Sport, Leisure and Tourism Information Sources

ISBN-13: 9780750638647 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 284 str.

Martin Scarrott

Opis

A guide to finding information and encouraging readers to make active use of libraries in their research, each chapter is dedicated to a particular information source (journals, sport/leisure organizations, the internet) and explains how the researcher can make full use of these facilities.

Recenzje

'possibly the most useful tourism research text/handbook that I've seen in many years - it's invaluable and has become a bible of sorts!!'
Martin Friel, Programme Director Business Studies with International Tourism, The Business School, University of Buckingham
'This book will provide a sound foundation for someone who is about to embark on a serious piece of research in the field of sport, leisure and tourism research for the first time.'

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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