.)
    Dunbar Reference GV 14 .R45 1997

    Research in Dance: A Guide to Resources
    Dunbar Reference GV 1594 .B67 1994

    Sports Leagues and Teams: An Encyclopedia, 1871 through 1996
    Dunbar Reference GV 583 .P655 1998

    Sports Market Place
    Dunbar Reference GV 1 .S66

    Sports Phone Book USA
    Dunbar Reference GV 583 .S72 1998

    The Sports Rules Book: Essential Rules for 54 Sports
    Dunbar Reference GV 731 .H85 1998

    Sports: The Complete Visual Reference
    Dunbar Reference GV 704 .S663 2000

    The Way to Play: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Games of the World
    Dunbar Reference GV 1201 .D48 1975

    Weightlifting Encyclopedia
    Dunbar Reference GV 546.3 .D74 1998

  2. Electronic Resources

    Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (from Bartleby.com)
    http://bartleby.com/107/

    Digest of Education Statistics
    http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2000/digest99/

    Health & Wellness Resource Center
    http://www.libraries.wright.edu/libnet/databases/local/hrc

    Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation (The Virtual Hospital)
    http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/AnatomicVariants/AnatomyHP.html

    Medical & Health Related Dictionaries, Glossaries, Directories, & Encyclopedias
    http://www.lib.auburn.edu/~madd/ALHeLA/dictionaries.html

    Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) (WSU only)
    http://www.libraries.wright.edu/libnet/databases/local/mmy/

    My Virtual Encyclopedia: Health and Medicine
    http://www.refdesk.com/health.html#top

    The Natural Remedies Encyclopedia
    http://www.pathlights.com/nr_encyclopedia/

    Occupational Outlook Handbook
    http://www.bls.gov/ocohome.htm

    The On-line Medical Dictionary
    http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/index.html

    Reference & Instruction: Wright State University Libraries
    http://www.libraries.wright.edu/libnet/referen/

    Statistical Abstract of the United States
    http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

    THOR: The Virtual Reference Desk
    http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html



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