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.... The Newsletters
Our cousin INVENT has been very busy for the last few weeks leading up to the World Cup 2006. They have been feeding all you folks out there with lots of tasty tidbits on all things World Cup.
These newsletters are still available for your reading pleasure here
SPORTDiscus™ with Full Text - - Give it a try!
During the course of "The Beautiful Game" we will be offering a new database for your use. The database as a very particular sports flavour and has a wealth of information on al aspects of sport from a practical as well as a research point of view. It features more than 240 full text titles.
SPORTDiscus™ with Full Text is the most comprehensive, bibliographic and full-text database covering sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration,officiating, sport law & legislation, college & university sport, disabled persons, facility design &management, intramural & school sport, doping, health, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention rehabilitation, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport & exercise psychology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, allied health, occupational health & therapy, public health and more.
With full bibliographic coverage, this database includes more than 750,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 20,000 dissertations and theses and reference to articles in 60 different languages. The content also consists of international references including but not limited to: journal & magazine articles, books, book chapters, and conference proceedings.
The database is available in our Sports, Recreation and Travel section and is on trial until August 2006 so all we can say if you use it we will have more reason to keep it!
* In order to access EBSCOHost SPORTDiscus and other NLB databases, users must login to NLB Databases page.
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Fair Game
by Lorrie Fair Mark Gola Subject(s): Sports & Recreations To access this title! Click on OVERDRIVE. |
In Fair Game, women’s soccer hero and Nike spokesperson Lorrie Fair offers young readers her knowledge of the fundamental skills, playing tactics, training techniques, and mental toughness that helped her become one of the top soccer players in the world. Peppered with anecdotes about and from well-known teammates such as Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy, Fair Game will be an inspiration to young women, coaches, and other sports fans.
When Robbie met David
“When I met David Beckham I didn't know whether to shake his hand or lick his face”
Robbie Williams
It begins here …… They call it a fever but it’s more of a mania with a little obsession added, it’s a relatively harmless kind of affliction, reaching a peak quite soon. It will run for about a month and in Singapore, due to time difference, cause bouts of sleeplessness allied to the usual depression, elation, a little boredom, lots of reruns and thousands of replays.
Yes it’s the 18th World Cup and in our humble way NLB will be looking at the hullabaloo from our own perspective bringing information closer to you.
Like many others on the way we will be looking at the winners, the losers; the pain and the gain; but we will also be looking at the oddities which the event throws up We will also try to bring out a different perspective on the “Beautiful Game” through our databases – oh and, I nearly forgot we’ll be throwing in a few competitions and quizzes to help you keep your eye on the ball in the course of this month of football fixation.
