Recreation, Park & Tourism Management

• News: full-text regional, national and international newspapers, magazines and trade journals
• Business Resources: full-text business news, company and industry information, SEC filings, and accounting literature
• Legal Resources: full-text federal and state case opinions, law reviews, legal news, European Union legislation, tax law, and patents

• Plant sciences, animal sciences, entomology, soils and fertilizers
• Forestry, agricultural economics, nutrition, and agricultural engineering
• Rural recreation & tourism

• Find articles relating to the legal aspects of recreation management
• Some articles are full-text

• A service of the National Library of Medicine, it indexes more than 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s
• Use this database to locate articles relating to therapeutic recreation

• Search for newspaper, magazine and journal articles. Many full-text

• Includes the following business databases: ABI/Inform Global, ABI/Inform Trade & Industry and ABI/Inform Dateline

• Psychology and related aspects of:
• Organizational management
• Marketing
• Sociology

• Citations to articles about leisure and recreation that have been published in a broad array of social sciences journals are available

• Index for English language journals in Sociology, Social Work, and other Social Sciences.
• Provides abstracts for articles and is international in scope

• Sporting goods
• Sports marketing
• Market research reports
• Industry statistics
• Consumer expenditures

• Ecotourism
• Golf
• Golf Course (or Courses)
• Handicapped Recreation
• Leisure (or Leisurability)
• Leisure Industry
• National Parks and Reserves
• Natural Area Management
• Outdoor Recreation
• Parks
• Playgrounds
• Recreation
• Recreation Areas
• Recreation Leadership
• Recreation and State
• Recreation Surveys
• Recreational Therapy
• Skis and Skiing
• Sports Organization and Administration
• Tourism
• Wilderness Areas

Guides & Handbooks

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Company Information

Industry Information

Specialized Sources of Data

Selected Websites

Selected Journals & Newsletters

Other Useful Links

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