From the shelves of Freel Library

The 2018 Winter Olympics start this week with figure skating on Thursday night and the opening ceremonies on Friday night.  Of course, the library has a few books on the Olympics to get you ready. Here's a few:

The Games : a global history of the Olympics by David Goldblatt

Call Number: GV721.5.G615 2016

ISBN: 9780393292770

For millions of people around the world, the Summer and Winter Games are a joy and a treasure, but how did they develop into a global colossus? How have they been buffeted by--and, in turn, affected by--world events? Why do we care about them so much? From the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history through national triumphs and tragedies, individual victories and failures. Here is the story of grand Olympic traditions such as winners' medals, the torch relay, and the eternal flame. Here is the story of popular Olympic events such as gymnastics, the marathon, and alpine skiing (as well as discontinued ones like tug-of-war). And here in all their glory are Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, Abebe Bikila to Bob Beamon, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.

 

The Olympic Games: a social science perspective by K. Toohey; A. J. Veal

Call Number: GV721.5.T64 2000

ISBN: 0851993427

This book is unique in that it is the first to provide a comprehensive, critical analysis of the contemporary sporting and cultural phenomenon that is the Olympic Games. It draws on a range of social science perspectives, including sociology, political science, history and economics and highlights the critical issues relating to the Games. The book examines the role of politics and nationalism in the development of the Games, the economics and financing of the Games, roles that the mass media has played, control of performance enhancing drugs, equity and women's participation and other fascinating aspects of one of the rare cultural events that is shared by many nations.

 

The Olympic Games Explained : A Student Guide to the Evolution of the Modern Olympic Games by Vassill Girginov; S. J. Parryan

Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9780415346030

This multidisciplinary text is a comprehensive introduction to the central themes and background of the modern Games. The text considers a range of topics including:  the ancient Olympics the modern revival of the nineteenth century the development of the Games throughout the twentieth century. the media and the Olympics Olympic marketing and sponsorship. Complemented by a dedicated website offering access to unique archive and other document sources, this book brings its audience the best Olympic educational expertise available.

Freel Library is pleased to announce that the MCLA community now has access to the Project Muse Premium Collection of online journals.  A database of humanities and social science content, Project Muse makes accessible over 250 scholarly journals not previously available in any of our other databases.  In addition, it expands the coverage for another 265 titles, often filling in the embargo period on current issues of journals in JSTOR and EBSCOhost databases. Accessible on campus and off, you’ll find a link to Project Muse at the library homepage.  The list of included journal titles, with coverage dates, can be found at http://muse.jhu.edu/about/muse_journals_list.html.  Journal citations in other databases we subscribe to, including those in EBSCOhost’s Academic Search Premier and JSTOR, will link to available articles in Project Muse. In the next few weeks, you will also see links to Project Muse in Google Scholar.

Not all journals in the Project Muse database are part of the Premium Collection. About a dozen titles are indexed, but don’t offer article content as part of our subscription. Also, although we are not subscribing to the digital books in Project Muse, PM is offering a selection of open access titles from Cornell University Press and will, in 2018, be making available several hundred additional scholarly books through its open access platform MUSE Open.

Funding for this great addition to our collection comes from the federal Title III grant awarded to MCLA in 2016.

Below are some of the journal titles that are unique to the Project Muse database.