Online Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Encyclopedia of Human Development

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender

Food and Fitness: a Dictionary of Diet and Exercise

The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Science

The Oxford Companion to the Body

The World Encyclopedia

World of Sports Science

Leisure

Intute

This service aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners in all of the social sciences, including the areas of hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism. Intute is created by a core team of information specialists and subject experts throughout the UK

 

Internet Resources for Outdoor Recreation Research

"This page is intended to serve as an Internet resource guide for outdoor recreation students, researchers and practitioners."

 

Leisure Information Network

"Developed with support from Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation and the Fitness Program of Health Canada. You can search the Recreation database, but you need to register first. Registration is free.

 

Scholarly Society Project

Provides links to various scholarly organizations in the field of Leisure and Recreation studies.

 

Parks

OhRanger! The American Park Network

This site provides an overview of America's National Parks including directions to get there, key attractions, and camping information. Search by state or name of park

 

Great Canadian Parks

This site presents a brief profile of National Parks in Canada. You will find the history of each park, as well as their geographic location as well as a directory. Be sure to check the Great Canadian index menu for profiles on other topics, such as rivers, lakes and a section called Natural Tourist which has information on trails, fishing, ecology and more.

 

Mapping the National Parks

A site maintained by the Library of Congress which allows users to browse and search their digital collection. The site has approximately 200 historical and current maps that document the history, cultural aspects and geological formations of areas that are now designated as National Parks

 

National Park Foundation

Good place to start if you plan to visit a park. It has brief downloadable travel guides, maps, kid's programs, and links to the official website of each park. This site is limited to U.S. parks only.

 

National Parks Service

Maintained by the U.S. Department of the Interior, you can browse for a specific park in the A-Z index, conduct a geographic search or search by topic. This site contains all the national parks in the U.S., historic sites and trails, reserves, memorials, monuments and more.

 

Parks Canada

Maintained by the Canadian Government, this site has information on all the national parks in Canada, as well information on Heritage sites and campground reservations. Check here also for any job postings, both paid and volunteer.

 

U.S. National Parks

An independent website that provides an extensive amount of details such as camping guides, maps, fees, brochures, weather info., accessibility, etc... for all the national parks in the U.S.

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Therapeutic Recreation and Disability

Abledata

Abledata is a government funded site that contains over 27,000 adaptive equipment products from over 2000 companies. Use the database to search for a particular product and find detailed descriptions as well as images.

 

Active Living Alliance

"The Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability (ALACD) promotes, supports and enables Canadians with disabilities to lead active, healthy lives." A bilingual site that provides information on upcoming events, discussion boards, volunteering, resources and provides disability access to its site.

 

Disability Resources on the Internet

Maintained by a nonprofit organization called Disability Resources, this site provides a wealth of information and links to the most popular, and most useful sites available online for people with disabilities. From topics ranging from Assistive Technology to more specific disabilities, consider looking here to find good information on the internet.

 

International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet

"An internationally recognized public policy center organized by and for people with disabilities, ICDRI seeks to increase opportunities for people with disabilities by identifying barriers to participation in society and promoting best practices and universal design for the global community."

 

National Center on Physical Activity and Disability

Find fact sheets on various disabilities as well as resource directories of organizations and programs that provide accessible sport and recreation.

 

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

Information and referral center that provides information on disability-related issues. Find fact sheets, training materials and the developments in the area of disability.

 

Project TRIPS

"Project TRIPS (Therapeutic Recreation in Public Schools) is a forum for Therapeutic Recreation professionals, parents of children with disabilities, special educators and school administrators to better understand therapeutic recreation."

 

Therapeutic Recreation Directory

"Comprehensive source of therapeutic recreation information, including articles, a searchable jobs database, list of TR associations and departments, and links to related sites."

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Professional Associations

Academy of Leisure Sciences

"The Academy undertakes various projects related to leisure and recreation studies, these include publication of a series of White Papers".

 

American Therapeutic Recreation Association

"The American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) is the largest, national membership organization representing the interests and need of recreational therapists".

 

Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS)

"Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS), is an organization of Canadian and international scholars and practitioners who share an interest in recreation and leisure research and the delivery of leisure services, and who meet once every three years at the Canadian Congress for Leisure Research."

 

Canadian Parks and Recreation Association

"The Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA) is the national voice for the parks and recreation field. With an effective grassroots network of members and partners across the country, CPRA positions parks and recreation as essential to individual, family and community health and well-being."

 

Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association

Located here in Montreal, CTRA is the national association of Therapeutic Recreation practitioners in Canada. Find information about becoming a member as well as conference dates.

 

Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association

"CanTRA is a non-profit organization providing support to individuals and groups through education, certification, insurance coverage, communication and accreditation."

 

National Parks Conservation Association

A "private, nonprofit, advocacy organization dedicated to educating the public about our national parks and protecting, preserving, and enhancing the U.S. National Park System." Highly informative and provides information on a wide range of subjects such as endangered species and parks, excursion tips and more.

 

National Recreation and Parks Association

"For more than 100 years, NRPA has been the voice advocating the significance of making parks, open space, and recreational opportunities available to all..." They provide useful publications and educational opportunities as well as links to other similar organizations.

 

Therapeutic Recreation Ontario

Find information on conference and membership and for other upcoming events that is in the interest of TR practitioners in that province.

 

World Leisure

"Founded in 1952, World Leisure, is a world-wide, non-governmental association of persons and organizations dedicated to discovering and fostering those conditions best permitting leisure to serve as a force for human growth, development and well-being."

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Listservs

To subscribe to most of these lists send an e-mail message to the listserv address leaving the subject line blank and with the following message:

subscribe LISTNAME(YourFirstName)(YourLastName)

To unsubscribe to most of these lists send an e-mail message to the listserv address leaving the subject line blank and with the following message:

Unsubscribe LISTNAME(YourFirstName)(YourLastName)

Ability online

"Ability OnLine is a free internet community where children/youth with disabilities/illness and their parents can meet others like them, make friends from all over the world, share their hopes and fears, find role-models and mentors, and feel like they belong." Available in French and English.

 

Adventure Therapy Discussion Group (participants using experiential and adventure based activities in their counseling and therapy practice)

To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to their website. In order to post a message, you must first join

 

Association for Experiential Education

The purpose of the listserv is to encourage members to interact with each other, to share news and articles, to ask and answer questions, and to identify and promote issues of interest to the experiential education community.

ATRA Forums

Listing of American Therapeutic Recreation Association's online forums.

 

Lifestyle Information Network

A list for the discussion of the benefits of recreation.

 

Leisurenet

"Leisurenet provides information and contacts of value to people who seek to understand leisure, leisure services and leisure industries."
To subscribe to Leisurenet send an email message:

To: listproc@gu.edu.au
Subject: (leave blank)
Body: subscribe leisurenet YourFirstname YourLastname

e.g. subscribe leisurenet Wendy Vinja

 

LSANet

"The Leisure and Aging Section of the National Recreation and Park Association and Department of Recreation and Sport Management at Indiana State University have created a new electronic discussion group, LASnet, for professionals, students, and educators who work with older adults in recreation and leisure services. Professionals in park and recreation departments, adult day care centers, long-term care, senior residential communities and other activity or recreation based environments may be interested in the group." To subscribe, send the following message to:

maiser@scifac.indstate.edu
Subject: (leave blank)
Body: subscribe LASnet "your E-mail address"

Make sure to remove any Signatures from the bottom of the Body.

Example: subscribe LASnet rcrogers@scifac.indstate.edu

 

Recreation & Leisure Studies Group

See the form on the web page to register.

 

Outdoor Education

To subscribe, send E-mail to: LISTSERV@LATROBE.EDU.AUF

In body of letter, send the following message: SUBSCRIBE OUTDOOR-ED your name

 

Recreation Therapy Discussion Group

"To join the Recreation Therapy Discussion Group write at Jennifer Bobo. This informal group will discuss common issues in the field of recreation therapy such as motivating patients, great groups ideas and resources, token economies educating coworkers about our field, etc."

 

Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group

To Subscribe send an email message to:

listserv@lists.nau.edu
with a single line of text in the body of the message that reads:
subscribe RTSNET-L Your.email@address Your_first_name Your_last_name
you can leave the Subject line blank.

 

Society of Park and Recreation Educators (SPRE) Network

To subscribe, send E-mail to: Listserv@listserv.uga.edu

In the message area write: subscribe sprenet Firstname Lastname

 

Sporttime

PE-Talk - discussions, comments, questions about sports, activities, games, & PE

Adapt-Talk - listserv for adaptive recreation and fitness

Thera-Talk - listserv on therapy issues for OT's and PT's and RT's

 

STROL- Students of Therapeutic Recreation On-Line

To subscribe to STROL send email to:

TO: majordomo@indiana.edu

Subject: (leave blank)

Body: subscribe strol_atra youremailaddress (eg. name@aol.com)

 

Women in Leisure Studies

To subscribe, send E-mail to: dsamdahl@uga.cc.uga.edu and send a personal request to be added to the list to Diane Samdahl of University of Georgia

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