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Hospitality Management

 

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Diane Zabel
Title: The Louis and Virginia Benzak Business Librarian and Acting Head Librarian


814-865-6369
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Articles and Databases

  • ProQuest

    • Search for newspaper, magazine and journal articles. Many full-text
  • Business Source Premier

    • Essential article database for business research, providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals
    • Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM, and supply chain management
  • LexisNexis Academic

    • News: full-text regional, national and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals
    • Business Resources: full-text business news, company and industry information, SEC filings, and accounting literature
    • Legal Resources: full-text federal and state case opinions, law reviews, legal news, European Union legislation, tax law, and patents
  • Hoover's

    • Proprietary company and industry information, SEC filings, plus reports on money management, career development, news, and business travel
    • Use this database to find profiles of companies in the hospitality industry, as well as financial information and news about these companies. You may search by company name or browse by industry.
  • Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

    • Investor information products
    • Industry Surveys
    • Company profiles and Corporation Records
    • Stock, bond and fund research

    Choose Industries from the top menu and then select Industry Surveys. Select either Lodging & Gaming or Restaurants from the drop-down menu to research sectors of the hospitality industry.

  • IBISWorld

    • Over 700 full-text industry reports
    • Over 700 U.S. industry risk rating reports
    • Information on over 8000 publicly-traded companies
    • Hundreds of economic and demographic profiles
  • Plunkett Research Online (Industry Information)

    • Industry sector analysis and research
    • Industry trends and statistics
    • Market research and trends
    • Company profiles

    Choose either the Airline, Hotel, & Travel or the Food & Beverage research centers.

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Web/Print Resources

  • Hospitality Reference Resources [Libraries' research guide]:

    • Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
    • Directories
    • Guides and Handbooks
    • Statistical Compendium
    • Selected Journals
    • Selected Websites

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