RTM403 Models of Play, Recreation and Leisure-Library Research tips

Professor: Jan Tolan
Librarian: Marcia Henry

Welcome, RTM 402.   My name is Marcia Henry. I am the RecreationTourism Management Librarian. You can email me at mhenry@csun.edu, or call me at 818.677.3012. The URL for this webpage is: http://library.csun.edu/mhenry/tipsrtm402.html

Assignment:Find articles that discuss various play theories. (Research tip: consider using keywords identify the play theory, and/or the name of the person who proposed the theory in your search strategy)

The goals of the library sessions are:

• Learn How to do Library and Internet research: determine information need, choose best resources, develop a search strategy, understand keyword and subject searching, how to use boolean operators and truncation  symbols, how to cite sources, and more.
• Learn how to use the Library Catalog to find books and journals on your topic.   For items we have in print in the library, you need the Floor number and call number. For material we get online, follow the link in the box that advises Available Electronically.

• Learn to use Find Article and Research Data-Be sure to select link to Recreation and Tourism Management at http://library.csun.edu/xerxes/categories/recreation-and-tourism-management
• Learn about several subject focused databases that index articles on play and critical thinking
  • ERIC (CSA) or ERIC(EbscoHost) - Educational Resources Information Center
  • PsycInfo (EbscoHost)
  • Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
• Learn there are several large, multisubject databases with many full text articles which also offer help to identify scholarly ( ) articles
  • Academic Search Elite (EBSCOHost) | Provides full text for nearly 1,850 periodicals, including more than 1,250 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all 3,237 periodicals in the collection. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study. EbscoHost offers several more databases, ERIC and PsycInfo .
  • InfoTrac OneFile (Thomson Gale) this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access over 9,000 scholarly journals, and general interest news magazines and newspapers - over half contain full text and images. Search specific keywords using the Advanced Search or browse subjects using the Subject Guide. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. Use InfoTRAC PowerSearch to search several additional databases including 200 encyclopedias.
  • Wilson databases| several databases such as OmniFile Full Text Mega , Education Fulltext, Social Sciences Full text, Reader's Guide
  • Proquest databases including several business databases, Newspapers, both current and historical
  • Sage journals online is a full text database of scholarly journals from the Sage publisher. You can search the full text for using keywords naming the theories of play, such as surplus energy
• Learn there is additional access to databases in Recreation and Tourism Management Multisearch at http://library.csun.edu/xerxes/multisearch/recreation-and-tourism-management
  • offers a simple interface, ability to save records and search strategies, and cross searching of up to 10 databases simultaneously.

Why Cite? Avoiding Plagiarism

• Oviatt Library's Online citation style guides offers various examples http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/e-books/estylegd.html

Additional Research Guides

• Recreation: a CSUN Oviatt Library Research Guide - describes websites, databases and subjects http://library.csun.edu/mhenry/bibleisurestudies.html