Resources
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Databases
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Coverage: 1980 to present (Some full text)
Provides medical, health, and nutrition information from reference sources as well as full-text magazines, journals, pamphlets and web sites from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources.
Coverage: 1980 to present (Some full text)
Provides medical, health, and nutrition information from reference sources as well as full-text magazines, journals, pamphlets and web sites from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources.
Leisure Tourism
Coverage: 1979 to present (Index)
Contains citations with abstracts to current journal and other published literature relating to leisure, recreation and tourism activities and associated facilities and allied topics.
» User Guide
Coverage: 1979 to present (Index)
Contains citations with abstracts to current journal and other published literature relating to leisure, recreation and tourism activities and associated facilities and allied topics.
» User Guide
Physical Education Index
Coverage: 1970-present
Includes curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, sport sociology/psychology, health education and physical therapy.
Coverage: 1970-present
Includes curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, sport sociology/psychology, health education and physical therapy.
Proquest Science & Technology
Coverage: 1970 to present
Includes Physical Education Index, ProQuest Career and Technical Education: Science & Technology, ProQuest Computing and Proquest Research Library: Science & Technology. These databases provide access to content ranging from physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, health education and physical therapy as well as vocational information focused on computing, science and technology.
Coverage: 1970 to present
Includes Physical Education Index, ProQuest Career and Technical Education: Science & Technology, ProQuest Computing and Proquest Research Library: Science & Technology. These databases provide access to content ranging from physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, health education and physical therapy as well as vocational information focused on computing, science and technology.
SPORTDiscus
Coverage: 1949 to present (Some full text)
Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines.
» User Guide
Coverage: 1949 to present (Some full text)
Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines.
» User Guide
Dictionaries
A Dictionary of Sports Studies
This dictionary contains over 1,100 entries covering the social, political, economic, and cultural theory of sport, as well as entries relating to exercise, preparation, and performance psychology, and key scientific terms, including nutrition and anatomy.
This dictionary contains over 1,100 entries covering the social, political, economic, and cultural theory of sport, as well as entries relating to exercise, preparation, and performance psychology, and key scientific terms, including nutrition and anatomy.
Dictionary of Sport and Exercise Science
This dictionary provides a basic vocabulary of terms used in sport and exercise science.
This dictionary provides a basic vocabulary of terms used in sport and exercise science.
Food and Fitness: A Dictionary of Diet and Exercise
Coverage: First published 1997 (updated 2003)
This dictionary enables users to evaluate the claims made about different diets and types of exercise. It covers all matters relating to diet and exercise including diet methods, food supplements, sex and exercise, sports injuries, anatomy, energy-related terms, exercises for improving strength, flexibility, stamina, weight control, training methods and principles, calorie requirements of different activities, and much more.
Coverage: First published 1997 (updated 2003)
This dictionary enables users to evaluate the claims made about different diets and types of exercise. It covers all matters relating to diet and exercise including diet methods, food supplements, sex and exercise, sports injuries, anatomy, energy-related terms, exercises for improving strength, flexibility, stamina, weight control, training methods and principles, calorie requirements of different activities, and much more.
Oxford Dictionary of Dance
This dictionary offers wide coverage of dancers, choreographers, teachers, composers, technical terms, major works, important films, and organisations involved in the dance world. It embraces the new activity within traditional forms like ballet as well as the stream of new dance languages invented by fresh generations of choreographers and the many dance forms imported from the rest of the world.
This dictionary offers wide coverage of dancers, choreographers, teachers, composers, technical terms, major works, important films, and organisations involved in the dance world. It embraces the new activity within traditional forms like ballet as well as the stream of new dance languages invented by fresh generations of choreographers and the many dance forms imported from the rest of the world.
SAGE Dictionary of Sports Studies
The SAGE Dictionary of Sports Studies brings a timely, much-needed, and comprehensive tool for all students in this multi-disciplinary field. Each entry provides a basic definition, a guide to research themes, and a clear account of the relevance of the concept in understanding sport.
The SAGE Dictionary of Sports Studies brings a timely, much-needed, and comprehensive tool for all students in this multi-disciplinary field. Each entry provides a basic definition, a guide to research themes, and a clear account of the relevance of the concept in understanding sport.
Encyclopedias
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports contextualises extreme sports, especially their key component—risk—from a number of disciplinary perspectives including history, sociology, psychology, theology and physiology.
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports contextualises extreme sports, especially their key component—risk—from a number of disciplinary perspectives including history, sociology, psychology, theology and physiology.
Encyclopedia of Leisure and Outdoor Recreation
Key reference guide for the exploration of leisure and outdoor recreation. Reflects the multidisciplinarity of these fields and contextualises the leading research and knowledge about leisure and outdoor recreation concepts, theories and practices.
Key reference guide for the exploration of leisure and outdoor recreation. Reflects the multidisciplinarity of these fields and contextualises the leading research and knowledge about leisure and outdoor recreation concepts, theories and practices.
Encyclopedia of Play in Today’s Society
Explores questions of psychology, learning theory, game theory, and history in depth. Approximately 450 entries describe both adult and childhood play and games in dozens of cultures around the world and throughout history.
Explores questions of psychology, learning theory, game theory, and history in depth. Approximately 450 entries describe both adult and childhood play and games in dozens of cultures around the world and throughout history.
International Encyclopedia of Dance
A six volume encyclopedia documenting all types of dance, including theatrical, ritual dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance from around the world and throughout history.
A six volume encyclopedia documenting all types of dance, including theatrical, ritual dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance from around the world and throughout history.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
An encyclopedia covering all the fields in the social and behavioural sciences. Comprises 4,000 articles, commissioned by 52 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
An encyclopedia covering all the fields in the social and behavioural sciences. Comprises 4,000 articles, commissioned by 52 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
Websites
Age Concern
Age Concern works to promote the rights, wellbeing and quality of life of older people, koroua and kuia in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Age Concern works to promote the rights, wellbeing and quality of life of older people, koroua and kuia in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Australian & New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies (ANZALS)
ANZALS was established in 1991 to provide a forum for Australian and New Zealand academics, researchers and professionals with an interest in leisure research and scholarship.
ANZALS was established in 1991 to provide a forum for Australian and New Zealand academics, researchers and professionals with an interest in leisure research and scholarship.
Dance Aotearoa New Zealand
DANZ, the national organisation for New Zealand dance, aims to develop the long term health and growth of New Zealand dance and increase its public profile by providing information, services and resources for, and working with, the dance industry.
DANZ, the national organisation for New Zealand dance, aims to develop the long term health and growth of New Zealand dance and increase its public profile by providing information, services and resources for, and working with, the dance industry.
Drug Free Sport NZ
Drug Free Sport NZ has a responsibility to "provide education on the use of drugs and doping methods in sport".
Drug Free Sport NZ has a responsibility to "provide education on the use of drugs and doping methods in sport".
Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand (FMC)
National association of over 80 tramping & mountain climbing clubs, representing a total of over 11,000 individual members. The FMC aims to promote clubs' activities, training and safe use of the backcountry, and preservation and sound management of the FMC.
National association of over 80 tramping & mountain climbing clubs, representing a total of over 11,000 individual members. The FMC aims to promote clubs' activities, training and safe use of the backcountry, and preservation and sound management of the FMC.
Health and Physical Education Online
A TKI resource providing access to resources relating to the Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum.
A TKI resource providing access to resources relating to the Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum.
New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA)
The New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA) is a non-profit organisation and incorporated society committed to meeting the needs of people and organisations in all aspects of recreation, leisure, parks, open space management, aquatic, conservation and sport delivery.
The New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA) is a non-profit organisation and incorporated society committed to meeting the needs of people and organisations in all aspects of recreation, leisure, parks, open space management, aquatic, conservation and sport delivery.
New Zealand Sports Industry Association
On this site you can find information on the NZSIA, sports retailers, sports playing areas, dimensions and equipment specifications.
On this site you can find information on the NZSIA, sports retailers, sports playing areas, dimensions and equipment specifications.
Office for Disability Issues
The Office of Disability Issues works across portfolios and with government agencies to support progress on disability issues.
The Office of Disability Issues works across portfolios and with government agencies to support progress on disability issues.
Outdoors New Zealand
Outdoors New Zealand was established in 1997 as the lead body supporting and representing outdoor recreation and education in New Zealand.
Outdoors New Zealand was established in 1997 as the lead body supporting and representing outdoor recreation and education in New Zealand.
Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ) = Te Ao Kori Aotearoa
Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ) - Te Ao Kori Aotearoa - is a professional non-profit organisation and incorporated society for people interested in promoting quality physical education.
Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ) - Te Ao Kori Aotearoa - is a professional non-profit organisation and incorporated society for people interested in promoting quality physical education.
Weight Management
Integrating weight management and lifestyle advice into the day-to-day activity of the health sector supports individuals, families and whanau in eating well and living physically active lives.
Integrating weight management and lifestyle advice into the day-to-day activity of the health sector supports individuals, families and whanau in eating well and living physically active lives.
