Sport, Leisure and Tourism Information Sources

A guide for researchers
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-17659-1
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scarrott, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Scarott is Director of Information Services at St Mary's University, UK.