The
Olympics: A Guide to Reference Sources
Library of Congress Resources:
Other Libraries, Research Centers, and Websites
The information center of the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics was
the first to make competition results available on the Internet.
The Sydney
2000 Summer Olympics, 2002
Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the 2004
Summer Olympics in Athens, and the 2006
Winter Olympics in Turin all have home pages on the World
Wide Web. The available
information, such as schedules and venues of events, ticket information,
and suggestions for lodging, can vary daily and can increase
greatly
as the individual games approach. Other websites can be located
using standard Internet search engines.
- Amateur Athletic Foundation
of Los Angeles
2141 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018
TEL: 323-730-9696 FAX: 323-730-9637
The Sports
Library of the Amateur Athletic Foundation of
Los Angeles (AAFLA) houses an outstanding sports collection
and
what
is arguably the most comprehensive Olympic collection in
the
United States.
The AAFLA search
page provides access to full text (as PDF
files) to the official
reports of all previous Olympics (except
Athens 2004), the Olympic Review, and a number
of other sport-related journals and books.
- Australian Institute of
Sport. National Sport Information Centre
P.O. Box 176, Belconnen ACT 2616 Australia
TEL: 61 6 2521204 FAX: 61 6 2521681
The Australian Institute of Sport is the state of the art
training facility for Australian athletes. Its library, the
National Sport Information Centre, supports the Institute's
research in sport science as well as fielding sports inquiries
from throughout Australia and Oceania. NSIC has an outstanding
collection on all aspects of sport, the finest in the southern
hemisphere.
- Instituto Andaluz del Deporte
-- UNISPORT
Consejeria de Turismo y Deporte/Junta de Andalucia
Avda. Santa Rosa de Lima, s/n, 29007 Málaga Spain
TEL: 34 52 28 22 66 FAX: 34 52 39 70 66
The Andalucian Sports Institute (UNISPORT) can provide much
useful information on the Olympics, the Olympic Library and
Olympic Museum. It is the best place to start for Spanish
speaking researchers.
- International Olympic Committee
1, Quai d'Ouchy, CH-1001, Lausanne, Switzerland
TEL: 41-21-621 65 11 FAX: 41-21-621 65 12
The International Olympic Committee Website provides a
list of its members, the executive committee, a description
of
the functions of the National Olympic Committees, and information
about the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Includes
links to all National Olympic Committees and International
Sports Federations.
- Sport Information Resource Centre
1600 James Naismith Drive, Gloucester, Ontario K1B 5N4 Canada
TEL: 613-748-5658 FAX: 613-748-5706
The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) is the Canadian
organization responsible for SPORTDiscus/The Sport Database.
SIRC houses an extensive sports library; their Website has
an excellent conference calendar as well as links to many
other related sites.
- United States Olympic Committee. Information Resources Center
1 Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80909-9771
TEL: 719-578-4622 FAX: 719-632-5352
The primary objective of the United States Olympic Committee
Library is to serve in-house research needs, as well as those
of affiliated sports federations. Staff are usually able to
answer quick ready reference questions and can suggest resources
of value for other information inquiries.
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