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Olympic World Library The Olympic World Library is a library maintain and supported by the Olympic Studies Centre, part of the International Olympic Committee. The IOC Olympic Studies is the world source of reference for Olympic knowledge and this library is simultaneously a library catalogue, an information portal and a search engine for Olympic knowledge. In particular, the Center holds valuable collections, including the IOC’s historical archives that offers over a kilometer of documents retracing the history of the IOC and the Olympic Movement from 1894 to the present day. It also provides access to 30,000 publications and 450 journals. The website is available in French and English. It has been collected by the DLLACS collection at the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Library.
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LA84 Sports Library and Digital Collection The LA84 Foundation maintains a traditional paper-based library as well as a growing digital library. Together, these collections cover all aspects of sports, with a particular emphasis on Olympic information. The LA84 Foundation was created with a share of the 1984 Olympic Games surplus and since 1985 has been supporting hundreds of non-profit youth sports organizations throughout Southern California annually, trains coaches, commissions research, convenes conferences and maintains the world’s premier Olympic and sports library collection. Although the interface is in English, the collection contains material originally published in other languages, such as French. The material is available in formats such as.pdf, .ps, .doc, .xls, .ppt, and .rtf. This resource has been collected by the DLLACS collection at the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Library.
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La Vida Baseball "La Vida Baseball" is a multi-media website produced in association with the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Its purpose is to celebrate Latino baseball and it includes material such as articles, video-essays, photographs, and interviews. "La Vida Baseball" is supported and published by a team integrated by both sports scholars and media practitioners. The editor in chief is Adrian Burgos Jr., a Professor of History at the University of Illinois. "La Vida..." has been collected by the DLLACS collection at the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Library.
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Memorias Oficiales de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe (1926-2010) The website provides full access to digitized copies of the official memoirs of all the editions of the Central American and Caribbean Games since the first edition in 1926 until 2010 and it includes an introductory essay. The collection was published online in September 2016 by the Organización Deportiva Centroamericana y del Caribe (ODECABE) (the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization). It has been collected by the DLLACS collection at the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Library.
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El Fígaro: Semanario de sports y de literatura Weekly magazine covering news and events relating Cuban sports and literature. Currently, issues range from July 23, 1885 to December 28, 1. This periodical is part of the Cuban Ephemera Collection at UCLA and it has been collected by the DLLACS collection at the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Library.
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Acción. Revista Cubana de Cultura Física "Acción" is a scientific journal publishing articles, essays, and original research addressing topics such as physical education, coaching, sports and society, professional training of physical educators, and health promotion. The journal was previously edited as "Cultura Física" since 1985 and in 2005 was renamed as "Acción". The periodical is edited by the Cuban Instituto Superior de Cultura Física "Manuel Fajardo", is an open source publication, and it has been collected by the DLLACS collection at the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Library.