Hospitality, Tourism & Events: Restaurant / Beverage Management

A food culture and traditional recipes database for 174 countries, which provides information about world cuisine, the cultural history and everyday norms surrounding it, and the ingredients used to prepare it. Features include 1,700+ Food Culture Articles, 7,000+ Recipes, 500+ Ingredient Articles, 6 Food Glossaries, and 10 Historical Timelines. It provides information about cuisine around the world, the cultural history and everyday norms surrounding it, and the unique ingredients used to prepare it.

Presents full text profiles, including histories, chronologies, civil claims, financial data and rankings, of US and international firms; articles from business journals, newsletters, and the business sections in newspapers; selected investment reports from Investext; industry overviews; and industry trade associations. Formerly called Business and Company Resource Center.

Business Source Premier supplies access to thousands of regional, national, and international scholarly business journals, business periodicals, and industry publications, on topics such as management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. There is full text coverage for a high percentage of the titles. Includes embedded full page images for many of the full text journals. Also has country economic reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit, WEFA, CountryWatch and the Icon Group.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) supplies dozens of facts for each country including data on geography, people, government, economy, transportation, communication, and defense forces.

Provides full-text access to journals in management, human resources, information management, library and information services, marketing, operations management, production management, and training and education. Also includes engineering journals. Check the Journal List for specific journal titles availability.

Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications on the
economic and cultural aspects of tourism and travel, including both the
historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism
industries. NOTE: Full-text travel guides from Fodor's are also available in
this database!

IBIS World Industry Research Reports provides current reports on U.S. industries. Each report consists of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more. The Library subscribes only to this section of IBISWorld.

This site covers all aspects of the sports industry, linking to market research reports, industry news, and thousands of Web sites related to sports and recreation businesses, activities and products.