Position Paper - Starting Points - FTS: Leisure Quest - Research Guides at Gustavus Adolphus College

Key Journals

Journal of Leisure Research

Leisure Sciences

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Consumer Society

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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology - Ref Q 121 .M3 2012, 20 vols.
Covers topics in the sciences in detail, giving technical discussions fully illustrated with charts, diagrams, and photographs.
International Encyclopedia of Communication - Ref P87.5 .I58 2008
12 vols. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2008. A multidisciplinary compilation of essays on communication, ranging from human-computer interaction to art as a means of communication to communications theory. Each essay is followed by a bibliography of selected sources for further research.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
A good place to start research on most any subject. This multi-disciplinary database indexes nearly 8,050 publications and provides full text for nearly 4,600, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed journals. Access is provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).
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Indexes over 500 scholarly journals published by SAGE in a range of disciplines, including many social sciences titles. Includes current full text for over 30 journals and back issues for hundreds of journals. Many journals include full backfiles - back to 1960s or earlier. To search articles by discipline, click "Browse" > "Journals by discipline."

Gender

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Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender - Ref HQ16 .E52 2007
Broad theoretical essays address issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level; others examine issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and nation; of sexuality and the body; of social institutions and the structures of representation - all through the lens of gender.
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender - Ref HQ 1115 .E52 2001b
Provides long, in-depth articles on topics on current research about the psychology of women and gender. Includes topics such as gender and achievement, aging, child care, and body image concerns.
International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities - Ref HQ 1090 .I58 2007
This Encyclopedia offers entries related to scholarship about men, masculinities, and gender around the world and across three dimensions: areas of personal and social life, academic disciplines, and cultural and historical contexts and formations.

Academic Search Premier
A good place to start research on most any subject. This multi-disciplinary database indexes nearly 8,050 publications and provides full text for nearly 4,600, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed journals. Access is provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).
Sage Premier
Indexes over 500 scholarly journals published by SAGE in a range of disciplines, including many social sciences titles. Includes current full text for over 30 journals and back issues for hundreds of journals. Many journals include full backfiles - back to 1960s or earlier. To search articles by discipline, click "Browse" > "Journals by discipline."

Sexuality

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Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America - Ref HQ 76.3 .U5 E53 2004
Offers in depth articles on over 500 topics related to GLBT history, including events, communities, individuals, professions, legal issues, and topics such as "coming out," "closet," and "gay liberation."
International Encyclopedia of Sexuality - Ref HQ21 .I68 1997
Covers issues of sexuality by country.

Academic Search Premier
A good place to start research on most any subject. This multi-disciplinary database indexes nearly 8,050 publications and provides full text for nearly 4,600, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed journals. Access is provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).
Sage Premier
Indexes over 500 scholarly journals published by SAGE in a range of disciplines, including many social sciences titles. Includes current full text for over 30 journals and back issues for hundreds of journals. Many journals include full backfiles - back to 1960s or earlier. To search articles by discipline, click "Browse" > "Journals by discipline."

Ethnicity, Race, and Social Class

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Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies - Ref GN 495.6 .C37 2004
This reference work covers many aspects of race and ethnic studies - rrom Aboriginal Australians to xenophobia, Nelson Mandela to Richard Wagner, sexuality to racial profiling, the encyclopedia is organized alphabetically and reflects cultural diversity in a global context.
Working Americans 1880-1999 - Ref HD 8066 .D47 2000
A compilation of social history, providing profiles of average families and primary sources organized chronologically. The first three volumes of this series cover the working class, middle class, and upper class. Further volumes focus on childrenk, women at work, social movements, immigration, and more.

Annual Review of Sociology
Annual volume of review essays that examine an issue in depth and provide a review of relevant research.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of journals, academic eBooks, images, and primary sources. JSTOR provides book and journal content from the date of initial publication up to a "moving wall" of 3 to 5 years before the present year.
Sage Premier
Indexes over 500 scholarly journals published by SAGE in a range of disciplines, including many social sciences titles. Includes current full text for over 30 journals and back issues for hundreds of journals. Many journals include full backfiles - back to 1960s or earlier. To search articles by discipline, click "Browse" > "Journals by discipline."

Other Side of Leisure

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Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior - Ref HV 6017 .E53 2001
Covers history and theory, crime, sexual deviance, and self-destructive behaviors in substantial, scholarly essays.
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior - Ref HV 5804 .E53 2009
Includes articles on crime and alcohol, crime and drugs, legal aspects of drug abuse, specific drugs, physiological aspects of addiction, and more.

Academic Search Premier
A good place to start research on most any subject. This multi-disciplinary database indexes nearly 8,050 publications and provides full text for nearly 4,600, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed journals. Access is provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).
Sage Premier
Indexes over 500 scholarly journals published by SAGE in a range of disciplines, including many social sciences titles. Includes current full text for over 30 journals and back issues for hundreds of journals. Many journals include full backfiles - back to 1960s or earlier. To search articles by discipline, click "Browse" > "Journals by discipline."

Sports

Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies - Ref GV567 .E483 2006
This 3 volume set provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the science, social science and medicine of sport. Organized alphabetically, the set covers topics such as: sports economics, sports history, resistance training, diagnosis of sports injuries, cross training, projectile motion, metabolism, overview, motivation, overview, muscle tension length relationship.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics - Ref HB 61 .N49 2008
A scholarly and thorough 8-volume encyclopedia that defines and explores the meaning of terms and concepts in economics.

Business Source Premier
This business research database contains industry and company profiles, market research reports, and academic journals, magazine, and trade publications. Access provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).
SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Covers all aspects of sport and fitness. Contains bibliographic references to international practical and research literature in sport, physical fitness, active living, and physical education. Contains over 650,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800. Provides full text for more than 440 journals. NOTE: Access is limited to four simultaneous users.

Arts

Dictionary of Art - Ref N 31 .D5 1996
An exhaustive encyclopedia of world art, containing articles written by scholars on artists, movements, works, and subjects, each followed by a selective bibliography.
International Encyclopedia of Dance - Ref GV 1585 .I586 1998 (6 vols.)
Covers dance of all kinds, including folk, modern, and ballet. More than twenty years in the making, this reference work is the most complete in the field. Includes biographical information on dancers and choreographers, articles covering styles of dance, country studies, information on companies, organizations, works, and definitions of dance terms.

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A good place to start research on most any subject. This multi-disciplinary database indexes nearly 8,050 publications and provides full text for nearly 4,600, including more than 3,900 peer-reviewed journals. Access is provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Knowledge) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Fully covers over 2,300 arts and humanities journals, and also includes some individually selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals. Some of the disciplines covered include archaeology, linguistics, art, literature, music, philosophy, dance, history, religion and theater.
Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online) This link opens in a new window
The online counterpart to the New Grove Dictionary of Music, this reference source contains articles on composers, performers, styles, genres, world music, instruments, and much more. This title is available through Oxford Music Online and can be cross-searched with The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music. The print version is also available in the reference collection. Note: This resource is limited to one user at a time.

Market Sector

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New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics - Ref HB 61 .N49 2008
A scholarly and thorough 8-volume encyclopedia that defines and explores the meaning of terms and concepts in economics.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
This business research database contains industry and company profiles, market research reports, and academic journals, magazine, and trade publications. Access provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts to articles from more than 1300 international journals in psychology and related fields, going back to 1840. Covers all areas of psychology, including experimental, developmental, communications, social processes and issues, personality, physical and psychological disorders, professional issues, applied psychology, educational psychology, and behavioral literature in such related fields as law, business and medicine. Also includes citations for books and chapters.
Sage Premier This link opens in a new window
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FTS: Leisure Quest: Position Paper - Starting Points

Key Journals

Consumer Society

Gender

Sexuality

Ethnicity, Race, and Social Class

Other Side of Leisure

Sports

Arts

Market Sector

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