SURVEY OF THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY (HFT 3003)
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LIBRARIAN: Dr. Darlene Ann Parrish

The selected sources listed below are useful for researching the history of a particular segment of the hospitality industry.

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Electronic databases provide access to articles and other types of information and are available from the FAU Libraries home page at (http://www.fau.edu/library) by selecting “Indexes/Databases” under the heading "Quick Links."

Remember to select the link for “Off Campus Connect(EZproxy)” when accessing these databases remotely.

ABI/INFORM Complete  (ProQuest)
Gives access to articles on various segments of the hospitality and tourism industry and the important issues that impact them.  This database contains some full text articles. Searches can be limited to just “scholarly journals.”

Business and Company Resource Center
This is a good starting point for researching public and privately held companies and industries.  Reports on industries usually contain information about "top" players, company rankings, market share and other valuable information. Searches can be done by using company name, industry name or industry classification number (SIC or NAICS).

Business and Industry
Provides statistical information and commentaries about industries, including trends, important events and marketing information.

Business Source Premier
This database is also recommended for finding articles (some with the full text) about companies and industries and the environment in which they operate.

Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Provides extensive information and statistics about marketing profiles and consumer information relating to specific industries and geographic locations.

Lexis Nexis Academic
This useful resource contains very current full text articles on important issues that impact industries.  In addition to the “Business” component, there is a "Legal" component, which gives access to articles on legal and regulatory issues, and statutory laws and court cases.

MarketLine Business Information Centre (MBIC)
This database is helpful for finding information on global issues that would impact companies and industries. It provides access to current business information about companies (including those that are foreign owned) and industries in 50 countries.

Plunkett Research
The most useful feature of this database is the access to reports dealing with “Marketing Research and Trends.” These reports include information on domestic and international markets for various industries. Another useful feature is the glossary of business terms.

SimplyMap 
Provides mapping capabilities with access to demographic, business and marketing data.

Standard & Poor’s (S & P) NetAdvantage
Included in this database are reports on industries and public companies. The industry reports are fairly current and include information about trends and domestic and global issues of concern.

Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
This authoritative source contains full text articles, from 1984 to the present, about companies and industries, many with a global emphasis.  This database can also be searched in ABI/INFORM Complete .

EVALUATING INFORMATION

If you are not using one of the “Electronic Databases” listed above or other databases via the FAU Libraries Electronic Collection, you may want to consider some of the following questions when evaluating information from the Internet:

1. How authoritative is the source of the information?
2. How accurate is the information?
3. How reliable is the information?
4. How current is the information?
5. How relevant is the information to my topic?

CITING REFERENCES

BF76.7.P83 2001 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
5th ed. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001.

A Guide to Writing Research Papers is a helpful online source that is based on the APA style manual.

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