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BUSINESS
RESEARCH GUIDE
Library Resources for Hospitality & Tourism
Research
The hospitality research
collection supports teaching and research at the Department of Hospitality
& Tourism Management (HTM).
For research support, contact Michael
Davis, Business Librarian, jmdavis@library.umass.edu.
The
Library subscribes to these hospitality and tourism publication types:
Journal & Magazines: |
Trade
and academic journals, business magazines. |
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Daily Newspapers |
Daily
newspapers for all U.S. cities and major cities worldwide. |
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Industry Reports: |
Industry
reports for every HTM industry, including forecasts for the next five
years. |
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Market Reports: |
Current
market reports and data on HTM consumer markets worldwide. |
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Company Reports: |
Facts
about HTM companies - their structure, history and finances. |
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Company Directories: |
Lists
of restaurants
and hotels anywhere in the world by type, size or location. |
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Country Reports: |
Tourism
market reports for countries worldwide. |
For subject research,
use the databases below. To locate a specific hospitality journal title,
use the E-Journal
Locator. Start your journal research with ABI/Inform
Global.
Business
Source Premier
Business Source Premier is the largest full-text collection of scholarly
and trade journals in the world. Coverage:
1965 to present. View journal titles
listed by subject.
ABI/Inform
Global
Journal articles from 1,600 leading business and management journals
published worldwide. Coverage:
1971 to present, plus 100 leading scholarly journals from the early
20th century to present. Title
List
LexisNexis
Academic
Use LexisNexis to retrieve articles from U.S. and foreign daily
newspapers and trade journals. Lexis is useful for the study of regional
or local HTM topics. Coverage:
Generally from the early 1990s to present.
CAB
Direct
Citations to articles and reports about agriculture, leisure,
recreation, tourism, and related international development topics, 1990
to present. Use CAB Direct to study international development in developing
countries.
U.S. industries are
defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce industry classification system
called NAICS
- North American Industrial Classification System. Use the library
database called IBISWorld
to locate current reports for every HTM industries. Click the NAICS
classification codes below to view an IBISWorld report:
Encyclopedia
of American Industries
Reports on U.S., global and emerging industries. Part of the Business
& Company Resource Center (BCRC). Go to BCRC, click Advanced Search.
Select "Industry Overviews" from the drop-down menu.
ISI
Emerging Markets
Industry reports for 70 emerging market countries in Asia, Latin
America, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Standard
& Poor's NetAdvantage
S&P provides these recurring report titles: Lodging &
Gaming; Restaurants; and Hotels, Resorts, & Cruise Lines.
Mintel
Reports
Mintel provides current
U.S. and international market reports on retailing, consumer lifestyles,
hotels, restaurants, and tourism markets worldwide. Mintel requires each
user to establish an individual account. Recent Mintel reports:
MarketResearch.com
Academic
MarketResearch.com Academic provides market reports on markets across
the U.S. economy, including foodservice, hospitality, travel and leisure
markets.
GMID - Global
Market Information Database
Data tables of hard-to-find demographic, economic and market statistics
for 205 countries worldwide. Data
trends from 1977, forecast to 2015. Includes data
on tourism expenditures/receipts, accommodations, arrivals - by country.
Hoover's
Company Capsules
Hoover's reports on more than 13,500 public and private companies. Quick
facts about major hospitality companies.
International
Directory of Company Histories
Management histories of major hotel and restaurant companies. Access:
Part of the Business & Company Resource Center (BCRC). Go to
BCRC, click Advanced Search. Select "Histories" from
the drop-down menu.
Datamonitor
SWOT Reports
Reports on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to major
international hospitality companies. Part of the Business Source Premier
database (BSP). Go to BSP and select SWOT Analysis in the right column.
Mergent
Online
Reports
on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. companies. Includes
SEC filings and annual reports to stockholders. Coverage:
SEC filings from 1993 to present. Annual Reports from 1997 to present.
Standard
& Poor's NetAdvantage
S&P Stock Reports provide investment analysis for all public
hospitality companies.
ReferenceUSA
Directory of 14 million U.S. commercial and nonprofit organizations.
Search and sort by multiple criteria. Link to parent or subsidiary. Locate
businesses of any size or type anywhere in the United States.
Dun
& Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database
Directory of 1,600,000 U.S. And Canadian public and private businesses
with sales greater than $5 million or employee totals greater than 100.
Search by name, location, industry, or size.
ISI
Emerging Markets
Directory of hotel and restaurant companies in 80 emerging market
countries in Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe, Middle
East, and Africa.
TTI
Country Reports
Reports on tourism markets by country and region. Access: TTI Reports
are part of the Mintel
Database. Go to Mintel Reports and click the Search Tab at top, then select
a country.
EIU
Country Reports
Reports on the latest economic, political, and market conditions
for all countries worldwide. EIU reports provide an outlook for the next
12-18 months. Key Content:
Business risk analysis for international business development.
ISI
Emerging Markets
News and reports on all markets and industries in 80 emerging
market countries - Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe,
Middle East, and Africa.
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