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Parrish Library Database of the Week: Hospitality and Tourism Complete, from EBSCOhost

December 4th, 2015

Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Parrish Library. Each of these weekly snapshots will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This week’s database is Hospitality & Tourism Complete, from EBSCOhost.

Link: http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/businessdatabases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.

Focus: Hospitality & Tourism Management covers scholarly research and industry news, extending back to 1965 in some areas.

Search: This Hospitality & Tourism Complete provides user with the familiar basic and advanced search features that are standard in other databases. Searches can be done by entering a word or short phrase and results can then narrowed using the limiting tools. You can choose the publication date, or select different source types. Doing an advanced search will give additional search options. If the full text of an article is not available, try the icon Find It @ Purdue Libraries to if the full text is available in another database.

Click here to see the basics of search Hospitality & Tourism Complete or try out our Guide on the Side with this link.

Why you should know this database: Hospitality & Tourism Complete is directed towards the hospitality field, but the included research of subjects such as entrepreneurship or international business may apply to other areas.

Why students should know this database: Hospitality & Tourism Complete is simple and easy to use. It allows students to access full text results immediately. In addition to full-text journals, it provides magazines, company and country reports, books and newspapers.

Cost: No cost to Purdue University Libraries. Hospitality & Tourism Complete is an Inspire database provided by the state of Indiana.

Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu.  Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this weekly feature.

Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it. Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu