Guide to Sources in RECREATION,
SPORT, and TOURISM

JOURNALS

Journals currently received in the ALS Library, plus a few others, are listed below. Index sources follow each entry in parentheses; see database list below. Those with a bullet (·) are also available online at http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/index.php?mode=J.

ACHPER healthy lifestyles journal [Australian Council for Health, P.E. & Recreation] (LRT, PE, SP)

• Annals of tourism research (CC, LRT, SA)
• Aquatics international (SP)
  Athletic administration (PE, SP)
  Athletic business (PE, SP)
  Australian parks and recreation (LRT, SP)
  CAHPERD journal [Canadian Association for Health, PE, Recreation and Dance] (LRT, PE, SP)
  
• Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly (LRT) in ACES Library
  Employee services management (SP)
  
• Event management: an international journal - formerly Festival management & event tourism (LRT)
• Grounds maintenance IAPD-IPRA connection - formerly Leisure review
  Illinois environmental education update
  Illinois journal of health, physical education, recreation and dance (PE, SP)
  
• Illinois parks and recreation
  In touch [Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation] (SP)
  
• Information technology & tourism
• International Journal of hospitality management (LRT) ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE
  International Journal of sport management
  
• International Journal of tourism research (LRT) ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE
  Interscholastic athletic administration (PE, SP)
  
• JOPERD [See: Journal of physical education, recreation and dance]
  Journal of applied recreation research - title changed to Leisure (LRT, SP)
  
• Journal of environmental education (LRT, PA)
  Journal of leisurability (LRT, PE, SP)
  
• Journal of leisure research (PE, SP, LRT)
• Journal of park and recreation administration (LRT, PE, SP)
  Journal of physical education, New Zealand (PE, SP)
  
• Journal of physical education, recreation and dance [JOPERD] (DP, LRT, PE, SL, SP)
• Journal of safety research (CC, PA, SA)
• Journal of sport management (LRT, PE, SA, SP)
• Journal of travel and tourism marketing (LRT, SA, SP)
• Journal of travel research (LRT)
  Leisure/Loisir - formerly Journal of applied recreation research (LRT, SP)
  Leisure manager (LRT, SA, SP)
  Leisure review - title changed to IAPD-IPRA connection
  
• Leisure sciences (CC, LRT, PA, SP)
• Leisure studies (PE, SP, LRT)
  Loisir et société/Society & leisure (CC, LRT, SA, SP)
  
• Managing leisure: an international journal (SP)
  NAIA news [National Assn of Intercollegiate Athletics] (SP)
  NCAA news [National Collegiate Athletic Association] (SP)
  
• National parks (BA, BD, SP, SR)
  Nature conservancy
  Newsletter [Association for the study of play]
  
• Outdoor Illinois
  Park and grounds management [Publication ceased] (SP)
  
• Park science
• Parks and recreation (LRT, PE, SP)
  Parks and recreation Canada (LRT, SP)
  Recreation and parks law reporter (SP)
  Recreation executive report [no longer receiving current issues]
  Society and leisure [See: Loisir et société]
  
• Sport marketing quarterly (SP, PE)
• Sports business research network [SBR net] ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE
  Therapeutic recreation journal (PE, SP)
  
• Tourism analysis: an interdisciplinary journal(LRT)
• Tourism, culture, and communication
• Tourism geographies (LRT)
• Tourism management: research, policies, & planning (CC, LRT)
  Visions in leisure and business
  
• World leisure journal(LRT)
  World leisure and recreation (LRT, SP)
  

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KEY TO INDEX CODES

The following indexes are available through the UIUC Library Gateway (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/index.php?mode=A).

• CC -- Current Contents
• HT -- Hospitality and Tourism Index
• LRT -- Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts (online as CAB Abstracts)
• PA -- Psychological Abstracts (online as PsycInfo)
• PE -- Physical Education Index
• SA -- Sociological Abstracts
• SBR -- Sports Business Research Network
• SP -- Sport Discus

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Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings are an alphanumeric classification system used by libraries to arrange library materials by subject headings. To take advantage of the LCSH in the Illinet Online Catalog, enter one of the following terms and hit "subject heading." A list of subcategories, along with a link to their related materials, will be provided.

• Leisure
• Leisure Industry
• Recreation
• Tourism
• Sports administration

**Consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings for further subject combinations.

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Selected Dewey Call Numbers

• 309.136--Recreation Surveys
• 338.4-----Tourism
• 711-------Area Planning
• 719-------Planning Natural Landscape Reserves
• 790-------Recreation, Overview and Administration

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Starting Points for Research on the Internet

• ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS
  http://www.ILparks.org/
  Contains links to park districts; an online buyer's guide; grant information; news, research, publications; the official association website.
• ILLINOIS PARK & RECREATION ASSOCIATION
  http://www.il-ipra.org/
  Professional association and advocacy group devoted to serving the leisure needs of society. Links to many other agencies and resources.
• LIFESTYLE INFORMATION NETWORK
  http://www.lin.ca/
  Developed with support from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation and the Fitness Program of Health Canada. Can search the National Recreation Database, and the LIN full text database. Also allows searching web sites by category including tourism, parks, and government. Requires free registration.
• NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION
  http://www.nrpa.org
• NCAA NEWS
  http://www2.ncaa.org/media_and_events/association_news/
• ACADEMY OF LEISURE SCIENCES
  http://www.academyofleisuresciences.org/index.html
• WORLD LEISURE
  http://www.worldleisure.org
• THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
  http://www.nps.gov/

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New Books on Recreation, Sport, and Tourism in the ALS Library

An acquisitions list, arranged by broad subject area, is produced quarterly. It is available in print format in the ALS Library, and an electronic version, with archived past issues, is available on the ALS Library's website at http://www.library.uiuc.edu/alx/acq.htm.

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