Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's sport/Library

The list below contains a list of resources and databases related to sport and women's sport that can be useful for finding sources for articles. The list is sorted by library. Beyond that, contributors who are willing to make copies to physically copy and snail mail or scan and e-mail are encouraged to create a list of materials in their personal libraries.

Trove
Trove is a database provided by The National Library of Australia. The newspaper search section is useful for finding historical information about women's sport in Australia and New Zealand. Trove also searches books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more.

Sport organisations
The following is a list of annual reports, constitutions and other publications by women oriented sport organisations or by a group, government or sport organisation that has published material specifically about women's sport.


 * All England Netball Association
 * All England Netball Association Annual Report 2008 - 2009


 * Auckland Netball
 * AMI Auckland Netball 99th Annual Report 2010
 * AMI Auckland Netball Constitution


 * Bangkok Netball League
 * Bangkok Netball League Constitution


 * Brunswick Byron Netball Associated
 * Brunswick Byron Netball Associated Governance Documents


 * Cairns Roller Derby
 * Cairns Roller Derby Sponsorship Package 2011


 * Central Coast Roller Girls
 * Central Coast Roller Girls Constitution 2010


 * Commonwealth of Australia
 * About time! Women in sport and recreation in Australia, 2006


 * Deaf Netball Australia
 * Deaf Netball Australia Constitution


 * Derby Dolls
 * Derby Dolls 2008 At A Glance


 * Devil Dogs Derby Dames
 * Devil Dogs Derby Dames Bylaws


 * Gotham Girls Roller Derby
 * Gotham Girls Roller Derby Sponsorship Packet 2011


 * Gymnastics Australia
 * Gymnastics Australia Annual Report 2010


 * Hard Knox Roller Girls
 * Hard Knox Roller Girls 2011 Season Member Handbook


 * Jamaica Netball Association
 * Jamaica Netball Association Constitution


 * Jet City Roller Girls
 * Jet City Roller Girls Constitution


 * Macleay Netball Association
 * Macleay Netball Association Annual Report 2006


 * Netball ACT
 * Netball ACT Annual Report 2006
 * Netball ACT Annual Report 2010


 * Netball Australia
 * Netball Australia Annual Report 1985-1986
 * Netball Australia Annual Report 1989-1990
 * Netball Australia Annual Report 1990-1991
 * Netball Australia Annual Report 1997
 * Netball Australia Annual Report 2004
 * Netball Australia Annual Report 2006
 * Netball Australia Annual Report 2009
 * Netball Australia Annual Report 2010
 * 2009 – 2010 Disability Action Plan


 * Netball New South Wales
 * Netball New South Wales 2003 Annual Report
 * Netball New South Wales 2004 Annual Report
 * Netball New South Wales 2008 Annual Report
 * Netball New South Wales 2009 Annual Report
 * Netball New South Wales 2010 Annual Report


 * Netball Club, HKUSU
 * Netball Club, HKUSU Constitution


 * Netball North
 * Netball North Constitution


 * Netball Queensland
 * Netball Queensland Annual Report 2007


 * Netball Singapore
 * Netball Singapore Annual Report 2009 - 2010
 * Netball Singapore Financial Report 2010
 * Netball Singapore Annual Report 2010 - 2011


 * Netball South Australia
 * Netball South Australia 2010 Annual Report


 * Netball Victoria
 * Netball Victoria Annual Report 2006
 * Netball Victoria Annual Report 2007
 * Netball Victoria Annual Report 2008
 * Netball Victoria Annual Report 2009
 * Court Report December 2008
 * Court Report April 2009


 * Netball Waikato
 * Netball Waikato Annual Report 2008


 * Netball Western Australia
 * Netball Western Australia 2001 Annual Report
 * Netball Western Australia 2002 Annual Report
 * Netball Western Australia 2003 Annual Report
 * Netball Western Australia 2007 Annual Report
 * Netball Western Australia 2009 Annual Report
 * Netball Western Australia 2010 Annual Report


 * Pine Rivers Netball Association
 * Pine Rivers Netball Association President’s Report 2008


 * Pakistan Netball Federation
 * Pakistan Netball Federation Constitution


 * Rodeo City Rollergirls
 * Rodeo City Rollergirls Constitution


 * Santa Cruz Rollergirls
 * Santa Cruz Rollergirls Code of Conduct


 * Southern Tasmania Netball Association
 * Southern Tasmania Netball Association 2010 Annual Report
 * Southern Tasmania Netball Association Constitution


 * Sporting Traditions
 * THE DEVELOPMENT OF NETBALL AND THE ALL-AUSTRALIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (AAWBBA) : 1891-1939


 * Taupo Netball
 * Taupo Netball Constitution


 * University of Western Australia Baseball & Softball Club
 * University of Western Australia Baseball & Softball Club Annual Report 2010


 * Welsh Netball
 * Welsh Netball Annual Report 2008
 * Welsh Netball Annual Report 2009
 * Welsh Netball Annual Report 2010
 * Welsh Netball Annual Report 2011


 * Women's Flat Track Derby Association
 * Women's Flat Track Derby Association ROLLER DERBY DEMOGRAPHICS: Results from the Second Annual Comprehensive Data Collection on Skaters and Fans
 * Women's Flat Track Derby Association Request for Proposal for Hosting Referee Training Clinics

National Sport Information Centre
The National Sport Information Centre (NSIC) is a sport library based in Canberra, Australia. It is run by the Australian Institute of Sport. The library has many books about sport, with a focus on sport performance though it does have an extensive collection of books and related materials for the Olympics and Paralympics related to Australia and the international sport community. NSIC also has a two shelves specifically dedicated to women's sport and another two shelves dedicated to children's sport. The library also has an extensive collection of journals. Some of these journals specifically relate to women's sport. They include:


 * Australian netballer
 * Canadian journal for women in coaching
 * Coaching women's basketball
 * Conditioning for women's basketball
 * Court action : netball's national coaching journal
 * Inside women's tennis
 * Netball (U.K.)
 * Netball courtside
 * Netball NSW newsletter


 * Netball world
 * Queensland netballer
 * Victorian netballer
 * Women in sport
 * Women in sport & physical activity journal
 * Women's fitness and health
 * Women's fitness and sport
 * Women's sports & fitness
 * Women's sports and fitness

NSIC also has a collection of annual reports from various Australian national and international sporting organisations. These can be searched on the internet at the full text search part of their website.


 * National Sport Information Centre website

University of Canberra Library
The University of Canberra is home to the University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies program. The program focuses largely on sport performance. Because of this, the library has a decent collection of books about women's sport. These books include but are not limited to:


 * An illusory image : a report on the media coverage and portrayal of women's sport in Australia (1996)
 * A whole other ball game : women's literature on women's sport
 * Coming on strong : gender and sexuality in twentieth-century women's sport
 * Playing nice and losing : the struggle for control of women's intercollegiate athletics, 1960-2000
 * Women, sport, and society in modern China : holding up more than half the sky
 * Sport and women : social issues in international perspective
 * Strong women, deep closets : lesbians and homophobia in sport
 * World Outlook Report 2006-2011 : Contract Receipts for Women's, Girls' & Infants' Embroidering on Team Sport Uniforms, Costumes & Other Apparel...
 * World Outlook Report 2006-2011 : Women's & Girls' Team Sport Uniforms
 * Mother's taxi : sport and women's labor
 * Crossing boundaries : an international anthology of women's experiences in sport
 * Career pathways for elite coaching : a study of Australian softball coaches
 * Out of play : critical essays on gender and sport
 * Heroines of sport : the politics of difference and identity
 * Higher goals : women's ice hockey and the politics of gender
 * Making the rugby world : race, gender, commerce
 * Sport in Europe : politics, class, gender
 * Nike is a goddess : the history of women in sports
 * Footbinding, feminism, and freedom : the liberation of women's bodies in modern China


 * The sporting cycle : the hormonal factor and elite women athletes
 * Out of bounds : women, sport, and sexuality
 * Women who win : exercising your rights in sport
 * Out of the bleachers : writings on women and sport
 * Women's gymnastics
 * Women's hockey.
 * Performance and meaning : a socio-cultural view of women in sport
 * Netball heroes
 * Netball : essential sports
 * Netball diary
 * How to play netball
 * Netball mail
 * Netball : steps to success
 * Australian netball skills
 * Netball : the greatest team sport for women
 * Women's field hockey : level I coaching certification
 * Field hockey : guidance notes on rule interpretations
 * The stronger women get, the more men love football : sexism and the American culture of sports
 * Hockey coaching level 0 : a resource to supplement the level 0 coaching courses conducted for the Australian Womens Hockey Association and the Australian Hockey Association.
 * Better hockey for girls

A more comprehensive list can be found by searching the library's website.