The College Football Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes on Sports History) [Hardcover]

Myron J. Smith (Compiler)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0313290261 | ISBN-13: 978-0313290268 | Publication Date: December 30, 1993

With more than 12,000 entries, this is the most comprehensive bibliography yet published on the literature of college football. Organized into five major sections, the work covers American-style football from 1869 through January 1993. Among the types of materials represented are books and monographs, documents, team yearbooks, media guides, bowl game magazines, annuals, dissertations and theses, and periodical and journal articles. Within the text, each section and many subsections begin with brief introductions and conclude with notes designed to guide the user to related references in other parts of the volume. Entries are numbered, and separate author and subject indexes keyed to those numbers provide additional access points. Smith provides annotations for many entries either as title enhancement or clarification. As a reference tool, it will enable the user to determine quickly much of what is available and help to establish a basis for further research. This bibliography will be invaluable for sports historians, indeed, all who follow the game, its development, and its players.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Right on the heels of Smith's bibliography, Professional Football [RBB O 1 93], comes his compilation on college football since 1869. It is arranged the same as the previous work: sections listing reference works, general works, conferences, and individual teams, followed by the largest section listing biographies of players and coaches. (Also included is a brief section on rivalries, big games, and postseason play.) More than 12,000 books, chapters in annuals, and periodical articles are listed, covering more than 300 college teams and more than 1,000 players. There are indexes by author and subject. All libraries in colleges with a football team will want this book; public libraries should consider purchase, too. Sandy Whiteley

Review

“...this is a valuable, expertly produced reference book. No other guide to the literature compares in scope or quality. Recommended for general and academic libraries.”–Choice

“All libraries in colleges with a football team will want this book.”–Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 968 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (December 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313290261
• ISBN-13: 978-0313290268
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,828,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A professional librarian and historian since 1966, Tusculum College Library Director Myron J. "Jack" Smith, Jr., Professor of Library Science and History, arrived in Tennessee in 1990 after a 15-year tenure as Library Director and Professor of Library Science and History at Salem College (now Salem-International University) in West Virginia. Prof. Smith is an internationally known author and bibliographer on subjects ranging in topic from airlines to Watergate and from baseball to the U.S. Civil War. The author of 82 volumes of bibliography and history, Smith has been the recipient of a variety of literary honors and awards. In 1993, he received the Nelson Ross Award from the Professional Football Research Writers Association. Smith remains the only American to have received Germany's Richard Franck Preis for historical bibliography.