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SPORT, LEISURE AND TOURISM INFORMATION SOURCES
Sport, Leisure and Tourism Information Sources
A guide for researchers
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By
Martin Scarrott, Subject librarian for Leisure & Tourism, University of North London and Publicity Officer for the Sport & Recreation Information Group (SPRIG)

Description
Sport, Leisure and Tourism is a practical guide to finding information, encouraging readers to make active use of libraries in their research. This book provides readers with an understanding of the major information search tools which are available. It is a starting point in the search for information which offers advice and indicates some of the major sources which are available. Sport, Leisure and Tourism Information Sources is aimed primarily at final year undergraduate and postgraduate students who are preparing a dissertation in the area of sport and leisure studies who need access to information sources. It is also ideal for academics for teaching purposes and practitioners in the sport and leisure industry needing to undertake research.

Audience
Final year undergraduate and postgraduate students; Practitioners in the sport and leisure industry; Librarians

Contents
An excursion in sport, leisure and tourism research; An introduction to the Internet as an information source for sport, leisure and tourism research; Using libraries for sport, leisure and tourism research; Journals as sources of information in sport, leisure and tourism; A guide to using bibliographies, abstracts and indexes; Finding out about statistics and market research; Finding and using official European Union information on sport, leisure and tourism; Sport, leisure and tourism organizations; Finding out about sport, leisure and tourism on video.

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 256 pages, publication date: JAN-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-3864-7
ISBN-10: 0-7506-3864-8
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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