Databases
Most Important Resources
Hospitality and Tourism Complete
- Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.
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- Our largest database for business articles.
- Indexes over 8,200 journals, of which 3,582 have full text.
- Also provides country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch.
- Also provides company and industry reports from MarketLine.
- Covers 1984-present, with earlier coverage for hundreds of top business journals.
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- Our largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full-text database.
- Covers social sciences, humanities, general science, and education.
- Abstracts and indexes over 7,930 journals (over 6,175 of those are peer-reviewed).
- Provides the full text of over 4,500 journals (over 3,600 of those are peer-reviewed).
- About 100 titles indexed from 1975 or earlier; most titles available in full-text from 1990.
- Covers 1984 through present. Some titles indexed 1975-present. Most full-text 1990-present.
- Covers all aspects of business and economics.
- Especially strong in international and U.S. regional publications, and articles about specific markets and industries.
- Indexes over 10,000 publications. 52% of those publications deal with business or industries.
- Provides full text articles from 2,700 of the 6,300 publications indexed
- Covers 1980-present.
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- Full-text articles from over 7500 journals, magazines, transcripts, newspapers, newsletters, and other sources.
- Business section useful for commercial recreation.
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ProQuest
Direct
- Includes indexing, abstracts for business journals, general periodicals, and newspapers.
- Includes some full text
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- Full text of over 1800 social and natural science journals published by Elsevier.
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- Probably the best all-around database for all aspects of recreation. Indexes and abstracts most major journals in the field.
- 1975 - present
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Therapeutic Recreation - Articles (Journals, Magazines, Trade & Newspapers)
EBSCO Databases for Therapeutic Recreation
- Includes SPORT Discus, CINAHL, ERIC, and Academic Search Premier.
- Indexes and provides full text for thousands of scholarly and trade journals.
- Covers many aspects of TR.
- Probably the best all-around database for all aspects of Recreation, Tourism, & Hospitality Management . Indexes and abstracts most major journals in the field.
- 1975 - present
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- Provides indexing and abstracts for over 3,200 medical and health journals and is the major database for this field.
- Dates vary
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- Indexes and abstracts over 1300 journals in psychology and related disciplines. Also includes books and dissertations.
- 1872 - present
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- Indexes and abstracts over 2,300 journals in sociology and related fields.
- 1963 - present
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- Indexes over 8,100 journals in the sciences and social sciences.
- Provides cited reference searching.
- 1955 - present.
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Related Resources (Company and Industry Research, Legislation, Public Policy)
- Provides full text company, investment, and industry research from Standard & Poor's.
- Covers public and private companies.
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Mintel Market Research Reports
- Provides fulltext market and consumer research reports for tourism (among other sectors).
- International in scope, but with emphasis on the U.S. and Europe.
- Most of the reports covers market drivers, market share, size, structure, segmentation, trends, consumer expenditure and spending patterns, psychographics, forecasts, and company and brand profiles.
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MarketLine Business Information Center
- Provides 10,000 company profiles (many including a SWOT analysis).
- Covers companies from around the world.
- Also provides 2,000 industry profiles.
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More resources for industry information
- Indexes periodicals, books, government documents, reports, and internet sites on public policy, government, and law.
- 1972 - present. Abstracts are included since 1985.
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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
- Provides the full text of over 100 reference books covering many subjects.
- Includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, "who's who", literary companions, and handbooks.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Provides the full text of the following reference books, among
others:
- Business Plans Handbook (vols. 1-10)
- Countries and Their Cultures
- Encyclopedia of Small Business
- Social Trends and Indicators
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies
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Recreation, Tourism & Hospitality Management Resources
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Mark Schumacher
Recreation, Tourism, & Hospitality Management Librarian
