Travel Industry Management Subject Guide
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Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Desk
Library Hours
Telephone: 808-956-7214
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Collection Development Librarian for Travel Industry Management
David Flynn / 808-956-2621 / david.flynn@hawaii.edu
Hamilton Library
2550 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
Find Articles and Journals
ABI/INFORM
Global
Licensed for UHM use only
The premier business and management database providing extensive coverage
of North America and the world. Search nearly 1,800 worldwide business periodicals
for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques,
theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human
resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international
coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business
and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street Journal.
Academic Search Premier
Licensed for UHM use only
Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,650
serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to
the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200
journals.
Business
Source Premier
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Provides full text for over 2,300 scholarly business journals covering management,
economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
CAB
Abstracts
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Although the focus of this database is agricultural and biological information
it is useful for articles on rural tourism development and world agricultural
economics. 1973 to present.
EconLit
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EconLit, published by the American Economic Association, provides
bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature.
An expanded version of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) indexes
of journals, books, and dissertations, EconLit covers both economic theory
and application.
EIU
Online
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This database provides online access to Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
publications analyzing and forecasting the economic, political and business
environments of almost 200 countries.
Included in the library's subscription are: Country Reports (quarterly), Country Profiles (annual), Country Commerce (business & trade regulations), Country Finance (taxation & investment), Country Monitor (international executive briefing), Business Asia, Business China, Business Eastern Europe, Business Latin America. Archives go back to 1996.
Emerald
FullText
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Emerald Fulltext covers the major management disciplines including marketing,
human resources (HR) and organizational development, library & information
management, quality and operations management. Coverage also includes accounting,
education, science & technology, healthcare, and communications. Contains
the full text of journal articles published from 1994 to date, in both HTML
and PDF format. Abstracts are also provided for articles back to 1989.
Hawaii
Pacific Journal Index
Free web access
Hawaii Pacific Journal Index is a Voyager Online Catalog Citation index
to nearly 100 journals published in or about Hawaii and covering all subjects.
A listing of titles indexed in HPJI is available.
Hospitality & Tourism Index
Licensed for UHM use only
Hospitality and Tourism Index is a bibliographic database covering scholarly
research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.
HTI will contain over 470,000 records from 500 publications. Coverage includes
demographics and statistics, food and beverage management, hotel management
and administration, leisure and business travel, market trends, and more.
LexisNexis
Academic
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Lexis-Nexis database of full text articles back more than 20 years from
over 5600 publications. Use it to find general news; business and financial
information including accounting, auditing and taxation; federal, state
and international legal materials; medical and health information and general
reference sources.
PAIS
International (OCLC Public Affairs Information Service)
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PAIS International is an index to the world's public and social policy
literature in the fields of business, economics, local and federal government,
political science, international relations, finance, and other social sciences.
It has references and in some cases abstracts of articles from over 3,660
journal titles, books, gray literature, internet material, conference proceedings,
government and ngo documents and statistical publications. Coverage is from
1972 and it is updated monthly.
ScienceDirect
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ScienceDirect from Elsevier is an internet resource for scientific, technical
and medical information. Using Science Direct you can access over 1,800
peer reviewed academic journals, search over 30 million abstracts from scientific
articles and link out to articles from over 80 other publishers.
STAT-USA
Licensed for UHM use only
STAT-USA is a service run by the US Department of Commerce for the US business,
economic and trade community, providing access to Global Business Opportunities & the National Trade Data Bank.
GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS), as well as the Department of Agriculture. GLOBUS also offers daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads.
The NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports and other programs. The International Trade Library is a comprehensive collection of over 40,000 documents related to international trade. All are full text searchable, as well as keyword searchable by country or product.
TRIS
(Transportation Research Information Services) Online
Free web access
The TRIS Database contains almost half a million records of references to
books, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles and on-going
research in the field of transportation.
Web
of Science
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A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the sciences
(Science Citation Index Expanded) as well as both the Social Sciences Citation
Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Approximately 70% of
the records have author abstracts. Online coverage from 1980 to present.
See also:
Sunset Electronic Journals Service
Sunset Reference Center Electronic Journals Service (Sunset EJS) is a gateway to
twenty-nine e-journals covering hospitality & tourism. Sunset EJS is made available through the Sunset Reference Center of the Travel & Industry Management School at UH Manoa.
Find Dissertations and Books
Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog
Use the online catalog to find books, journals, dissertations, videos, more.
Dissertations and Theses
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Dissertations & Theses (PQD&T) includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available for PDF download.
New Books at UHM Library
Interface for identifying new books. Can be limited by keyword and date range.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks
Dictionary of travel, tourism and hospitality
Hamilton Main Reference G155.A1 M397 2003
A dictionary of travel and tourism terminology
Hamilton Main Reference G155.A1 B38 2002
Encyclopedia of tourism
Hamilton Main Reference G155 .A1 E4295 2000
Online via ebrary
Statistics
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
World Tourism Authority: Facts and Figures
"...offers a selection of statistics and correspondent analysis on inbound tourism (tourist arrivals, tourism receipts, travel by purpose and mean of transport), outbound tourism (outbound tourism by region of origin and tourism expenditure), as well as WTO's long-term prospects - Tourism 2020 Vision ."
Office of Travel and Tourism Industries: Latest Statistics/Outreach
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce> "Included are summary tables on arrivals and spending, visitation estimates for
overseas travelers to the states and cities, and more."
LexisNexis Statistical Universe
Licensed for UHM use only
Easy access to statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations with advanced PowerTables™ functionality.
Compendium of tourism statistics.
Hamilton Main Reference G155 .A1 T585
Provides "...basic statistical series on national and international tourism supply and demand
in the various countries and regions of the world."
Travel industry world yearbook
Hamilton Main Reference G155 .A1 B54
TranStats: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Passenger travel; Social/demographic, etc.
National Household Travel Survey
Bureau of Transporation Statistics
Hawaii Visitor Statistics
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
State of Hawaii Data Book
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism
Statistical Resources on the Web
Compiled by the Documents Center at the University of Michigan Library.
FedStats
"...searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data
and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime,
education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more..."
Industry News and Associations
American Hotel & Lodging Association
"...sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders in the
lodging industry, including individual hotel property members, hotel companies,
student and faculty members, and industry suppliers."
American Society of Travel Agents
"...leading advocate for travel agents, the travel industry and the traveling public." Free registration provides access to some member content.
CNN.com/Travel: Travel News
Industry news, tools, city profiles, etc.
HopitalityNet.org
Industry News, job postings, market reports
International Ecotourism Society
"...promotes responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people..."
National Society of Minorities in Hospitality
"...the premier professional organization for minority hospitality students."
Pacific Asia Travel Association
"The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)’s advantage is that it continues to influence the direction the industry takes through its unique membership structure of public-sector tourism organisations; air, land and sea carriers; and organisations engaged in the production, distribution, financing, consulting, educating and other technical aspects of the travel industry."
Travel and Tourism Research Association
"...access to numerous sources of information to support your research efforts."
Travel Industry Association
"...non-profit trade organization that represents and speaks for the common
interests of the $740 billion U.S. travel industry."
Travel Weekly
"National newspaper of the travel industry."
World Tourism Organization
"...specialized agency of the United Nations and the leading international organization in the field of tourism. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism know-how."
World Travel & Tourism Council
"...forum for business leaders in the Travel & Tourism industry."
Selected Journals for Travel Industry Management
Annals of tourism research
Hamilton G155.A1 A58
The explorers journal
Hamilton G1.E93
International Journal of Tourism Research
Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Journal of travel research
Hamilton G155.A1 W47
Leisure, recreation, and tourism abstracts
Hamilton GV191.6 .R86
National parks
Hamilton SB482 .A466
OAG desktop flight guide
Hamilton TL720.8 .O37
Tourism and Hospitality Research
Travel holiday
Hamilton G149.T73
Travel & leisure
Hamilton G149.T7572
Search Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog for complete holdings information.
See also:
Sunset Electronic Journals Service
Sunset Reference Center Electronic Journals Service (Sunset EJS) is a gateway to twenty-nine e-journals covering hospitality & tourism. Sunset EJS is made available through the Sunset Reference Center of the Travel & Industry Management School at UH Manoa.
Additional Resources
University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Travel Industry Management
Travel Guide web pages.
Note: The UHM Library selectively purchases hardcopies. See Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog
Country Information
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
EIU Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Includes Country Profiles, Country Reports, Country Commerce, Country Finance, Business Asia, Business China, and much more.
See also: Subject Guide for International Business
See also: Asia/Pacific countries information
About the Travel Industry Management collection
The School of Travel Industry Management has its own library; in cooperation with its Sunset Reference Center, Hamilton Library Collects selectively in the travel field, generally emphasizing reference material and publications with a broad treatment of the discipline, including transportation as applied to the travel industry. The collection includes over 15,000 books and many journals, as well as annual reviews, bibliographies, dictionaries, glossaries, directories, encyclopedias, case studies, proceedings, transactions, and publications of societies and associations. Dissertations are acquired only at the specific request of the faculty.
Library
Collection Policy Statement for Travel Industry Management
Note:
The book count was calculated by combining the title count from relevant
G154-156, HE, and TX901-953 Library of Congress Classification areas. The
figures are based on the 1997 North American Title Count, University of
Hawaii at Manoa Library.
Last modified: April 24, 2008