Sport Information Resource Centre (Sirc), Ottawa, ON

With over 6.5 million pages of sport related research dating as far back as the 1700’s and encompassing over 62 different languages, SIRC is the world’s leading sport resource centre. SIRC’s goal is to collect, archive, and share qualified sport information with sport enthusiasts in Canada and around the world.
Since 1973, SIRC has been Canada’s Sport Information Resource Centre. Based in Ottawa, SIRC is a not-for-profit corporation that serves the sporting community through:
Comprehensive collections of sport related material;
Qualified indexing and research services;
The SIRCThesaurus;
The creation of the world’s leading sport database,
Numerous programs that inspire, acknowledge and celebrate academic and sport excellence
SIRC is pleased to encourage academic and sporting excellence. We are an active supporter of all levels of academic excellence, ranging from the esteemed SIRC Research Award
SIRC is in the process of digitizing much of its collection. The goal is to create a virtual library so that visitors can search the extensive collection on-line and obtain the complete document electronically. SIRC simplifies the process for organizations and individuals, by being the single point of contact for handling copyright and distribution issues. SIRC has contacted hundreds of publishers, authors, and copyright agencies to ensure the material can be archived electronically and safely sent to individuals, researchers and association members. With 700,000 sources of information indexed, SIRC maintains over 8,000 titles in its collection and receives thousands of new and continuing titles on a regular basis. The SIRC Collection continues to grow while preserving the legacy of sport information and culture, as well as anticipating the needs of the sporting community, academic institutions, and government researchers.