Blue Ribbon College Football Forecast

A one-stop source for the media, coaches, players, NBA scouts, and serious fans

For anyone serious about college football, this reference is the all-new edition of the premier college football annual.

For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop. For collection development specialists, it is an invaluable selection guide. Allen describes and evaluates over 1,000 information sources on the complete spectrum of sports: from basketball, football, and hockey to figure skating, table tennis, and weight training. Focusing on English-language works published between 1990 and the present, the guide thoroughly covers traditional reference sources, such as encyclopedias and bibliographies, along with instructional sources in print formats, online databases, and Web sites. To enable users in search of information on specific sports or fitness activities, chapters are organized thematically, according to broad- type aquatic sports, nautical sports, precision and accuracy, racket sports, ice and snow sports, ball sports, cycling, and so on, with subcategories for such individual sports as soccer, golf, and yoga. Within these categories, works are further organized by type: reference, instructional, and Web sites.

Blue Ribbon is targeted to the true college basketball fan who wants all the information possible on the sport. Besides full stories on all 305 Division I teams, it also provides a complete scouting report on NCAA Division II and III, as well as NAIA schools and junior colleges. Cuts to the chase by providing the nuts and bolts of the game. What do teams have? What are their strengths? Weaknesses? Who's their best player? How can they be beaten? How can they win?

This source of information on comtemporary American reference works is intended for the library and information community. It has nearly 1600 descriptive and evaluative entries, and reviews material from more than 300 publishers in nearly 500 subject areas. It should help the user keep abreast of reference publications in all fields, answer everyday questions and build up reference collections.