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Schenectady County Community College Begley Library and Instructional Technology Center Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Sources I. Books To locate books and multi-media on different topics in Travel and Tourism, search the Online Catalog, BLISS, under subject headings such as: air travel airlines hostels hotel management hotels motels travel travel agents travel guidebooks From the library homepage select Find Books. Select Find Books in This Library. Select Basic Keyword Search and then Subject as the field to search and enter in your text. A list of records will display. Multi-media (videos, slides, films, CDs, tapes, DVDs, etc.) are located in the Instructional Technology Center (ITC) on the second floor and may be searched using the Advanced Search feature of BLISS under Find Books. Browsing the shelves can also be helpful. Look in the “G” (second floor) and “TX” (first floor) sections of the stacks. II. Ebooks NetLibrary offers an extensive collection of e-books in the travel and hospitality industries. Use the search terms listed above (I.) to search for availability. To use NetLibrary, select Find Books from the Begley home page, NetLibrary, LogIn (upper right corner if you already have a logon) and then enter the terms that you want. III. Career Resources There is a section of the library located to your left as you enter that is dedicated to Career material. Included in this collection are a number of items on pursuing careers in the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality industries. See our separate Resource Guide for further information on culinary arts and cookery. IV. Cool Careers for Girls in Travel and Hospitality Inside Secrets to Finding a Career in Travel Career Opportunities in the Travel Industry Careers in Focus. Travel & Hospitality The Food and Beverage Industry Opportunities in Hotel and Motel Careers G155.5.P37 2003 G155.5.R8 2001 G155.7.C65 2004 TX911.3.V62 C39 2000 TX911.3.V62 S56 2002 TX911.3.V62 H46 2006 Reference Actual reference materials are located beyond the Reference desk. Some sample books are: World Travel Atlas World Travel Guide Encyclopedia of Tourism World Travel Dictionary Oxford Atlas of the World Official Hotel Guide (OHG) Business Travel Planner Directory of Hotels & Lodging Companies Hotels & Travel Index REF G153.4 .W673 2002 REF G153.4 .W677 2001-2002 REF G155.A1 E4295 2000 REF G155.A1 W69 1999 REF G1021 .A7545 2002 REF TX907.043 2002 (3 vols.) REF TX907 .B87 2003 (4 vols.) REF TX907.D57 2004 REF TX907 .H59 2005 (4 vols.) Laws relating to the hospitality industry may be found at: V. The Laws of Innkeepers Hotel, Restaurant, and Travel Law REF KF951.A7S48 1993 REF KF951.C6 2004 Electronic Databases and Print Resources for Periodicals, Newspapers, and Journals The library subscribes to multiple databases which provide resources for travel, hospitality and tourism information. From the library home page, select Find Articles which brings you to a list of databases that can be accessed. They may be accessed either by subject or alphabetically. The following may be used to access online journals and periodicals for full text articles or citations. SFX can be used to attempt to locate a full text version of an article. Some newspapers and magazines are also kept on microfilm. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Hospitality and Tourism Index (EBSCO) Career and Vocational Database (Gale) Business & Co. Resource Center (Gale) Business Source Premier (EBSCO) New York Newspapers (Gale) Newspaper Source (EBSCO) xrefer Print Resources Some magazines and journals in print are located to the left of the Reference Desk: VI. Club Management Food Service East National Geographic Traveler Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research Lodging Transitions Abroad Internet Much information is available on the Internet, but not all of it is accurate. For help evaluating an Internet site, see Begley’s Guide to Evaluating Web Sites at http://www.sunysccc.edu/library/services/webeval.html. Some helpful sites for locating hospitality & tourism information are: VII. Cornell Hotel School’s directory of hospitality and tourism Internet sites http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/links Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly (featured articles online) http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/publications/hraq Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory http://www.towd.com/ Hospitality Net – industry news, events, job listings http://www.hospitalitynet.org/index.html Travel Industry Association of America http://www.tia.org Fodors.com http://www.fodors.com U.S. State Department Travel and Living Abroad http://www.state.gov/travel U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training http://www.doleta.gov/BRG/Indprof/Hospitality.cfm Hostelling International http://www.hiusa.org Traveling in New York State http://www.iloveny.com Thomas Cook Publishing http://www.thomascookpublishing.com/ Reference Librarians Reference Librarians will be glad to assist you in locating materials, using the catalog, indexes or Internet. Feel free to ask for help! Revamped by Tina Kiernan, July 2006
