Leisure Sport & Tourism

Welcome to Leisure, Sport and Tourism study at UTS Library.

The Library has many ways to support teaching and learning in the School. Books and e reserve items can be found by using the Library catalogue and Subject resources. We also have a range of databases and wesbites to help you.

Journals are good resources for current, specialised information and research on a wide range of subjects. The Library Catalogue does not list journal articles - only the journal title.  To find journal articles on a topic use a database.

Databases are the best tools for finding journal articles and papers on a subject.  All journal databases provide a list of references (citations) to articles. Most include summaries of articles called abstracts and many provide the whole article in full text online.

• Academic Search Elite - full text for over 1,200 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies and education
• APAIS - Australian Public Affairs Information Service: an Australian social sciences
• ATI Australian Tourism Index: Australian tourism and leisure database, not full text
  AUSport - Australian sport databases, not full text
• Business Source Premier - this database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more.
• CABI via Leisuretourism.com - premier international leisure database
• CD MOTA - Monitor of Tourist Activity available as a CD ROM in UTS campus libraries.
• Current Contents - a multidisciplinary database, updated weekly
• Factiva - comprehensive newspaper and business magazine database with full text articles. Australian and international coverage.
  ERIC - education database with relevance to sport administration and PE
• EIU ViewsWire - a business intelligence service which delivers analysis on key economic, financial, political, regulatory and business developments in over 190 countries
• HERA - Heritage Australia, indexing heritage and environment information
• InfoQuick - index to the Sydney Morning Herald 1988+
• Medline - international database useful for sports medicine
• Newsbank - Australian and international newspapers full text
• Science Direct - carries some of the premier Leisure and tourism international journals
• Sociological Abstracts - sociology and related articles
• Sportdiscus - international bibliographic database covering all aspects of sport, fitness, recreation, and related fields.

Statistics

Some useful Australian Bureau of Statistics publications:  

• 4177.0 Participation in sport and physical activities
• 4174.0 Sports attendance
• 4156.0 Sport and Recreation: a statistical overview
• 4177.0 Participation in Sport and Physical Activities, Australia
• 4364.0 National Health Survey: Summary of Results
• 4174.0 Sports Attendance

Contact: Jackie.Edwards@uts.edu.au