Tourism and Hospitality

Guide to Shelfmarks
Electronic Books
Key Reference Books
Abstracting and Indexing Publications
Bibliographies
Other Useful Library Resources
Useful Web Links

Guide to Shelfmarks

The main collections of books can be found on the 4th and 5th floor of the Library.

Books in heavy demand are placed in the Short Loan Collection on the 1st floor. The Short Loan Collection contains 1 day loan and 3 hour loan books; 7 day loan books are shelved with the ordinary loan books on the upper floors.

Use the Library catalogue to find the exact shelfmark and location for each book. If you are searching for books on a particular topic, use a keyword search.

Accommodation 64.024
Accountancy: hospitality industry 64.03
Air transport 388.9
Catering 641
Cookery 641.5
Computers: hospitality industry 64.024:518.5
Computers: tourism industry 380.8:518.5
Economics: hospitality industry 64.024:33
Economics: tourism industry 380.86
Ecotourism 380.8:614.7
Employment: hospitality industry 64.024:331
Employment: tourism industry 380.87
Food science 664
Hospitality industry 64.024
Hotel design 728.5
Hotels 64.0241
Human resources: hospitality industry 64.024:658.3
Human resources: tourism industry 380.87
Kitchens 643.3
Law: hospitality industry 64.025
Law: tourism industry 380.8:34
Leisure 301.374
Marketing: hospitality industry 64.024:658.8
Marketing: tourism industry 380.84
Recreation 79
Research guides: hospitality industry 64.01
Research guides: tourism industry 380.801
Restaurant design 728.5
Restaurants 64.024
Tour operators 380.83
Tourism development 380.85
Tourism industry 380.8
Tourist attractions 380.81
Tourists 380.89
Travel 380.82
Travel agents 380.83
Wine 641.9

Electronic Books

You can use the Electronic Books page to access eBooks on tourism and hospitality. The most useful collection for tourism books will be netLibrary. Some World Tourism Organization publications are available through the WTOelibrary.

There are also links from reading list titles on the Library catalogue to electronic versions of the text - look for "e-link"

Key Reference Books

Caterer and Hotelkeeper Directory Quick Reference 64.024/CAT
Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Reference 380.8(03)/MED
Encyclopedia of Tourism Reference 380.8(03)/ENC
Larousse Gastronomique 641.5(03)/LAR
Official Hotel Guide Reference 64.0241/OFF
Oxford Companion to Wine 641.9/ROB
Travel Trade Gazette Directory Quick Reference 380.8/TRA
World Hotel Directory Quick Reference 64.024/WOR
World Tourism Directory Quick Reference 380.8/HER

Abstracting and Indexing Publications

See also the Online Databases page for links to Hospitality and Tourism Index and Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts. Business Source Premier also contains quite a lot of tourism and hospitality material.

Articles in Hospitality and Tourism 1985-2002 is in the Abstracts section on the 2nd Floor

Bibliographie Touristique 1965-1988 is in the Abstracts section on the 2nd Floor

Food Science and Technology Abstracts 1969-2003 is in the Abstracts section on the 2nd Floor

HCIMA Current Awareness Bulletin for Hospitality Management 1980-2000 is in the Abstracts section on the 2nd Floor

Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts 1981- is in the Abstracts section on the 2nd Floor

Bibliographies

Hotel and Restaurant Industries: a Bibliography and Sourcebook is at 016:64.024/NIX in the Bibliography section on 4th Floor East

Leisure Literature: a Guide to Sources in Leisure Studies, Fitness, Sports and Travel is at 016:301.374/HER in the Bibliography section on 4th Floor East

Tourism and the Travel Industry: an Information Sourcebook is at 016:380.8/ENG in the Bibliography section on 4th Floor East

Other Useful Library Resources

Guides to research

How to Research and Write a Thesis in Hospitality and Tourism is at 64.01/POY
Researching and Writing Dissertations in Hospitality and Tourism is at 380.801/CLA
Sport, Leisure and Tourism Information Sources: a Guide for Researchers is at 380.801/SPO

Statistics

See also the Statistics in the Library page and the Statistics on the Internet page.

Horwath International reports on selected aspects of the hotel industry are in the Statistics section on 2nd Floor East, for example

Worldwide Hotel Industry Study is at 31:64.024/HOR

Key Note reports on selected aspects on the hospitality and tourism industries are in the Statistics section on 2nd Floor East, for example

Airports is at 31:388.9/KEY
Catering Equipment is at 31:643.3/KEY
Restaurants is at 31:64.024/KEY
Tourist Attractions is at 31:380.81/KEY

PKF reports on selected aspects of the hotel industry are in the Statistics section on 2nd Floor East, for example

City Survey: Quality Hotel Performance and Prospects in Europe, Middle East and Africa is at 31:64.024/CIT
Country Trends: Hotel Performance and Profitability in Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia is at 31:64.024/COU
UK Trends: Performance and Profitability of the Country's Hotels is at 31:64.024/PAN

World Tourism Organization Compendium of Tourism Statistics is in the Statistics Periodicals section on 2nd Floor East

World Tourism Organization Yearbook of Tourism Statistics is in the Statistics Periodicals section on 2nd Floor East