Hospitality Management Pathfinder

Delaware Technical & Community College Libraries

Hospitality Management

Subject Guide

Library Catalog / Call Numbers / Periodicals / Web Resources / Student Resources / Related Subject Guides / Online Subject Guides

LIBRARY CATALOG

The Delaware Library Catalog is the library's online catalog, and will help you search for books, periodicals, pamphlets and audiovisual materials. If you want to limit your search to items located at a specific Delaware Tech campus library only, use the drop down menu for "library" and select that campus library.

You can search the Delaware Library Catalog using a title or author's name if you have that information. If not, you can search using a keyword or subject heading. In a keyword search, type a word or phrase in the search box and click on the "search" button. The catalog will look for that word or phrase somewhere in an item's title or subject content. In a subject search, type a word or phrase in the search box and select "subject" from the drop down menu and then click search. The catalog will look for that word or phrase in the list of subject headings related to the item. Some examples of subject headings are listed below.

Advertising		Hotels
Bed and breakfast accommodations		Hotels - Accounting
Bookkeeping		Mangerial accounting
Budget in business		Marketing
Customer relations		Motel management
Employment interviewing		Personnel management
Food service		Public relations
Franchises, Retail		Restaurant management
Hospitality industry		Restaurants
Hotel housekeeping		Sales promotion
Hotel management		Total quality management

Additional subject headings may be found on the screen with detailed information about a specific title.

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CALL NUMBERS

Browsing the shelves in your library's Reference and Nonfiction (Circulating) Collections can also lead you to books you may not otherwise find. The main call numbers for materials on or related to hotel, restaurant and institutional management are:

TX911 - TX954

PERIODICALS AND DATABASES

You can find additional information on a topic by researching articles in periodicals, e.g. journals, magazines or newspapers. To find an article you will look up a specific topic in an online database. Delaware Tech's online databases can be found on the Online Databases page.

Typically, an online database will allow you to search for your topic by typing a keyword or phrase, e.g. hospitality management. The results from your search will display in a list of articles related to your topic. You will have access to the entire article online if there is a "Full Text" icon. If you find an article using an online database, keep in mind that these are actual periodical articles, not web sites.

If an article you want is not available in hardcopy format in the library or full-text online, consult with the librarian about requesting it via interlibrary loan.

The online databases listed below may be used to locate articles on or related to hospitality management. Use subject headings such as those used in searching the library catalog to locate articles on hospitality management in these databases.

EBSCOhost - Select Business Source Elite, Regional Business News, Academic Search Premier and/or MasterFILE Premier

FirstSearch - Select the Business & Economics Topic Area or choose one of the following Business Databases: BusDateline, BusIndustry, BusinessOrgs, or BusManagement

LexisNexis - For a general search, enter your search terms and select which type of publication you would like to search. You can also specify a date range to search.

ProQuest Direct - Provides newspaper abstracts and articles (New York Times, Wall Street Journal and more)

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WEB RESOURCES

DTCC Recommended Websites for Hospitality Management

American Culinary Federation,Inc.

American Hotel & Lodging Association

Better Business Bureau

Club Managers Association of America

FDA - Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition

Hospitality Links / Cornell School of Hotel Administration

International Association of Culinary Professionals

International Hotel & Restaurant Association

Restaurant.org / National Restaurant Association

Restaurants & Institutions

U.S. Business Administration's Outside Resources & Great Business Hotlinks

STUDENT RESOURCES

Subject Guides from Other Institutions/Websites -- this link can provide you with additional research assistance.

Best Search Tools Chart -- another option is to click on this link which is accessible from the Student Resources page (under "Miscellaneous"). This will lead you to a listing of search engines and directories. Choose one to begin searching the World Wide Web.

Criteria for Web Page Evaluation -- ask the library staff for a copy of this handout to help you evaluate the websites you find.

APA Citation Style Guide

RELATED SUBJECT GUIDES

There are other subject guides that you may find useful in conjunction with this one. You may request the following from a librarian:

Accounting

Business/General

Business Management

Marketing Management

For additional assistance in your research, please consult the Librarian.

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