TRAVEL & TOURISM
HERKIMER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
INDEXES & ABSTRACTS
(Bound volumes are found on Index Tables – Library 1st floor.)
BUSINESS PERIODICALS INDEX (1958 – present). Indexes over 300 periodicals including subjects related to travel & tourism.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INDEX (1888 – 1989, 1991 – ’92). Index to the National Geographic Magazine.
NEW YORK TIMES INDEX (1851 – present). Access to the contents of the New York Times, including the travel section of the Sunday edition.
READER’S GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE (1890 – present). Indexes over 200 periodicals of general interest; includes a subject and author index.
DATABASES
(Available on the HCCC Library Website.)
ALL HCCC JOURNALS PRINT AND ELECTRONIC All HCCC periodicals, both in print (in the Library) and in electronic format.
BUSINESS SEARCHING INTERFACE Provides company profiles, industry profiles, country reports and market research reports.
BUSINESS SOURCE PREMEIR Provides full text for more than 8,800 serials back to 1965 and searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business.
CUSTOM NEWSPAPERS Collection of 150 newspapers, national & international.
EBSCO DATABASES Various full-text and partial full-text databases.
GPO MONTHLY CATALOG Index to U.S. government publications; information on travel & tourism available.
LEXIS NEXIS ACADEMIC Research areas cover a broad range of topics including those related to travel and tourism.
SCIENCEDIRECT Offers access to the Elsevier Science Journal collections (over 1200 titles) with a large full-text collection; Travel and Tourism titles can be found under the subheading Business, Management and Accounting.
WILSONSELECT Full-text articles including articles about travel & tourism.
PERIODICALS
(Bound, current and microfilm available – Library 1st floor. Consult a blue spiral-bound HCCC Library Periodical Holdings List for the location of the following periodicals. Copies of this list are located throughout the library.)
BUSINESS TRAVEL NEWS (Travel Suite - TC 303, current year). Articles pertaining to corporate travel buyers & the commercial travel industry.
DOWN EAST (1993 – present). Articles on the history, nature & attractions of Maine.
ISLANDS (current year). Includes historical, exploratory & cultural information about island travel.
JAX FAX TRAVEL MARKETING MAGAZINE (Travel Suite - TC 303, current year). Articles about discount airfare, tours, hotels, other leisure & business travel trade information.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (1896 – present). Includes articles related to travel & tourism.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER (1984 – present). Magazine aimed to inspire culturally aware world travelers.
TRAVEL TRADE (Travel Suite - TC 303, current year). Weekly periodical for travel sellers.
TRAVEL WEEKLY (current 3 months). Semiweekly periodical with articles on news, analysis & research for travel professionals.
RESOURCE BOOKS
(Reference Area – Library 1st floor and Circulating Collection – 2nd floor.)
Americans Traveling Abroad. Ref G153.4 .N93. Comprehensive resource guide; subjects include safety, health, climate, cultural mores, shopping, shipping, customs regulations, currencies, & financial help.
Cities of the World. Ref G153.4 .C56. A compilation of current information on cultural, geographical, & political conditions in the countries & cities of 6 continents.
Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality. Ref. G155 .A1 M397. Defines more than 1,000 terms used in the study of travel, tourism & hospitality.
Fodor’s Travel Guides. DA 650 – GV 854 (Copies are available in the REFERENCE & CIRCULATING collections). Travel guides for worldwide destinations.
Health Information for International Travel, 2003-2004. Ref.RA783.5.C45 2003-04. Provides up-to-date information on immunization requirements & recommendations for international travelers.
Mobil Travel Guides. Ref F2.3 - F F859.3. Travel guides for the regions of the U.S.
Opportunities in Event planning Careers. GT3405.C35. Information includes training and education requirements, salary statistics, and professional and Internet resources.
The Safe Travel Book. Ref.G151 .S234. Information & advice for safe travel.
World Travel Guide. Ref.G153.4 .W67. Travel information on every country in the world.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Lonely Planet. Site with plenty of travel information & advice.
National Geographic. National Geographic’s website with access to information on world travel.
Travel Business Roundtable. Site with information about the economic & social contributions of the travel and tourism industry.
The World Tourism Organization. Site for a specialized agency of the United Nations, an international organization in the field of tourism.
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