The guide to Internet resources in hospitality,
leisure, sport and tourism
How To Find Out
Leisure
Introduction
This guide aims to be a very general introduction to literature in leisure and will highlight some of its principal texts and resources. It is not to be seen as an exhaustive guide. It is aimed at students at undergraduate level and for researchers. If the resources listed are not available in your library please ask staff for advice.
Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries
The Book of Rules: a visual guide to the laws of every commonly played
sport and game
London: Ebury 1997
ISBN: 0091854032
Encyclopedia of Sports, Games and Pastimes: the history, principles,
and practice of all outdoor and indoor sports and pastimes...
Delhi, India: Sri Satguru Publications, 1988 (2nd edition)
ISBN: 8170301661
Hathway, N. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Games
London: Aurum, 1998
ISBN: 1854105787
Munson, R. S. Favorite Hobbies and Pastimes: a sourcebook of leisure
pursuits
Chicago: American Library Association, 1999
ISBN: 0838906389
Smith,S. Dictionary of Concepts in Recreation and leisure Studies
London: Greenwood Press, 1990
ISBN: 0313252629
(Reference sources for the social sciences and humanities: no. 9)
Torkildsen, G. Leisure Management A-Z: a dictionary of terms
Harlow: Longman, 1994
ISBN: 058225535X
Youell, R. The Complete A-Z leisure, Travel & Tourism Handbook
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996
ISBN: 0340647892
Reference Sources
Scarrott, M. (ed) Sport, leisure & Tourism Information Sources:
a guide for researchers
London: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999
ISBN: 0750638648
Books on the History of leisure
The British History: briefly told; and a description of the ancient
customs, sports and pastimes of the English
London: John Harris, [1840]
Cross, G. S. A Social History of Leisure since 1600
Venture Publishing, 1989
ISBN: 0910251355
Horne, P. Pleasures and Pastimes in Victorian Britain
Stroud: Sutton, 1999
ISBN: 0750916664
Howkins, A.. and Lowerson, J. Trends in Leisure, 1919-1939
[London]: Sports Council and Social Science Research Council, 1979
ISBN: 0900979941
Malcolmson, R. W. Popular Recreation in English Society 1700-1850
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973 (1981 printing)
ISBN: 0521295955
Reeves, A. C. Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval England
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998
ISBN: 0195214234
Sim, A. Pleasures and Pastimes in Tudor England
Stroud: Sutton, 1999
ISBN: 0750918330
Sports, Pastimes, and Customs of London: ancient and modern, with
illustrative anecdotes etc. etc
Doncaster: January, 1985 (originally published 1847)
ISBN: 0948220031
Strutt, I. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Bath: Firecrest Publishing, 1969 (new edition)
ISBN: 0851190022
Walton, J. K. and Walvin, I. (eds.) Leisure in Britain: 1780-1939
Manchester: Manchester, 1986
ISBN: 071901946X
Walvin, J. Leisure and Society 1830-1950
London: Longman, 1978
ISBN: 0582486815
Wymer, N. Sport in England: a history of two thousand years of games
and pastimes
London: George G Harrop, 1949
Books
Argyle, M. The Social Psychology of Leisure
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1996
ISBN: 0140238875
Borrett, N. (ed) Leisure Services UK: an introduction to leisure,
entertainment and tourism
Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991
ISBN: 033352554X
Bramham, P. Leisure Policies in Europe
Wallingford: CABI, 1996
ISBN: 085199153X
Critcher, C., Bramham, P. and Tomlinson, A. (eds.) Sociology of leisure:
a reader
London: E & FN Spon, 1995
ISBN: 0419194207
Crouch, D. Leisure Geographies: leisure and tourism practices and
geographical knowledge
London: Routledge, 1999
ISBN: 0415181089
Dann, G. The Language of Tourism: a sociolingustic perspective
Wallingford, CABI, 1996
ISBN: 0851989993
Deem, R. All Work and No Play? a study of women and leisure
Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1986
ISBN: 0335153550
Grainger-Jones, B. Managing Leisure
Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998
ISBN: 07S063717X
Green, E., Hebron, S. and Woodward, D. Women's Leisure, What Leisure?
Basingstoke: Macmillan Education, 1990
ISBN: 0333435192
Haworth, J. T. Work, Leisure and Well Being
London: Routledge, 1997
ISBN: 0415017033
Haywood, l. et al Understanding Leisure
Cheltenham: Stanley Thornes 1995 (2nd edition)
ISBN: 0748720596
Hedges, B. Personal Leisure Histories
[London]: Sports Council and Economic & Social Research Council,
1986
ISBN: 0906577640 (Joint Panel on leisure and Recreation Research)
MacCannell, D The Tourist: a new theory of the leisure class
University of California Press, 1999 (new edition)
ISBN: 0520218922
Pigram, J. J. and Jenkins, J. M. Outdoor Recreation Management
London: Routledge, 1999
ISBN: 0415159997
Roberts, K. Leisure in Contemporary Society
Walingford: CABI, 1999
ISBN: 0851993389
Russell, R.Y. Pastimes: the context of contemporary leisure
London: Brown & Benchmark, 1996
ISBN: 0697227251
Spink, J. Leisure and the Environment
Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994
ISBN: 0750606878
Stokowski, P. A. Leisure in Society: a network structural perspective
London: Mansell, 1994 (new edition)
ISBN: 0720123119
Theobald, W. F. and Dunsmore, H. E. Internet Resources for leisure
and
Tourism
Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000
ISBN: 0750646446
Tomlinson, A. (ed) Gender Sport and Leisure: continuities and challenges
Aachen: Meyer & Meyer, 1997
ISBN: 13891244436
Torkildsen, G. Leisure and Recreation Management
London: Routledge, 1999 (4th edition)
ISBN: 041922940X
Tribe, J. Economics of Leisure and Tourism
Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999 (2nd edition)
ISBN: 0750642327
University of North London, Centre for leisure and Tourism Studies (CELTS)
Papers in leisure and Tourism Studies
London: University of North London, 1990-
Seven titles have already been published.
Veal, A. J. Leisure Policy and Planning
Harlow: Longman with ILAM, 1994
ISBN:058223820X
Wimbush, E and Talbot, M (eds) Relative Freedoms: women and leisure
Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1988
ISBN: 0335155693
Woodside, A. G. Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality and leisure
Wallingford: CABI, 1999
ISBN: 0851993222
Conferences
Index to Conference Proceedings
Wetherby: British Library
Available in printed form and on CD-rom. Monthly with annual cumulations
of conference proceedings received by the British Library. Leisure and
related subjects are included in the subject index
Theses and Dissertations
Index to Theses accepted for Higher degrees in the Universities of
Great Britain and Ireland
London: ASLIB
A bi-annual publication with abstracts. This is also available via the
web in some libraries.
Sport and Leisure Research on Disc
Sheffield: University of Sheffield
This indexes MAs, MScs, MEs, MPhils and PhDs from UK universities
Journals
Annals of leisure Research (NZ)
Arts & Leisure Bulletin (UK)
Australian Leisure Management (AUS)
Festival Management & Event Tourism (USA)
International Journal of Heritage Studies (UK)
Journal of Applied Recreation Research (CAN)
Journal of Gambling Studies (USA)
Journal of Hospitality & Leisure Marketing (USA)
Journal of Leisurability (CAN)
Journal of Leisure Research (USA)
Journal of Park & Recreation Administration (USA)
Leisure Futures (UK)
Leisure Intelligence (UK)
Leisure Management (UK)
Leisure Sciences (USA)
Leisure Studies (UK)
Leisure Week (UK)
Loisir Societe/Society and Leisure (CAN)
Managing Leisure (UK)
Museum International (UK)
Museum Management & Curatorship (UK)
Services Industries Journal (UK)
SGB UK (Sports Goods Business) (UK)
Therapeutic Research Journal (USA)
Visions in Leisure & Business (USA)
World Leisure & Recreation (CAN)
Abstracts & Indexes
Articles in Hospitality
and Tourism
Available via the Web by subscription. It is an index of journal articles
in tourism and hospitality management and related topics. It has brief
abstracts.
Assia
Available in printed, CD-rom and web versions via Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts
Bi-monthly with annual cumulations. It includes the sociology of leisure.
Free Reference lists: laboratory
for leisure, Tourism & Sport a website compiled and maintained
by Andrew Yiannakis, University of Connecticut,
USA.
This is a list of references to articles in leisure, tourism and sport
IBSS (International Bibliography
of the Social Sciences)
A subscription service available via the web. Most Higher Education institutions
have this database
SCAN: selected new publications and articles
London: Sport England
Abstracts of materials held in the Sport England Information Unit. Includes
monagraphs, articles, yearbooks and conferences.
Social Science Citation Index
A subscription service available via the web. Most Higher Education institutions
have this database
SPORTDiscus
Available in printed format. Also available on the web and on CD-rom.
Developed by the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC), SPORTDiscus
covers both the practical and research literature on sport, physical fitness
and physical education. It indexes periodical articles, books, conference
proceedings, dissertations and theses, research papers and other publishing
forms. It also includes HERACLES, a French-language bibliographic database
covering sport, physical education and fitness.
Sports Documentation
Monthly Bulletin
Birmingham: the University of Birmingham, Centre for Sports Science
and History
Lists articles from Britain and abroad. Subject coverage is sports science,
physical education and recreation studies
Leisure Recreation and Tourism Abstracts is available in print and on the web from Leisuretourism.com. It indexes books, conferences, proceedings, journals and theses.
Ingenta
Ingenta is a database of references to current articles covering a number
of subjects including tourism. It offers free searching and browsing of
more than 25,000 publications. Article delivery is also available for
a fee.
Subject Gateways
Gateways organise subjects under broad headings. These resources are regularly updated.
ALTIS
The guide to Internet resources in hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism.
Scholarly Sport
Sites
University of Calgary, Canada
SOSIG Social Science Information Gateway
Sport Quest: the virtual resources centre for sport information
Tourism Research Links
Created by René Waksberg
Web Resources
Association of Leading UK Visitor Attractions
Countryside Recreation Network
Galaxy
USA sport, leisure & recreation links
SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand)
LAN Net: the cyber journal of applied leisure and Recreation Research
Leisure,
Sport and Ethnicity: Bibliographies compiled by Claire Geary Tracy
Taylor Kristine Toohey and Rob Lynch (University of Technology, Sydney,
Australia)
Leisure Studies University of Nevada Las Vagas
Looksmart UK sport, leisure & recreation links
Working Papers
in Sport & Leisure Commerce
(University of Memphis)
World Leisure and Recreation Association
Email discussion groups
Email discussion groups allow individuals to communicate with others
who share the same interests. In the UK, for example, JISCmail
provides over 2,000 discussion lists for the UK Higher Education Community.
Lists include lis-sprig
and urban-labour-leisure-journal
Organisations
Arts Council of England
14 Great Peter Street
London SW1P 3NQ
Tel: 020 7333 0100
British Association of Leisure Parks,
Piers & Attractions (BALPPA)
25 Kings Terrace
London NWl OJP
Tel: 020 7383 7942
Fax: 020 7383 7925
Chief Leisure Officers Association
(CLOA)
Miles House
Blackburn Road
Ribchester
Preston PR3 3ZQ
Tel: 01254 779003
Fax: 01254 878414
Email: peter@cloa.org.uk
The Countryside Agency
John Dower House
Crescent Place
Cheltenham
Gloucester GL50 3RA
Tel: 01242 521381
Fax: 01242 584270
Department for Culture, Media
and Sport
Information Centre
2-4 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5DH
Department for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
Tel: 08459 33 55 77
Fax: 020 7238 3329
English Heritage
Customer Services
P O Box 9019
London W1A OJA
Tel: 020 7973 3434
European Association for Tourism
and leisure Education (ATLAS)
Department of leisure Studies
Room S-139
Tilburg University
Warandelaan 2
Tilburg
Netherlands
Fitness Industry
Association
115 Eastbourne Mews,
London W2 6LQ
Tel: 020 7298 6730
Fax: 020 72986731
Institute of Entertainment &
Arts Management
11 Wash Kane
Clacton-on-Sea
Essex C015 1UN
Tel./Fax: 01255 220081
Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG)
19-23 Church Street
The Agora
Wolverton
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire MK12 5LG
Tel: 01908 312511
Fax: 01908 311140
Email: iog@iog.org
Institute of Leisure and Amenity
Management (ILAM)
Lower Basildon
Reading
Berkshire RG8 9NE
Tel: 01491 874842
Fax: 01491 874801
Leisure
Studies Association
Chelsea School
University of Brighton
Eastbourne
East Sussex BN20 7SP
Tel: 01323 640357
Fax: 01323 644641
Museums Association
42 Clerkenwell Close
London EC1R OPA
Tel: 020 7250 1929
Sports coach UK
Headquarters
114 Cardigan Road
Headingley
Leeds LS6 3BJ
Tel: 01132744802
Fax: 01132755019
Email: coaching@sportscoachuk.org
National Outdoor Events Association
(NOEA)
7 Hamilton Way
Wallington
Surrey SM6 9NT
Tel: 020 8669 8121
Fax: 020 86471128
National Playing Fields' Association
(NPFA)
25 Ovington Square
London SW3 1 LQ
Tel: 020 7584 6445
Fax: 020 7581 2402
For individual sport, leisure and recreation organisations and associations:
Associations and Professional Bodies of the United Kingdom: an alphabetical
and subject guide to over 3700 organisations
London; Gale Research, 1996 (14th edition)
ISBN: 0787607355
Directory of British Associations & Associations in Ireland
Beckenham: CBD Research, 1998 (14th edition)
ISBN: 0900246820
Libraries
Department for Culture, Media
and Sport Library and Public Enquiry Unit
2-4 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y SDH
Tel: 020 7211 6200
Fax: 020 7211 6210
Email: enquiries@culture.gov.uk
Open to the public by appointment only.
The Sports library
The Central Library
Surrey Street
Sheffield, S1 1XZ
Tel: 0114 273 4747 or 0114 273 4748
Fax: 0114 273 5009
Email: sheffield.cas@dial.pipex.com
Publishers
CAB International (CABI)
Bookshops
Sportspages: the specialist
sport bookshop
Caxton Walk
94-96 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H OIG
Tel: 020 72409604
This guide was written by Denise Amalemba for SPRIG.
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May 2000