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Featured Book

Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia by Vin T. Sparano
Call Number: SK33 .S646 2014
ISBN: 9780789327055
Publication Date: 2014
Fifth edition.
Entertainment & leisure market research 2023 by Richard K. Miller and Kelli Washington.
Call Number: HF5415.2 .R564 2023eb ONLINE
ISBN: 9781577833222
19th edition.
Parks Directory of the United States by Julia Leeper (Editor); Pearline Jaikumar (Editor)
Call Number: E160 .P185 Reference
current ed.
The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism by Edited by: Linda L. Lowry
Call Number: G155.A1 ONLINE
ISBN: 9781483368924
Publication Date: 2017
Wisconsin Campground Directory. by Wisconsin Association of Campground Owners
Call Number: GV198.65.W5 W55 Reference
current ed.
Wisconsin State Park System : visitor information guide for state parks, forests, recreation areas & trails by Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resource, Bureau of Parks and Recreation
Call Number: GV191.42.W6 W575 2014 Reference
Publication Date: 2014

Key Resources

Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCO) @ EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
This database includes scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. The collection contains more than 828,000 records, with full text for more than 490 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books. Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope, with material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe and Asia.
Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications covering the cultural and economic aspects of the hospitality and tourism industries.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Provides citations and abstracts to periodical articles, books, conference proceedings, and research papers. Includes full text for 530 journals. Topics covered include sports medicine, exercise physiology, biomechanics, psychology, training, coaching, and physical education.
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CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Covers over 4,600 nursing and allied health journals, with full-text articles from more than 350 active, non-open access journals. Coverage includes nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and other allied health disciplines. Also covers health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, audiovisuals and book chapters. Contains continuing education modules, research instruments records, evidence-based care sheets, and quick lessons as well.
SMA: Sports Market Analytics (SBRnet) This link opens in a new window
Note: This resource was previously listed as SBRnet (Sports Business Research Network).
Market research and industry news covering all facets of the sports business industry, with topics such as equipment sales, sports participation, broadcasting, sponsorship, and sports marketing. Also includes Brand Share Index, which provides information on consumer brand preferences within various sports markets.
OregonPDF in Health & Performance This link opens in a new window
Collection of graduate research studies (theses and dissertations) on movement and physical activity. Topics include physical activity, physical fitness, activities of daily living, work, sport and athletics, recreation, dance, and play. Study participants include children, adults; elderly, individuals with disabilities, injury or disease; and athletes. Citations and abstracts are included with links to full text PDFs. Coverage: At least 1996 to present. Updated annually.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO) @ EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 890 journals and includes full text for more than 850 books and monographs, full text for 16,800 conference papers, and profiles for 25,000 scholars in the field of sociology. Topics covered include abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, and many others.
data.census.gov (U.S. Census Bureau) This link opens in a new window
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Official data from U.S. Census Bureau surveys, including the American Community Survey, the Decennial Census, the Economic Census, Economic Surveys, Population Estimates, Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes, Community Resilience Estimates, and Public Sector surveys.
ERIC (Institute of Education Sciences) @ EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
From the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education. Full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.
MEDLINE with Full Text (U.S. National Library of Medicine & EBSCO) @ EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Essentially equivalent to PubMed from the National Library of Medicine, but with full text for select journals. Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Over 4,800 current biomedical journals are indexed; full text for 1,470 journals. Uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Incorporates PREMEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, AIDSLINE & more.
ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
Note: This resource has replaced Business Premium Collection. It contains all of the content previously found in Business Premium Collection and also incorporates business books from ProQuest Ebook Central.
Provides indexing and selected full text for thousands of business sources, including scholarly and trade journals, reports (e.g., company, country, industry, SWOT), working papers, dissertations, books, videos, and news sources such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and The Economist.
Business Source Premier (EBSCO) @ EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
This database includes full text for over 2,300 business journals, including over a thousand peer-reviewed titles. Non-journal full text includes: market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Gale OneFile: Business This link opens in a new window
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Full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Includes nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily.