Hospitality, Tourism, & Golf Management Research Guide

This research guide contains a selection of print and electronic resources available through the MCC Libraries, and websites that can be used to research Golf Management, Hospitality and Tourism related topics. Ask a Librarian if you need help locating and using any of the resources listed in this guide.

How to Find Books

Search the MCC Library Catalog to locate books and other materials on your topic. You can search the catalog by keyword, subject, author, and title.

To Access the MCC Library Catalog

Books held in the circulating collection at the Leroy V. Good Library (Brighton campus) that have call numbers beginning with letters A - P are located on the 3rd Floor, while books that have call numbers beginning with letters Q - Z are located on the 4th Floor. Books held in the circulating collection at the Damon City Campus Library have "City" in front of their call number.

You can also look for books by browsing the shelves in the following call number ranges.

Reference Books

Atlases, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, handbooks, and other specialized reference books provide background material and are often a good place to start your research.

Since Reference books are not part of the Libraries' circulating collection, they cannot be checked out. You can however photocopy pages from books in the Reference collection. Photocopies are 10 cents per page.

Some Hospitality related reference books are available online in the "Food & Beverage" subject category of the Credo Reference Library database. To access it from off-campus follow the instructions below.

The following books are located in the Reference Collection on the Main Level of the Leroy V. Good Library at the Brighton Campus.

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How to Find Articles

Locating Online Journal, Magazine, & Newspaper Articles

The MCC Libraries subscribe to a number of electronic databases you can use to search for articles on your particular topic. Some databases are full-text and therefore have entire articles from certain magazines, journals, and newspapers available for you to print directly from the computer.

In order to search MCC Libraries article databases from off campus, you must first connect to the campus EZproxy server. Instructions for logging in to EZproxy are located on the "Access from Home" Library web page and are also provided below.

To Access MCC Libraries Article Databases

To log-in to EZproxy, students must use the same username and password combination required to access their MCC Student E-mail Account. MCC
students can learn more about their college e-mail account by visiting the
"MCC Students" web page at http://www.monroecc.edu/Students/ and clicking on the "Lookup My Account" and "Common Questions" links in the "Email Help & Setup" drop down menu on the right side of the page.

The following databases are useful for researching hospitality, tourism, and golf management topics:

Database help guides are available on the MCC Libraries website in the Searching Article Databases section of the Publications, Research Guides, & Tutorials web page.

Article Search Tips

• Select a recommended database from the list above.

• Use subject terms and keywords appropriate to your topic.

• Search more than one database to locate articles, since there is variation in the subject terms used by each database, and also differences in the type and number of journals, magazines, and newspapers covered.

• If the full-text article is not available directly from the database make sure you write down or print off the citation for the article. You will need the citation information (title of the publication, author, title of article, volume, date, issue, and page numbers) to check if the article is available from the Libraries' print periodicals collection, or if you want to submit a request for Interlibrary Loan.

• If the article or book you need is not available at MCC Libraries, you can try submitting a request through our Interlibrary Loan service. Interlibrary Loan is a network of local, state or national associated libraries that share resources (primarily books and photocopies) by lending and borrowing with each other. Visit the MCC Libraries Interlibrary Loan web page to learn more about this service.

• Ask a Librarian if you need help using any of the Library's resources.

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Locating Print Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers

The Library currently subscribes to the following print periodicals. Recent issues are located in the Current Periodicals section on the Main Floor of the Library. To locate older issues do a search on the title of the periodical in the MCC Library Catalog.

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MCC Course Web Links

The following web pages were developed in collaboration with MCC faculty to support the content of both on campus and SUNY Learning Network (SLN) distance learning online courses.

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Other Hospitality, Tourism, & Golf Related Websites

Selected links to general hospitality sites, government resources, professional associations & organizations, and local resources. For tips on how to evaluate information found on websites go to our Evaluating Websites Tutorial.

Local Resources

• MCC Hospitality Department - The Hospitality Department maintains a Resource Room which contains a small collection of materials that includes tour books for different regions of the United States, and recent miscellaneous issues of the following publications: Restaurant Startup & Growth, The National Culinary Review, Restaurants and Institutions, Chef, Chef Educator Today, and Food Management. The Hospitality Resource Room is located in Bldg. 3 Room 158 and is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

• Greater Rochester Visitors Association - The official tourism site of Rochester, New York. It provides access to information on area hotels, restaurants, group tours, and things to do in the region.

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Citing Your Sources

Visit our Citing & Writing Resources page to learn more about grammar usage, the writing process, and citing styles such as The Modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA).

Remember to check with your instructor to find out what citing style you should follow to properly document books, articles, websites, or other materials used in completing your assignments.

P. Czaja, Revised 2/2009, http://www.monroecc.edu/go/library

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