This subject guide provides information on Hospitality and Tourism resources available from UNT Libraries. Use the tabs at the top of the page to find out about the following resources:

• Managing research and writing
  • guides on how to perform basic research activities
  • information on how to format and manage citations
• Reference sources, such as encyclopedias, handbooks and dictionaries, are a good place to start your research because they provide:
  • background on a topic
  • historical research
  • potential keywords for your catalog and database searches
• Books in both print and electronic format provide:
  • in-depth coverage of a topic, broad in scope and usually historical
  • information that is two to three years old by the publication date
  • indexes where you can check if the book contains your topic
• Articles in both print and electronic format provide:
  • the most current source of peer-reviewed information
  • focused research, narrow in scope
  • literature review
• Government documents, including congressional hearings, laws, and agency reports, provide:
  • information on legislative or regulatory aspects of a topic
• Statistics, in both print and electronic format provide:
  • local, state, national and international perspectives
  • data on employment, revenues, profitability, dining and travel trends etc..
• Videos, including online and physical (DVDs, etc.) media, provide:
  • a visual and auditory representation of the topic
• Websites, newsletters, etc. must be evaluated for credibility, authority and accuracy before using and provide:
  • the most current information on a topic (but not necessarily peer-reviewed)
  • obscure, hard-to-find information.