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Hospitality Management |
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This guide suggests resources for locating information and
materials on the Hospitality and Food Service Industry.
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Contents of this research
guide |
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Background
Information |
Books | Articles |
Reviews |
Hospitality Law
Country Profiles | People |
Statistics |
Organizations | Additional Resources
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Background Information |
| Encyclopedias and other
reference works are an excellent place to start a research
project or simply learn more about a particular topic.
They provide topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for
further reading. |
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Books |
Use the
Kent Library Catalog
to find books, videos/DVDs, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you to use your own
words as search terms.
Subject Heading searches look for items
that are part of a group or topic.
Browse the Shelves.
Books on Hospitality Management and Food Service can fall into many
different subject areas and many different call number ranges.
For a detailed list of sections try this
outline.
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Examples: |
647
Hospitality
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641
Food and Drink |
664
Food Technology |
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Articles |
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Search an article database to find scholarly journal articles, popular
magazines articles and trade publications. For a full list of
databases see the the
database A-Z
list or
database by subject.
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Restaurant, Hotel & Travel Reviews |
Locate restaurant, hotel and travel reviews from newspapers, journals and
magazines.
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Hospitality Law |
Westlaw
Campus
Select
Law on the left tab at the top of your screen. Search for legal news, law
reviews, state and federal cases
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Country Profiles |
Use
print and electronic sources to learn about geography, economics,
politics and culture.
A-Z Countries of the World
E-book: Search & Read Online
CIA World Factbook
Online
version
Countries and Their Cultures
R 306.03 C83265
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People |
Learn about important people & historical figures
in Hospitality and Food Service.
Biography.com from A&E
www.biography.com
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Statistics |
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How many
people are traveling this year? Where are they going? What is the
current employer cost for employee compensation? Statistics can
help identify trends in hospitality management and make predications
for businesses.
National Household Travel Survey
From
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the 2001 Travel Survey has
winter, summer, long distance, and holiday travel information.
International Travel
From
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, includes border crossings
and travel trends.
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
The file includes sources
in opinion polling such as Gallup, Harris, Roper; ABC, CBS,
CNN and NBC; Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today
and Wall Street Journal.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S.
Department of Labor statistics by category.
Polling Reports
An
independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public
opinion.
Gallup
A polling service of American public opinion.
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Organizations |
Academy of
Hospitality Industry Attorneys
American
Association of Franchisees & Dealers
American Hotel
and Lodging Association
Hospitality
Financial and Technology Professionals
International
Hotel & Restaurant Association
National Tour
Association
Professional
Association of Innkeepers International
Travel
Industry Association
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Additional Resources |
For a list of Web
searching tools, see the
Find: web
resources page.
Other Guides:
Food Industry and Business: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Steenbock Library
Tourism
and Hospitality: University of Tennessee - Knoxville Libraries
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page developed by Information Services
created: 4/20/2006/ Michelle Dubaj
last updated:
08/26/2009, ES
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