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Sports Studies, Coaching and Development: Finding Books

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Books

Books give an overview of a subject and provide information on core concepts and theories.  This makes them a good starting point for your assignments. Core books for your subject will be listed on your module reading list.  If you have an online reading list on Blackboard or another learning environment, this will show you the copies of the book available from the library.   You can also find books by searching FINDit, the Library search engine. 
 

Looking for a Book

1. To find a specific book title, enter the book title or author in the FINDit search box and select the Libraries search option. 

2. To find books on a subject, enter a keyword into the FINDit search box and select the Libraries search option. 

3. Can’t find the book you are looking for? You can request it as an interlibrary loan or Recommend the book to your Librarian 

Shelf marks

The Dewey Decimal system is a classification system used by libraries to arrange books by subject. Each book is issued a shelfmark number, which is placed on the spine of the book and arranged in numerical order.

After the numbers, there are three letters that refer to the author or editor of the book and are in alphabetical order. 

306.483 Sociology of sport
612.044 Exercise physiology
612.76 Biomechanics
613.7 Physical fitness
613.711 Sports training
617.1027 Sports injury and sports medicine
796.01 Sport psychology
796.069 Sports Management
796.072 Research Methods in Sport
796.077 Sports coaching  
796.32 Netball
796.333 Rugby
796.334 Soccer
796.6 Cycling
797.2 Swimming

Books

eBooks

Ebooks

The Library has access to a wide variety of eBooks across all subject areas, these are discoverable and accessible via FINDit.  Type your keywords or title into the search box and choose to search 'Libraries'.

FINDit search for eBooks

Next refine your search to 'Full Text Online' on the left hand side of the search results. 

Refining to eBooks

When you have found a book that you would like to read then click on the title and access via the 'View it' link.

More information can be found in our eBooks Guide.

Recommend a Book

Help us grow our Library collection

  • Is there a book that would make a useful addition to our Library?  
  • Have you found a fascinating read that you’d like to share with other students?  
  • Do you think we need more copies of an important textbook?

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Fill out the online form or email your librarian.

Open access e-books

An increasing number of e-books are published through open access, making them freely available online.  The library has a guide to finding free open access e-books which you can access here.