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  CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1937 to present. Updated: monthly.
With indexing and abstracts for 3,024 nursing journals, CINAHL Plus with Full Text covers nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Content includes books, dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, and evidence-based care sheets. Full-text is available for more than 560 journals.
  Leisure Tourism Database (CABI Publishing)
the Leisure Tourism Database provides information on leisure, tourism, hospitality, and recreation. Each abstract record includes a detailed and informative summary along with the full bibliographic data.
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Trial ends: February 22, 2009
  OregonPDF in Health & Performance
OregonPDF is a collection of graduate research studies (theses and dissertations) on movement and physical activity. Topics include physical activity, physical fitness, activities of daily living, work, sport and athletics, recreation, dance, and play. Study participants include children, adults; elderly, individuals with disabilities, injury or disease; and athletes. Citations and abstracts are included with links to full text PDFs. Coverage: At least 1996 to present. Updated annually with 100+ new theses/dissertations.
  SBRnet (Sports Business Research Network) Authentication Required Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1996 to present. Updated: daily.
Focusing on market research and industry news covering all facets of the sports business industry. Includes such topics as: equipment sales, sports participation, broadcasting, sponsorship, and sports marketing.
  SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1975 - present. Updated: monthly.
Provides citations and abstracts to periodical articles, books, conference proceedings, and research papers. Topics covered include sports medicine, exercise physiology, biomechanics, psychology, training, coaching, and physical education.
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  ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1971 to present with small collection (25 titles) back to early 1900's. Updated: bi-monthly.
The combination of products forms a business database package that contains over 2,800 full-text journal titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world. ABI/INFORM Global is an excellent source of information on management techniques, corporate strategies, trends, and business conditions. Coverage: 1971 to present with small collection (25 titles) back to early 1900's.
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  LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
Over 5,600 full text sources.
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  Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1975 to present. Updated: Daily.
Provides access to citations and abstracts for over 8,000 magazines and journals, with full text access to over half these titles. For scholarly publications, full text is available for more than 3,600 titles covering subjects such as social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
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  CQ Researcher (CQ Press) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
    Coverage: Past 15 years to present. Updated: weekly.
Full-text articles on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into two sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
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    Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
Access to the full text of over 490 scholarly journals from a variety of disciplines. Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
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Over 5,600 full text sources.
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    Coverage: 1984 to present. Updated: daily.
Full-text from nearly 3,000 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals.
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  Newspapers (ProQuest/CSA)Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink 
Resource Temporarily Unavailable Access ends July 1, 2009.

    Coverage: 1986 to present. Updated: daily.
Due to BadgerLink's efforts to offer more online resources, Newspaper Source Plus from EBSCOhost replaces this database.
Provides comprehensive coverage of over 500 major national and international newspapers, including: The New York Times (full text from 1995 to present), Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, with over 300 newspapers in full text. Includes some local La Crosse area coverage (for more extensive local coverage, use the The La Crosse Area Newspaper Index from the La Crosse Public Library).
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  Journals@OVID (OVID) Authentication Required 
Journals@Ovid is a single database that contains the Ovid Full Text and graphics of every full text journal offered by Ovid. Use the GetTeXt link to request articles from journals to which we do not subscribe. Or, limit your search to Your Journals@Ovid, a subset of the full database that contains only Murphy Library's current OVID subscriptions (American Journal of Occupational Therapy, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Research and Prevention, Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise, OTJR, Pediatric Physical Therapy, and Strength and Conditioning Journal).
  Recreation Management Periodicals
Please note that the titles listed represent the library's individual periodical subscriptions in this subject area.

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    Featured Reference Books @ Murphy Library

  Access to the 2001 National Household Travel Survey
    2004
  Americans at Play : Demographics of Outdoor Recreation & Travel
    1997
  Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport
    4 vols., 2005
  Encyclopedia of Leisure and Outdoor Recreation
    2003
  Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America
    2 vols., 2004
  Extreme Sports: In Search of the Ultimate Thrill
    2004
  Financial Studies of the Small Business
    current year
  Key Concepts in Leisure Studies
    2005
  Parks Directory of the United States
    4th ed., 2004
  RMA Annual Statement Studies
    current year
  Sport in American Culture
    2004
  Sports Market Place Directory
    current year
  Sports, Exercise and Fitness: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
    2005
  Sports: A Reference Guide and Critical Commentary, 1980-1999
    2000
  The American Marketplace : Demographics and Spending Patterns
    2005
  The International Dictionary of Event Management
    2nd ed., 2001
  The Recreation and Entertainment Industries: An Information Sourcebook
    2nd ed., 2000
  Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia
    8th ed., 2004
  Total Tennis: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia
    2003
  Vault Guide to Top Internships
    2005
  Market Share Reporter
    2 volumes. 2005.
  The Lifestyle Market Analyst.
    2005

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  American Time Use Survey
  Recreation.gov
  Science.gov
  Sports and Exercise: Spotlight on Statistics, May 2008

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  Demographics by Radius with LandView (pdf/flash)

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