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The Hospitality Research Guide is intended to create a pathway to research tools and resources to assist you with your projects and assignments in the Hospitality program.

Many research resources and tools are available to GC students in the library; knowing which resources are available for your program or course and how to use the resources can sometimes be overwhelming.

The guide will help you navigate library resources whether you are an online student, dual credit, hybrid student, or attending in-person.

In this guide, you will find:

Research Databases and Journals (located below)

Books & eBooks

Open Access & Online Resources

Streaming Media

Research & Writing Tools

Databases

Here is a list of recommended databases for Hospitality. For a complete list of databases, please visit the A-Z Databases page.

Note: Not every article is available online. If the article you are looking for is unavailable through Galveston College Library, place a request via Interlibrary Loan.

This symbol indicates an open-access resource, and a login is not required.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary video subscription that supports the entire range of curriculum, from anthropology to zoology. It includes a variety of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations.
Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Business Abstracts with Full-Text provides access to more than 420 full-text publications in business magazines and scholarly journals that cover business-related topics including finance, management, international business, human resources, and marketing.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete provides access to full-text business journals and magazines, covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more.
Business Source Complete contains far more active, peer-reviewed, business-related journals than any other database currently available. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. In addition, there are searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals.
eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
The eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) contains a wide selection of eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subjects, including arts and humanities, business, literature, social sciences, sciences, and technology.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Films On Demand is a database of documentaries, educational videos and news footage. Highly desirable items include the works of the Best of Ken Burns as well as PBS programs, selected TED talks, CNBC political footage, the Biography Channel and films from the American Museum of Natural History and so much more!
JSTOR Open Access This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, eBooks, and primary sources. This database includes content across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The library does not subscribe to JSTOR, this content is accessible through open access.
New York Times This link opens in a new window
Galveston College provides complimentary access to the New York Times to current students, faculty, and staff. A GC institutional email address is required to access New York Times. Use this link to access your very own year-long subscription to The New York Times, 1851-present. Once registered, you can sign on directly to NYT via the website or app. After a year, you will re-authenticate your NYT subscription.
Regional Business News
Regional Business Newsprovides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. Users can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from trusted news sources.
Vocational & Career Collection
Vocational & Career Collection is designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this database provides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals for high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public.

Trade Journals

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Hospitality Design
Hospitality Design magazine is the premier trade outlet and voice for the hospitality design industry. It serves owners, operators, brands, purchasing agents, interior designers, and architects involved in the design of hotels, resorts, restaurants, nightlife, spas, and all other hospitality-oriented projects.
Hospitality Technology
Hospitality Technology is the only media and predictive intelligence resource dedicated to helping hotel and restaurant operators better employ technology to improve the performance of their businesses.
Hotel Online
Hotel-Online.com is the premier daily email and news site for the hospitality industry, providing industry leaders with the latest and most relevant global news, trends, products and services.

Scholarly Journals

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Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research (JHTR) plays a major role in incubating, influencing, and inspiring hospitality and tourism research.
Tourism and Hospitality Research
Latest original analysis of key research developments for the tourism and hospitality industries from figures in industry and academia.
International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and Hospitality
Contains research on all aspects of safety and security in the tourism industry.

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In this guide, you will find:

Databases

Trade Journals

Scholarly Journals