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RM 4110 Evaluation in Recreation and Leisure Service Managment: RM 4110

Agenda

1. Wiswell -- getting help. Assignment.  3 variables: search strings, databases, links (other clues). 

2. Start with a search in SPORTDiscus -- Adults who walk on trails regularly: What positive effects do they gain from this activity?

3. Let's look at handouts.  Questions?  Then let's try again.  (Chop!)

4. Assess quality of a few of the results. 

5. How to get full text?  How to manage what you find?  (What about finding journals?)

6. Let's try APPsearch  (other options?)

7.  For a few of your best articles, who do they cite and who cites them?  Other clues, like a data source, method, or organization name?

Sample citations

Sugiyama, T., Shibata, A., Koohsari, M. J., Tanamas, S. K., Oka, K., Salmon, J., ... & Owen, N. (2015). Neighborhood Environmental Attributes and Adults' Maintenance of Regular Walking. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 47(6), 1204-1210.

Sharpe, P. A., Burroughs, E. L., Granner, M. L., Wilcox, S., Hutto, B. E., Bryant, C. A., & ... Pekuri, L. (2010). Impact of a Community-Based Prevention Marketing Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Middle-Aged Women. Health Education & Behavior, 37(3), 403-423.

(Partial) Requirements

Each literature review should include at least 3-4 reliable sources of information (No Wikipedia please). Your sources should be:

  1. Recent (2000-2019).
  2. Relate directly to your topic.
  3. At least 3 of the journals have to be peer reviewed.
  4. Books and text-books related to the topic.
  5. Governmental and professional association websites.
  6. Other official and reliable sources.

 Depending on topic, most of your references must be from the list of the “approved” refereed journals in the leisure, sport, and tourism fields (see list below).  Approved Journals:

            • Annals of Tourism Research

            • International Review for the Sociology of Sport

            • Journal of Leisure Research

            • Journal of Park and Recreation Administration

            • Journal of Sport Management

            • Journal of Sport and Social Issues

            • Journal of Travel Research

            • Leisure/Loisir

            • Leisure Sciences

            • Leisure Studies

            • Sociology of Sport

            • Sport Management Review

            • Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

            • Tourism Geographies

            • Tourism Management

Please note, this list is not exhaustive, there are many other journals you could use.

Sample Lit Review grid format

 

Type of source

(peer-reviewed journal, textbook, government website)

How is it relevant? How will it be useful for my project?

How do I know that it’s reliable, high quality, and/or peer reviewed?

Web-link to the database record (if available)—Database record may contain the full text

Payne, L. L., & Schaumleffel, N. A. (2008). Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Rural Community Parks and Recreation and Rural Community Satisfaction. Journal Of Park & Recreation Administration, 26(3), 116-135.

Peer-reviewed journal article (on the approved list for RM 4110)

Abstract mentions walking trails, satisfaction, and quality of life; article reports on results of a questionnaire

Journal is on the approved list on the Literature Review assignment description; article is 20 pages long; article includes figures and tables; article has approximately 42 references; both authors affiliated with major universities

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.wncln.wncln.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=s3h&AN=34632146&site=ehost-live

 

SportDiscus and other databases

But you could also use Google Scholar and APPsearch.

Contact -- John Wiswell

John Wiswell  
Health Sciences Librarian
wiswellj@appstate.edu       
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