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Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings can be used to quickly review texts related to Hospitality, Event Management, and Tourism. Because this is a unique, diverse field, a little extra work is required to choose an appropriate Subject Heading. Below are some good examples to try using an Advanced Search by the Subject Field in Discovery.

Hospitality Industry

Tourism

Eco-Tourism

Special Events

Hotel Management

Restaurant Management

Databases

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to full-text scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, reports, and book reviews in virtually every discipline.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Provides full-text articles of scholarly journals in all disciplines of business, and financial data, industry reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Cabell's Directories This link opens in a new window
Cabell's Directories helps researchers locate journals to seek publication in by providing information about journal submission guidelines, acceptance rates, review process and other pertinent information. (Note: Cabell's currently only works with on-campus networks.)
Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citations dating back to 1637.

globalEDGE
globalEDGE is a free resource maintained by the International Business Center at Michigan State University. It offers data on a slew of sources of interest to international entrepreneurs and students of international business, including country profiles, trade blocs, risk reports, and more.

GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
GreenFILE offers well-researched information related to all aspects of humanity's impact on the environment.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
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Provides reports on over 700 U.S. industries, including core industry reports, risk rating reports, and profiles including the U.S. Tourism industry, Motels and Hotels, and much more.
Key Business Ratios This link opens in a new window
Offers access to competitive benchmarking data compiled from public and private companies.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Provides the company overviews, ratios, prospects, and more. This is an ideal resource for company or competitive research. (Note: This database is limited to 20 concurrent users.)
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Is a collection of full-text newswires from all over the world with coverage from business, political, economic, and other international news events.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
A unique source for the comprehensive identification of both practical and research literature on sport, physical fitness, and physical education topics.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window
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Westlaw is a legal database that includes secondary and primary legal sources. It contains statutes, codes, and case law. Westlaw also includes the legal encyclopedias, journals, treatises, and law reviews, as well as public and private business information and coverage of news sources.