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Scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles
These sources allow you to search in scholarly literature in hospitality and business journals.
- Hospitality & Tourism Complete This link opens in a new window
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Articles from journals including scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism . - Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Full text for periodicals and news sources covering all aspects of business, including industry forecasts, company profiles and SWOT analyses. - ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts with some full text journals from the publisher Elsevier, the majority of which are in science, technology and medicine.
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Understanding scholarly and peer-reviewed sources
These tutorials, handouts and videos explain help you understand the articles you are reading.
Scholarly articles in everyday life
- The ConversationAn independent, nonprofit publisher of commentary and analysis, authored by academics and edited by journalists for the general public.
News articles
These sources include news coverage of the hospitality industry.
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Business resources including full text periodicals, news photographs, company reports, and financial data. - Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
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Full text for more than 80 regional US and Canadian business publications, newspapers, and newswires. - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowThe Washington Post and the New York Times are searchable in this database.
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White papers & industry organizations
Industry or trade associations are "groups that represent the interests of the member firms of an industry" (Entrepreneur, n.d.).
They often make some information publicly available on their sites. These might include white papers or annual reports.
- Industry spotlight: Travel, Tourism & Hospitality (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)This site from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce gives an overview of industry trends and lists trade groups.