RPTA 110 - Orientation and College Success in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration
Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Librarian
Need to Know Resources for Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration
Welcome to the RPTA 110 Library Research Guide!
This guide contains information about the library and links to resources to support your studies in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration.
Finding Books
- OneSearch Use OneSearch to find materials at Kennedy Library. Search by keyword, title, author, and more.
Searching for Articles
- Hospitality & Tourism Complete This link opens in a new windowHospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. There is full text for hundreds of publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books.
- SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new windowSPORTDiscus offers comprehensive indexing and full-text access to sports and sports medicine journals. Subject areas covered include: biomechanics, drugs, exercise, kinesiology, movement science, nutrition, occupational health and therapy, physical fitness, physical therapy, rehabilitation, sports and exercise psychology, coaching and education, and sports medicine.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive index of peer-reviewed scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multicultural studies, as well as popular magazines published from 1990-present. Provides Full-text access to peer reviewed articles from thousands of journals.
Citing Your Sources
- Purdue OWL APA Formatting and Style Guide APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
Evaluating Sources
- Evaluating Information – Applying the CRAAP TestCourtesy of California State University, Chico
- Retraction WatchCheck whether the article you found been withdrawn by the publisher. This is a way to check the currency of your source.
Make Good Use of Sources
How to Use Sources in Research and Writing
(From the Library's Research 101 series)
THE BEAM MODEL
Source: Bizup, Joseph. “BEAM: A Rhetorical Vocabulary for Teaching Research-Based Writing.” Rhetoric Review 27.1 (2008): 72-86. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 4 February 2014.
BACKGROUND: Using a source to provide general information to explain the topic.
EXHIBIT: Using a source as evidence or examples to analyze.
ARGUMENT: Using a source to engage its argument. Most will be scholarly sources written by researchers and scholars. These are the sources you engage in conversation.
METHOD: Using a source's way of analyzing an issue to apply to your own issue, whether it's to borrow an approach, concept, idea, or method.