Research Guide for Recreation and Leisure
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.
| Ref. GV11 .E55 2003 | Encyclopedia of Leisure and Outdoor Recreation |
| Ref. GV160 .C62 2000 | Careers in Recreation |
| Ref. GV181.35 .R68 2000 | Official Study Guide for the Certified Park and Recreation Professional Exam |
| Ref. GV436 .F53 2007 | Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook |
| Ref. GV567 .D53 1999 | Dictionary of Sports: the Complete Guide for TV Viewers, Spectators and Players |
| Ref. GV567 .E56 1996 | Encyclopedia of World Sport: from Ancient Times to the Present |
| Ref. GV734 .F545 1999 | Career Opportunities in the Sports Industry |
| Ref. GV867.64 .R52 2000 | Baseball: an Encyclopedia of Popular Culture |
| Ref. GV1585 .C78 2000 | Oxford Dictionary of Dance |
| Ref. GV1585 .I586 1998 |
International Encyclopedia of Dance |
| Ref. HN373 .E63 2001 | Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000 |
| Ref. HQ778.7 .U6 C3 2002 | Caring for our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards |
| Ref. HQ1061 .C315 2005 | Age and Ageing |
| Ref. QM23.2 .D73 2005 | Gray's Anatomy for Students |
| Ref. QM100 .M44 1998 | Melloni's Illustrated Dictionary of the Musculoskeletal System |
| Ref. QP84 .C26 1998 | Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development |
| Ref. QP141 .B523 2005 | CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition |
| Ref. RC628 .E53 2008 | Encyclopedia of Obesity |
| Ref. RM696.5 .Q53 2003 | Quick Reference Dictionary for Physical Therapy |
| Ref. RM735 .J345 2004 | Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy |
| Ref. RM736.7 .A48 2000 | Standards for Practice of Therapeutic Recreation and Self Assessment Guide |
| Ref. RM736.7 .A97 2001 | Glossary of Recreation Therapy and Occupational Therapy |
| Ref. RM736.7 .B87 2002 | Assessment Tools for Recreational Therapy and Related Fields |
| Ref. RM736.7 .T535 2000x | Therapeutic Recreation Internship Manual: Certification Based |
| Ref. RM930 .B87 2001 | Idyll Arbor's Therapy Dictionary |
| Ref. RS164 .F698 2006 | Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine |
| Ref. RT42 .H65 2005 | Holistic Nursing: a Handbook for Practice |
For additional resources, search the St. Joseph's College Libraries Online Catalog
Statistical Sources
| Ref. HA202 .U5 | Statistical Abstract of the United States |
| Ref. RA445 .U486 2001 | Healthy People 2010 |
| Ref. RA445 .W45 2000 | Best of Health: Demographics of Health Care Consumers |
Other Sources
| GV14 .L394 2002 | Leisure and Life Satisfaction: Foundational Perspectives |
| GV53 .G56 2003 | Fun and Games in Twentieth Century America: a Historical Guide to Leisure |
| GV174 .L46 2004 | Leisure Enhancement |
| GV181.43 .R67 2003 | Recreation Programming: Designing Leisure Experiences |
| GV709.2 .S52 2002 | Kids & Sports: Everything you and your Child Need to Know about Sports, Physical Activity, and Good Health |
| GV1588 .F73 2004 | Conditioning for Dance |
| KF3989 .S64 2003 | Law for Recreation and Sport Managers |
| KF3989 .S65 2002 | Sport, Physical Activity, and the Law |
| ML3920 .B37 2003 | Music Therapy and Leisure for Persons with Disabilities |
| ML3920 .M45 2004 | Melody Lingers on: a Complete Music Activities Program for Older Adults |
| RC489 .A7 H365 2003 | Handbook of Art Therapy |
| RC489 .A7 S365 2005 | Healing Flow: Artistic Expression in Therapy |
| RC489 .A7 S367 2005 | Little Windows into Art Therapy |
| RC953.8 .E93 P76 2002 | Promoting Exercise and Behavior Change in Older Adults |
| RJ505 .P6 S53 2006 | Short Term Play Therapy for Children |
| RM727 .T34 2006 | Tai Chi: Health for Life |
Sources for Recreation Articles
The following databases may be useful for this subject area. To use the following
databases on campus,
click on the Journal
Articles / Database link.
| Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) | Britannica Online | ERIC (EBSCO) |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale) | Health Reference Center (Gale) | HealthSource Nursing Acadmic (EBSCO) |
| Oxford Reference Online | PsycArticles (EBSCO) | Research Library (Proquest) |
| Wilson OmniFile |
Recreation Related Websites
| CDC Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity | Information on exercise, weight management and nutrition. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa |
| Disabled Sports USA | Disabled Sports USA is a nation-wide network of community-based chapters offering a variety of recreation programs. http://www.dsusa.org |
| Exercise and Physical Fitness | Overview, tutorials, dictionaries and more from the
National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/exerciseandphysicalfitness.html |
| PE Central | Web sites for health and physical educators http://www.pecentral.org |
| PE links4U | Gateway to resources for physical education, state standards,
coaching, health and fitness information. http://www.pelinks4u.org |
| Sports Safety | Basic overview and specific information from the National
Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sportssafety.html |
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