The Holland and Terrell Libraries contain resources for students and faculty interested in the social science aspects of kinesiology and leisure studies. If you have any social science-oriented questions not answered on this page or the WSU Libraries website, please contact Lorena O'English. People interested in K-12 physical education may want to check out WSU's Brain Education Library or review Education librarian Scott Walter's Starting Your Research in Physical Education page. For questions about sport studies at WSU, please see the College of Education's Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology website.

Library Resources

• Library Catalogs

  • GRIFFIN. Griffin, the WSU Libraries catalog, includes holdings for all WSU libraries on the Pullman campus and across the state. Please note: electronic journals and other "virtual" publications are included in the catalog.
  • SUMMIT. Use Summit to search the holdings of the libraries of the six public universities in Washington state as well as colleges and universities in Oregon, and request books to be delivered to you at a WSU Libraries circulation desk within three working days. If you don't find a book you are looking for in our catalog, click on the "Search Summit" button at the top of your search results page. You can also search Summit directly through Griffin. (More info...)
  • OCLC WorldCat. This "catalog of catalogs" includes the holdings of thousands of libraries in the United States and elsewhere. WSU-affiliated users can use InterLibrary Loan to get access to resources that you find that are not available through Griffin or Summit.

• Indexes, Abstracts and Other Databases

  • SportDiscus. Indexes the practical and research literature on sport, physical fitness and physical education. Covers 1975-present. Database also provides access to HERACLES, a French sports database (1975-2000) , ATLANTES, a Spanish sports database (1980-1996) and the Catalogue du Musee Olympique (1993-current).
  • Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts 1981-current
    HolRef GV182.2 .R87x

    Physical Education Index 1970 - current (covers dance, health, physical therapy, recreation, sports and sports medicine)

    GV201 .P58x Loc WSU Holland and Terrell Ref-Table-B

    Academic Search Complete (EBSCO). Index to magazine and journal articles, often with full text.

    Article 1st and Electronic Collections Online are other good general sources to search.

    ERIC. Over 800,000 references to thousands of educational topics; Includes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. Covers 1966 - present ; updated monthly.

    Education Abstracts. Full-text database of articles from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the U.S. and elsewhere. Subjects include administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, government funding, and more. Covers 1983 - present; updated monthly.

    PsycInfo: Citations with abstracts to articles in over 2,100 psychology research journals as well as dissertations and research reports; contains full text of 50 APA journals from 1894 on. Covers 1800s - present. Print version, Psychological Abstracts, is available covering 1927-1998; see Griffin for location.

    MedLine. Includes citations and abstracts to articles in over 3400 medical journals, with some full-text links. Covers 1966-present; full citations updated weekly, with brief temporary citations (Pre-Medline) updated daily.

    General Science Index. Index to articles covering such subjects as psychology, anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health, and much more. Includes articles, reviews, biographical sketches, and letters to the editor. Covers 1984 - present; updated monthly.

    Sociological Abstracts. Citations with abstracts to articles on all aspects of sociology, social work, and other social sciences. Covers 1963-present; updated 6 times a year.

    Lexis-Nexis. Provides access to a wide range of sources, including full-text legal information and full-text and abstracted information from newspapers, magazines, company annual reports, news and business magazines, and more. Dates of coverage vary according to source.

    Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts). Citations for U.S. (and some Canadian) dissertations 1861- present. Includes abstracts for dissertations published from 1980-present (some recent dissertations offer a 24-page preview). Also includes citations and abstracts for master's theses from 1988-present.

    Social Sciences Index 1974-current. HOLREF AI3 S632 Note: Earlier access to social sciences literature is available from the Social Sciences and Humanities Index from 1965-1974 and the International Index from 1907-1965. A full list of databases available through the WSU Libraries is available on the Article Indexes/E-journals page.

• Reference Books

  The Holland and Terrell Libraries' reference section (HOLREF) is on the first floor, behind the Reference Desk. This is a small sampling of the many resources available to you at the WSU Libraries:
  • Dictionary of Concepts in Recreation and Leisure Studies
    HOLREF GV11 .S57 1990

    The Encyclopedia of Sports Science

    HOLREF GV558 .E53 1997 (2 vols.)

    The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia

    HOLREF GV885.7 .O44 1994

    The International Encyclopedia of Dance

    HOLREF GV1585 .I586 1998 (6 vols.)

    A Cumulative Index to the Biographical Dictionary of American Sports

    HOLREF GV697.A1 P576 1993 (

    National Sports Policies: An International Handbook

    HOLREF GV706.35 .N38 1996

    ASCM's Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines

    HOLREF GV429 .A45 1997

    The Sports Summit Sports Business Directory 2000

    HOLREF GV583 .S683

    Comprehensive Guide to Sports Skills Tests and Measurements

    HOLREF GV436 .C58

    Directory of Psychology Tests in the Sport and Exercise Sciences

    HOLREF GV706.4 .D57 1996

Electronic Journals

WSU Libraries list electronic journal holdings in two locations:

1. Electronic journals can be found by doing a title search in the library's catalog, Griffin. Journals that are available electronically will have hypertext links directly to the journal or to the full-text database that contains the journal.
2. You can also search the A-to-Z Electronic Journals List, among which are:
   • Advances in Physiology Education 1997+
   • The British Journal of Sports Medicine 1998+
   • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology Requires personal login; 1995+
   • Journal of Sport and Social Issues 1999+
   • Leisure Studies 1996+
   • Leisure Sciences1999+
   • Psychology of Sport and Exercise Requires personal login; 2000+
   • Academic Search Complete includes a number of full text journal articles

Internet Links

• Scholarly Sports Sites: A Subject Directory. "This [searchable] subject directory brings together the websites which will assist the serious sports researcher, kinesiology librarian, sport information specialist, college/university student and faculty. " This is an extremely extensive listing.
• SportQuest
• Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health. "This report brings together, for the first time, what has been learned about physical activity and health from decades of research."
• American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education
• American College of Sports Medicine
• North American Society for Sport Management
• Exercise and Sport Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association
• National Athletic Trainers Association
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• National Association for Sport and Physical Education
• About.com: Sports
• Women's History Resources: Women in Sports from the St. Lawrence County Branch of the AAUW.
• Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society
• The North American Society for Sport History
• Forum for the Analysis of Sport Technology (FAST)

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