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This pathfinder will help you find pertinent information
allowing you to conduct your research for Coach Whiting. In
this pathfinder you will find print resources and electronic
resources, most of which are available in or through the Smith
Family Library and all of which will help you with your physical
education writing assignments.
Finding Books
When using the Winnebago/Spectrum on-line catalog
of the Smith Family Library, you can do an effective keyword
search, but the most precise way to retrieve relevant
information is to do a subject search. In on-line library
catalogs such as the one we use here at Milken Community High
School, the search engine looks for the Library of Congress
Subject Headings assigned to a particular book. These headings
help you find books that are specifically about your topic.
A great way to find an effective subject heading for a subject
search is to look in the Red Books, the Library of
Congress Subject Headings books. The Smith Family Library
has a set of these Subject Headings and they are available
for student use. But, to get started on this assignment right
away, here are some examples of useful search terms for keyword
or subject searches:
- Basketball
- Basketball--Coaching
- Basketball--Defense
- Davis, Tom
- Athletes
- Rebounding
- Football--Defense
Ready to look for a book containing information about the
FLEX OFFENSE? Begin your search using the Dewey Decimal
Classification numbers for Sports 796.
Terms, Concepts, Rules and People
Looking for a definition of reverse pivot, or reasons
to play a zone defense? Need a definitive understanding
of vollyball essentials? Searching for a biography of basketball
great Bobby Knight or a history of Jews in Sports? There are
plenty of books that define and explain such concepts or offer
in depth understanding of these topics. Some are to be found
in our Reference Collection, which means they may be used
only in the library. Others will be found in the stacks, which
means you may check them out. Here are a few of those you
will find in our library:
- The Book of Rules (796 BOO)
- Winning Basketball for Girls (796.323 WIL)
- Encyclopedia of College Basketball (796.323
DOU)
- A Basketball Workout (796 323 DAV)
- Drugs and Sports (362.29 DRU)
- The Tao of the Jump Shot (796.323 MAH)
- Phil Simms on Passing (796.332 SIM)
- 2002 ESPN Information Please Almanac (796.05
ESP)
- Knight: My Story (KNI 921)
Reference & On-line Information
Need more information about the coaching strategy you are
researching, or about the coach who devised the strategy?
A good place to start is in our selection of subscription
databases.These are available on-line in our library WEB site
on the Searchable Databases page.
A search on Electric
Library, using the search term Flex Offense,
will retrieve a number of relevant and useful hits.
We also have a number of encyclopedias, both in print and
on-line
Encyclopedia Britannica (REF 031 BRI) the on-line
version is also available through the Searchable
Databases page of the Smith Family Library Web Site
World Book Encyclopedia (REF 031 WOR) the on-line
version is also available through the Searchable
Databases page of the Smith Family Library Web Site]
Encyclopedia Americana (REF 031 ENC)
Encyclopedia of World Biography [On-line on your desktop]
Videos
The Smith Family Library has a growing collection of relevant
VHS videos available to help you in your research on various
aspects of basketball.
- Pistol Pete's Homework Basketball: Shooting (VR 796.323
PIS V.1)
- Pistol Pete's Homework Basketball: Passing (VR 796.323
PIS V.2)
- Pistol Pete's Homework Basketball: Ball-Handling (VR
796.323 PIS V.3)
- Pistol Pete's Homework Basketball: Dribbling (VR 796.323
PIS V.4)
- Buddy Ball: A Two Player Workout (VR 796.323 BUD)
- Lenny Williams: Ballhandling (VR 796.323 WIL V.1)
- Lenny Williams: Defense (VR 796.323 WIL V.2)
Internet Resources
The Librarian's
Index to the Internet has many resources that point to
information on Sports
in their Sports, Recreation and Entertainment section.
Coach Whiting often suggests relevant Internet resourses.
Take a look at one of his most of his recommended sites:
Flag Play
is a source of flag football plays
Citing Your Sources
Don't neglect to cite your sources properly. You can pick
up an MLA citation style sheet from the Smith Family Library
staff or you may go to the Library web site for MLA
citation samples.
This pathfinder created by Taylor Harris using
an approach offered by Hilary Leon at the Internet Public
Library.
Esther and Sol Smith Family Library
Milken Community High School
15800 Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 440-3500 (310) 440-5139 fax
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