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Rio 2016 Olympics

The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro begin on Friday, August 5. Here are some helpful references and resources to ignite the flame of Olympic knowledge:

Olympics News:

The Official Olympics website has its own newsroom. Have you followed the news about the creation of a Refugee Olympic Athletes team? Take a look:
https://www.olympic.org/news

Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic movement

REF GV721.5 .H546 2004, Level C

Browse section 796.48 on Level B , or search our library catalog (http://librarycat.drew.edu) for books relating to the Olympics, including:

Athens to Athens: the official history of the Olympic Games and the IOC, 1894-2004

Historical pictures & perspective from the International Olympic Committee.
796.4809 M647a

Drew ScholarSearch

Use our new “discovery” search to find news (or a research starter) on the Olympic Games. Search “Olympic Games” and select Source Type “News” in the left column.
http://tinyurl.com/DrewScholarSearch

Handbook on the economics of sport

This reference has a whole chapter on the Economics of the Olympics!
Reference: GV716 .H37 2006

Circus Maximus: the Economic Gamble behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup

This 2015 Brookings Report by Andrew Zimbalist gives even more detail.
Level D: GV721 .Z56 2015

Credo Reference

Use Credo’s image search to find Olympic related pictures in online reference books, check out the Topic page on “Olympic Games” or just search “Olympics” to find a variety of Olympics-related articles.
http://tinyurl.com/nh8njjv

What’s all this talk about Zika Virus?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control give the lowdown on Zika in Rio in their FAQ:
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/2016-rio-olympics-faq