The Tasman District Libraries has a wide selection of books and magazines on Sport and Outdoor Leisure. Most of the books on Sport are found at Dewey number 796. Books on exercise, fitness and nutrition are found in the Health and Wellness area.
The Tasman District Libraries has a wide selection of books and magazines on Sport and Outdoor Leisure. Here are a few tips to help you find what you want.
Books – Browsing the shelves Most of the books on Sport are found at this Dewey number 796.
See below for tips on how to search the catalogue for the right book
Magazines
New Zealand Rod and Rifle
New Zealand Pig Hunter
New Zealand 4WD and Sportvehicles
New Zealand Rugby World
Boating New Zealand
Kiwi Rider
Professional Skipper
New Zealand Adventure
New Zealand Wilderness
Fitness New Zealand
Two Wheels
Searching the Catalogue
The area is quite large so to find information on a particular sport, try searching our online catalogue using Quickfind and type in the keyword(s) you want e.g.
• Rugby biograph* (this brings up individual biographies and collections of biographical stories.)
• Sports nutrition
• Fitness women
• Trout fishing
• Aquatic exercises
• Pig hunting
• Mountain biking
Books on exercise, fitness and nutrition are found in the Health and wellness area. Use the Quickfind search as above to find your specific needs.
If the Quickfind search brings up too many titles or titles that are not relevant go into one title which is similar to what you want and note the subject heading. Select Subject as the search field e.g. you may want a book about Sailing for children. If you put Sailing in the Subject search box it will bring up all subject headings relating to Sailing, tick the boxes at the side of the headings:
Sailing – Juvenile literature
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