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This research guide provides information about both the Modern Olympic Games and the Ancient Olympic Games as well as the Paralympics. With an emphasis on the Olympic Winter Games of 2002, this guide covers scholarly and general resources including ways to find books, journal articles, websites, and videos.

Created by Marie Paiva and Alfred Mowdood 

Use these resources to identify articles, conference papers, and similar short items from scholarly sources.

• ** (Asterisks) indicate excellent starting point for research.
• You will get a citation (author, title, source, date) and often an abstract--a short summary.

** Academic Search Premier EBSCO (1965 to present)Help
A scholarly interdisciplinary resource that offers the full-text of over 3,500 academic journals. Excellent starting point.

*SportDiscus (EBSCOhost) (1830-present) Help
Covers all aspects of sports, exercise, and fitness. Search for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, test / testing information, and dissertations. Most of the material is scholarly. Print, email, or write out the author, source (book title including publisher or journal title including volume and page numbers). Check library catalog to see if the item is available

Leisure & Tourism Database
The web-based version of leisuretourism.com which provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of leisure, recreation, sport, and tourism industries.

America History and Life ABC-CLIO (1964-present)
Scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations on the history of the Modern Olympic Games in the United States and Canada.

Historical Abstracts ABC-CLIO (1954-present)
Scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations on the history of the Modern Olympic Games from the rest of the world.

PsycINFO (EBSCO) (1887-present)
Covers psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, physiology, psychiatry, nursing, and pharmacology. Includes citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations. Indexes approximately 1,500 journals in 25 different languages. PsycINFO (Ebsco) contains some (very little, presently) full text.

PubMed (1953- present) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=uutahlib
This scholarly database covers all aspects of medicine including exercise science, sports medicine, physical therapy, physiology, and kinesiology. "PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's [free] search service that provides access to over 15 million citations in MEDLINE and other related databases, with links to participating online journals."

Marriott Library Catalog-What We Own ( previously known as UNIS)
Lists journals subscribed to and items owned by University of Utah's Marriott, Math, and Quinney Law Libraries.
Tells the call number, where book/journal is shelved, and whether item is available.

Eccles Health Science Library Catalog for exercise science, medicine, nursing, physical therapy, and pharmacy materials.
Journals at the Eccles Library are arranged by title.

WorldCat (help)
A combined catalog of over 14,000 libraries from around the world listing over 50,000,000 items.
You can place an interlibrary loan request for items found in other libraries while online and items will be sent to the University of Utah.

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Daily Utah Chronicle http://www.utahchronicle.com/
The University of Utah's student newspaper published the official Newspaper of the Salt Lake Olympic Village.
  The Olympic Record http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/main.cfm/section_id/63656/include/main.cfm/include/detail/storyid/186253.html
  Available from January 29th to February 26th.

   The Paralympic Record http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/main.cfm/section_id/69204/include/main.cfm/include/detail/storyid/219356.html
  Available from March 1st to March 19th.

History 3910/5910 http://www.hum.utah.edu/history/Syllabi/Fall01/HIST5910-004(Gerlach).html
Class to be taught by Dr. Larry Gerlach and Dr. Lindsay Adams

Special Collections at the J. Willard Marriott Library (Fifth Floor)
An extensive collection including:

• Oral histories
• Photographs
• Vertical files
• Clippings files of newspaper articles & other items of interest
• Analytical index
• Books
• Index to the Utah Daily Chronicle
• Posters
• Audiovisuals
  Offers the most comprehensive collection of resources about skiing and the finest powder on earth. The archives have been designated as the repository for the Salt Lake Winter Olympics Games Bid Committee Records.

Olympic Weather Support Project http://www.met.utah.edu/olympics/
From the Department of Meteorology

Tanner Humanities Center

University of Utah 2002 Olympic Coordination http://www.utah.edu/2002/
Provides a comprehensive range of activities on campus. Click on the calendar to find events of interest.

Utah Education Network http://www.uen.org/2002/
A k-12 site for students, teachers, and parents.

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About.com http://home.about.com/index.htm
The Salt Lake City guide http://saltlakecity.about.com/citiestowns/mountainus/saltlakecity/mbody.htm includes a subject
link to the the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Anti2002.org http://www.anti2002.org/

BBC Sport Winter Olympics http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/default.stm

CNN/Sports Illustrated http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/

Deseret News http://wintersports2002.com/oly/
Current articles from one of the major newspapers in Utah. To find past articles, search the
archives http://www.desnews.com/archives/arch1.html

ESPN Sports Zone: Olympics http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/index

GamesBids.com http://www.gamesbids.com/english/index.shtml
Independent, up-to-date information on the bidding process.

HarkTheHerald http://www.harktheherald.com/
Online newspaper produced by the staff of the Provo Daily Standard. See the Archives for past articles.

KSL-TV http://www.ksl.com/TV/olympics/sloc/index.php

NBC: Olympics http://nbcolympics.com/

Olympic Television Archive Bureau http://www.otab.com

Salt Lake Impact 2002 Beyond http://www.xmission.com/%7Exrdsurb/Impact2002.htm

Save Our Canyons Archives http://www.saveourcanyons.org/archive/olympics/

Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib2002.com/
Current and past articles from one of the major newspapers in Utah

Ski Utah http://www.skiutah.com
Official site of the Utah Ski and Snowboard Association.

StandardNET/ Standard-Examiner http://www.standard.net/
Web version of Odgen's daily newspaper Standard-Examiner.

TSN.ca http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/
News from a Canadian perspective.

Utah.com http://www.utah.com/adventures/olympics/olympics_main.htm
The official travel site of the state of Utah.

Utah Indymedia http://utah.indymedia.org/
"Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage of major protests."

Utah Media Center http://www.utahmediacenter.org/
A State of Utah resource for journalists

USA Today Olympic News http://www.usatoday.com/olympics/oly.htm

Yahoo Sports 2002 Winter Olympic Games http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/ysports/2002_Winter_Olympics/

Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics http://www.slc2002.org

International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/

112th IOC Session http://www.moscow2001.olympic.org/en/session/index.asp
Includes information on the new International Olympic Committee (IOC)Ppresident Jacques Rogge

National Olympic Committees http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/index_uk.asp

Olympic Museum / Musee Olympique http://www.museum.olympic.org/

Olympic Television Archive Bureau http://www.otab.com

United States Olympic Committee http://www.usoc.org/

International Paralympic Committee http://www.paralympic.org/

Paralympic Winter Games http://www.paralympic.org/games/winter/general.htm

Provides a brief history and lists medal tally for participating countries

Canadian Paralympic Committee http://www.paralympic.ca/ (In English and French)

German Paralympic Committee http://www.dbs-npc.de/index.htm (In German)

National Paralympic Committees http://www.paralympic.org/service/links/npc.htm
Links to 20+ homepages

Nagano Paralympics http://www.nagano-inpaku.gr.jp/english/p00/p00_top.html

United States Olympic Committee (USOC) http://www.usoc.org/education/paralympic_overview/paralympicindex.htm

"(USOC) serves as the U.S. Paralympic Committee (USPC) and is the only National Olympic Committee to assume such responsibility." All USA participants, by law, must be a member of the (Disabled Sports USA (DS/USA) http://www.dsusa.org/index.html).

Utah Chapter http://www.nationalabilitycenter.org/index.html
Located in Park City, the National Ability Center provides sports programs for individuals with both developmental and physical disabilities. Offers the Huntsman Cup and provides volunteer opportunities and paid internships for therapeutic recreation students.

 

All of these documents in this section were formerly available from the International Olympic Commitee website at http://www.olympic.org
Paper copies are now available in Special Collections and General Reserve

Report of the IOC ad hoc Commission to Investigate the Conduct of Certain IOC Members and to Consider Possible Changes in the Procedures for the Allocation of the Games of the Olympiad and Olympic Winter Games
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/reports/pdf_reports/108_pdf_e/1er_rap_enq_e.PDF
Presented to the IOC Executive Board Lausanne January 24, 1999

The Board Of Ethics Of The Salt Lake Organizing Committee For The Olympic Winter Games of 2002
Report To The Board Of Trustees February 8, 1999
http://web.archive.org/web/20010709165347/http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/reports/pdf_reports/usoc.PDF
Abridged version of Mitchell Report; this version is 24 pages long and has been reformatted to make reading difficult. Does not provide the appendices.

Second Report of IOC ad hoc Commission to Investigate the Conduct of Certain IOC Members and to Consider Possible Changes in the Procedures for the Allocation of the Games of the Olympiad and Olympic Winter Games
Presented to the IOC Executive Board March 11, 1999
http://web.archive.org/web/20010709162741/http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/reports/pdf_reports/108_pdf_e/2e_rap_enq_e.PDF

Report of the Special Bid Oversight Commission (Chaired by Senator George J. Mitchell, March 1st, 1999)
http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/hearings/0414ioc.pdf
Also known as Mitchell Commission Report

Independent Examiner for SOCOG (Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games) March 12, 1999
Report done by T. A. Sheridan http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/reports/pdf_reports/sheridan.pdf

IOC Paper On The Recommendations Made By The United States Olympic Committee Special Bid Oversight Commission in its report March 1, 1999
(Response to the Mitchell Commission Report)
July 14th, 1999 http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/reports/pdf_reports/108_pdf_e/2e_rap_enq_e.PDF

Intermediary Report of the IOC 2000 Commission June 2, 1999
http://web.archive.org/web/20010818152853/http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/reports/pdf_reports/cio2000_report_e.PDF

IOC Code of Ethics, March 6, 1999
http://web.archive.org/web/20010818153542/http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/reports/pdf_reports/ethics_code_e.PDF

Coles Report June 14, 1999
http://web.archive.org/web/20010818153148/http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/reports/pdf_reports/coles_report_e.PDF

Activity Report 1997-2000 http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/finance/finalreport/anglais/activite-en.html Not Available on the Web.
April 12, 2001 Discusses activities of the International Olympic Commitee (IOC) with a six page overview of the bid crisis.

Contributions to the Olympic Games and to Organising Committees  http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_59.pdf
Two page document published by the International Olympic Committee discussing revenue and financial support.

Fact File 2002 http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_66.pdf    January 23, 2002
A 165 page document published by the International Olympic Committee.

The Foundation http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/finance/finalreport/anglais/pdf/foundation_en.pdf
April 12, 2001

Forest Service 2002 http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/2002/
See the USDA Forest Service Olympic Planning Team Strategic Plan http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/2002/publications/strategic_plan.pdf

International Olympic Commitee Activity Report http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/finance/finalreport/anglais/pdf/committee_en.pdf April 12, 2001
Financial statements of this organization completed by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The International Olympic Committee And The United Nations System Building A Peaceful And Better World Through Sport And The Olympic Ideal July 5-7, 1999 http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/news/worldconf/pdf/brochureONU_e.PDF

Marketing Matters http://www.olympic.org/uk/utilities/reports/level2_uk.asp?HEAD2=27&HEAD1=8
Published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Issue 20 discusses Salt Lake 2002.

Nagano Olympic Winter Games 1997-2000 http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_179.pdf
July 13, 2001 Provides facts and figures covering athlete participation, tickets, television coverage, and revenues between Nagano and Lillehammer.

New list of prohibited substances and methods, effective 1. September 2001
List of prohibited substances and methods from the IOC and WADA.

Olympic Charter http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_122.pdf   
The complete text of the current Charter as of July 14,2001.

Olympic Games: Federal Government Provides Significant Funding and Support (GAO/GGD-00-183)
http://www.gao.gov/archive/2000/gg00183.pdf

Olympics Online:The Old Media beats the New Media http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/pdfs/PIP_Olympics_Report.pdf
October 4, 2000 Report from the Pew Foundation suveying Internet usage vs. traditional media for information.

Post-Olympic Report on Doping Controls at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney (Australia)
http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/org/medcom/medcom_post_olymp_report_e.html

Proceedings of the International Olympic Academy http://www.ioa.leeds.ac.uk/
Provides selections of the proceedings from 1960s and the 1970s. Includes the full-text of the 1980s. Includes speeches by Avery Brundage, Roger Bannister, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Jesse Owens.

Reaching Beyond the Gold http://www.joneslanglasalle.com/publications/global_insights_0106/Reaching.pdf
This 25 page document explores the impacts, benefits, implications on real estate markets in Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta,
Sydney, and the upcoming games iin Athens.

Report By The IOC 2000 Commission To The 110th IOC Session October 31, 1999
http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/reports/pdf_reports/ioc2000_final_report_e.PDF

Speech of Jacques Rogge, IOC President, at the Opening Ceremony of the 113th IOC Session   February 3, 2002
http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_271.pdf
The 8 page speech delivered on Feburary 8, 2002.

Sydney Facts and Figures http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/facts/finance/finalreport/anglais/pdf/sydney_en.pdf
Provides facts and figures covering athlete participatioin, tickets, television coverage, and revenues between Atlanta and Sydney.

United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) http://www.usantidoping.org

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Olympic Projections Chart January 2000
From the State of Utah Baseline Projections 2000-2030

2001 Economic Report to the Governor http://www.governor.state.ut.us/dea/publications/01erg/ERGall.pdf

2002 Olympic Winter Games: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Impacts - November 2000 http://www.governor.state.ut.us/dea/publications/finalOly1.pdf

2002 Olympic Winter Games Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Impacts http://www.governor.state.ut.us/dea/publications/oly/tob.htm

2002 Olympic Winter Games: Estimated Local Government Revenues November 1998 http://www.governor.state.ut.us/dea/publications/oly/2002oly.ivory.pdf

2002 Olympic Winter Games : Impacts, Images and Legacies. June 12, 2001 http://travel.utah.gov/Olympic_TTRA.pdf
Presentation to the 32nd Annual Conference of the Travel and Tourism Research Association

Research Evaluation of the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics http://travel.utah.gov/Olympic_Evaluation.pdf 2002
Written by Jon Kemp and published by the Utah Division of Travel Development

Utah Image and Awareness: The Post-Olympics European Study, 2002 : France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Holland 2003
Published by the Utah Division of Travel Development. Written by Gary J. Bamossy, Director of the Global Business Program at the David Eccles School of Business and Stephen Stephens of the University of Utah.

Utah Ski Database http://www.governor.state.ut.us/dea/publications/ski/intro.htm

Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles Library http://www.aafla.org/index.html
See this organization's Olympic Games Primer http://www.aafla.com/6oic/primer_frmst.htm

Centre for Olympic Studies (University of New South Wales Sydney Australia) http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/olympic/

International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education http://www.icsspe.org/

International Centre for Olympic Studies (University of Western Ontario) http://www.uwo.ca/olympic/

International Society of Olympic Historians http://www.olykamp.org/isoh/index.html
A scholarly society that promotes the "study the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games." Publishes the Journal of Olympic History.

Library of Congress "The Olympics: A Guide to Reference Sources" http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/main/olympics/

Olympic Studies Center (IOC) http://www.museum.olympic.org/e/studies_center/studies_center_e.html

Olympic Studies Centre (Autonomous University of Barcelona) http://www.blues.uab.es/olympic.studies/

Olympics Virtual Library http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/vl/olympic/olymwelc.htm
Created by librarians at the University of Southern Australia. Last updated August 4, 2000.

Proceedings of the International Olympic Academy http://www.ioa.leeds.ac.uk/
Provides selections of the proceedings from 1960s and the 1970s. Includes the full-text of the 1980s. Includes speeches by Avery Brundage, Roger Bannister, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Jesse Owens.

Scholarly Sport Sites http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/ssportsite/
Created by a librarian, this is an excellent site for research in sports and exercise. See the following useful links:

Bibliography of Selected Fulltext Sport Publications http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/ssportsite/biblio.html#Olympic%20Games

Games Organizations/ Olympic Games http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/ssportsite/gameorg.html

SIRC http://www.sportquest.com/resources/olympic-games/index.html
Provides a list of web sites. To find journal articles, books, and dissertations, use SportDiscus.

SportDiscus (Provided by the Eccles Health Sciences Library) Coverage from 1880 to the present.
The most comprehensive sports and exercise database. Find journal articles, books, and dissertations.

University of California, Davis Olympic Centennial Athletic, Sport, Recreation Bibliography Project http://nutrition.ucdavis.edu/olympics/
A bibliography created in 1996 by Professor Louis E. Grivetti. See this website for some full-text articles concerning
nutrition and athletes.

World Anti-Doping Agency http://www.wada-ama.org/asiakas/003/wada_english.nsf/

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Encyclopedia Britannica General Reference, Level 3, AE5 .E5 1997 In Volume 25, there is a six page essay on the early history and modern history of the Modern Olympic Games.

The 15 winter sports are:

Previous and future sites are:

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