Articles:
ABI/Inform Complete:
Includes citations and summaries and full text from about 1000 business periodicals that contain company and industry information, as well as products, services and notable people. Useful for hospitality news and trends, industry and company information, some industry and company reports. To find trade journal articles in ABI/Inform Complete: Once you are in this database, and you have typed in your search words, scroll down the screen and under Source Type select Trade Journals. Then click the Search button.
Business Source Premier: Offers full-text articles for more than 2150 titles including the Harvard Business Review. Also provides country reports, company profiles, industry reports, market research reports, and SWOT analyses. Useful for hospitality news and trends, industry and company information, some industry and company reports. To find trade journal articles in Business Source Premier: Once you are in this database, and you have typed in your search words, scroll down the screen until you see Publication Type, and under that heading select Trade Publication. Then click the Search button.
Hospitality and Tourism Complete:
Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. Subject areas covered include the culinary arts, demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology and more. To find trade journal articles in Hospitality and Tourism Complete: Once you are in this database, and you have typed in your search words, scroll down the screen until you see Publication Type, and under that heading select Trade Publication. Then click the Search button.
International Business/Country Information:
EIU: Contains current country economic profiles, including economic reports and current economic events for nearly 200 countries or economic territories. Generally covers 5-7 years. Great for looking at conditions for business and hospitality worldwide.
Europa World Online: Online version of the Europa World Year Book, which the library has in print back to 1991. Includes economic, political and geographic background information and statistical data by country; thousands of directory contact details with click-through web links and a comprehensive listing of some 1,700 international organizations. Great for looking at conditions for business and hospitality worldwide.
Reference Sources:
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Online collection of reference books, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources.
Industry Information:
IBISWorld: Great, comprehensive information on over 700 US Industries in the US economy. Each Industry Report is some 35-50 pages in length with abridged, 6-page Executive Summaries also available. Excellent industry reports on bed and breakfasts, travel services, lodging, food and beverages, event planning, and more!
Net Advantage:
Includes research, data, and commentary on companies, industries, stocks, bonds, and funds, from popular Standard & Poor’s research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, and Mutual Fund Reports among others.
Passport GMID: Global Market Information Database:
For companies: Short overviews of many companies, including strategic information, company background, and contact information.
For industries: Full-text market reports, global industry information, consumer demographics, comment from expert industry and country analysts, and much more.
Statistics and Data:
Statista:
A database of statistics and data on industries, companies, market share, consumers, and much, much more. Data is viewable in different graph forms, and there are industry reports for certain industries.
TableBase:
Used for finding statistical information, including market share from journals and reports on companies, industries, products, countries and markets. Useful for all hospitality topics, US and worldwide.
Company Information:
LexisNexis Academic:
Use Search Company Info to search for company reports that include financials, news, analysts' reports, and other company information.
OneSource:
Use this database for company and industry data and information:
Companies: detailed financial data company financials, histories, ratios, news, and complete annual and quarterly financial reports. Includes up to 15 years of data. Also, includes subsidiaries, branches; competitors; analysts' reports; SWOT analyses.
Net Advantage:
Includes research, data, and commentary on companies, industries, stocks, bonds, and funds, from popular Standard & Poor’s research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, and Mutual Fund Reports among others.
WRDS: Wharton Research Data Services:
The USF School of Management subscribes to three databases in WRDS: COMPUSTAT, CRSP, and OptionMetrics.
OptionMetrics: OptionMetrics' IvyDB is a comprehensive source of historical price and implied volatility data for the US equity and index options markets.
COMPUSTAT: (from Standard & Poor's) provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items on more than 24,000 publicly held companies. The COMPUSTAT databases on WRDS include Industrial, Full Coverage, Research; Prices, Dividends & Earnings; Segments; Bank; Canadian; Global Vantage; and EXECUCOMP. EXECUCOMP offers executive compensation data in addition to detailed breakouts of compensation data under the pre-2006 reporting rules for those who are researching historical compensation trends.
CRSP: The Center for Research in Security Prices maintains the most comprehensive collection of security price,return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NADSAQ stock markets. Additional CRSP files provide stock indices, beta- and cap-based portfolio, treasury bond and risk-free rates, and mutual fund databases. CRSP also provides CRSP/COMPUSTAT Merged Database, a database that simplifies matching COMPUSTAT financial data to the CRSP security price data.
Use these resources to find the professional associations for your industry, then go to the associations’ web sites for industry overviews, news, reports, statistics, and member information, such as events and trainings.
You can use general job sites like Monster.com, or web sites for specific companies, and often professional association web sites have job listings. Below are a few web sites to use for hospitality career descriptions, and hospitality job listings:
