Rhetoric 102

Frye/Spring 2004

Historical, Social, and Literary Research of Baseball

Selected Sources in the Hampden-Sydney College Library

For items on Reserve for this course:

Search Reserves by Instructor in the Library's Online Catalog. Check the availability of items. If the item is checked out, the date and time the item is due back will be noted.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries from the library's Reference Collection:

Ref. GV 865 .A1 B323 1990 - The Ball Players: Baseball's Ultimate Biographical Reference

Ref. GV 867.64 .R52 2000 - Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

Ref. GV 877 .B27 1990 - The Baseball Encyclopedia: the Complete and Official Record of Major League Baseball

Ref. GV 863 .A1 R58 1995 - Baseball's Greatest Controversies: Rhubarbs, Hoaxes, Blown Calls, Ruthian Myths, Managers' Miscues, and Front-Office Flops

Ref. GV 865 .A1 B55 1987 - Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball

Ref. GV 865 .A1 R473 1994 - The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues

Ref. GV 865 .A1 D45 1995 - The Biographical History of Baseball

Ref. GV 862.3 .D53 1989 - The Dickson Baseball Dictionary

Ref. GV 875 .A3 E53 1991 - Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball Team Histories: National League

Ref. GV 877 .R39 - The Great All-Time Baseball Record Book

Ref. GV 863 .A1 T68 1989 - Total Baseball

_Periodicals:

Sports Illustrated: Bound Volumes 1954 - 1995, Microfiche 1996 - Jan. 2004, and online access (through library's catalog) 1983 - Present

Baseball Videos available in the Fuqua Center:

Subject headings to find books in the Online Catalog include:

• Baseball United States

• Baseball United States History

• Baseball Players United States Biography

Call numbers to browse:

• Baseball: GV 860 - GV 880 area on Ground Floor

Journal articles on the above topics are indexed in the following Online Resources:

• Britannica Online

• Infotrac:  Literature Resource Center

• Infotrac: Expanded Academic ASAP - coverage from 1980 to the present

• Infotrac: Opposing Viewpoint Resource Center - for different viewpoints on current cultural or social topics. Example: athletes do/do not make good role models

• LexisNexis: Primary Sources in U.S. History - African American History

• ProQuest: Historical New York Times

Web Resources:

National Baseball Library and Giamatti Resarch Center - from the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Access the Bedford Guide for College Writers Research and Documentation Online site for documentation examples in MLA style.