• Books in Miller Library:
  
  
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    • Print:
      
      
      • Chronicle of the Olympics: 1896-1996
      • Concise History of Major League Baseball
      • Encyclopedia of ethnicity and sports in the United States
      • Encyclopedia of women and sport in America
      • Famous First Facts About Sports
      • International Encyclopedia Of Women And Sports
      • Professional sports statistics
      • Scribner encyclopedia of American lives. Sports figures
      • Sports in North America: A Documentary History
      • Total Baseball
      • Women in sports
        
        
    • Film reviews:
      
      
      • Film Review Annual
      • Magill's Cinema Annual
    
    
• Books in the main collection:
  
  
  • Subject search, uses Library of Congress subject headings; start with these major headings and then skim the subheadings, e.g.:
    
    
    • Sports
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• Academic Search Premier
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• America: History and Life
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• JSTOR
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• FirstGov.gov (U.S. Government's official web portal)
  
  
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (Government Printing Office)

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• Lexis-Nexis Academic
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• New York Times (1851-2001)
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• President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• National Institute for Sports Reform
  
  
• Google Directory: Sports
• Yahoo Directory: Sports
  
  
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