Subject areas covered:

• training and coaching for major sports played in Australia
• general coaching and training - stretching, flexibility, strength training
• sports science and sports medicine - psychology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition, injuries
• sports administration - marketing, sponsorship, club management, law
• special populations - women, children, indigenous, disability
• major sporting events - Olympic and Commonwealth Games
• Australian sports policy
• records and statistics

Information resources managed:

• 16,000 books - available on inter-library loan from local libraries
• 5,000 videos - available on inter-library loan or through the sports video library
• 300 current journal titles. Major Australian sports journals are collected
• annual reports from national sports organisations are collected where available and can be accessed online through the Australian Sport Publications Archive
• 4,000 permanently archived electronic documents published in Australia and can be accessed online through the Australian Sport Publications Archive
• archive collection of all Australian Sports Commission and Australian Institute of Sport published resources
• archive collection of posters