Research Guides

Research Guides are designed to get you started on your research and to assist you in acquiring the materials you need. Print versions of these guides are also available in the Universal Orlando Foundation Library.

If you are not sure where to start, try our Quick Steps Library Guide. For more assistance, please Ask a Rosen Librarian.

Hospitality Research Guides

• Finding Biographical Information
• Finding Company Information
• Food & Beverage Industry
• Golf & Club Management Industry New!
• Human Resources
• Lodging Industry
• Marketing
• Meeting, Incentive, Convention, & Exposition (MICE) Industry Updated!
• Statistics/Demographics Updated!
• Theme Park & Attraction Industry
• Timeshare & Vacation Ownership Industry New!
• Travel & Tourism Industries
• Wine & Beer Updated!

General Research Guides

• Accessing the Wall Street Journal New!
• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Course Reserves (PDF file, 73KB)
• Electronic Books
• Evaluating Internet Sources
• Finding Articles
• Finding Books
• Finding Full Text From Citations Updated!
• Interlibrary Loan Updated!
• Off-Campus Access to Electronic Resources (PDF file, 57KB) Updated!
• Quick Steps Library Guide
• Scholarly, Trade, or Popular? (A Guide to Understanding Periodicals)
• Using LexisNexis for Legal & Business Research

Citation Style Guides

• Annotated Bibliographies Updated!
• APA Citation Style Updated!
• Chicago Citation Style
• MLA Citation Style Updated!

Course-Specific Guides

• Chicago Citation Style Examples (PDF file, 24 KB)
• HFT 2750: Event Industry (PDF file, 20 KB)
• HFT 4759: Prod. Dev. in Theme Parks (PDF file, 24 KB)

More Help

• Key statistics and information on the hospitality industry can also be found in Special Journal Issues
• Also see the Rosen Research Tutorials for more assistance in doing hospitality research
• More research guides are available through the main UCF Library:
  • UCF LibGuides, including:
    • Business Research
    • Business & Economic Information from Government Sources
    • International Business
    • Other Research Guides

Questions? Ask a Rosen Librarian!

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Last Updated: September 2009 TB