Friday, January 11, 2008

HMFS 101 - Introduction to Hospitality & Tourism

We'll talk about the following resources during your library instruction session today:

RESEARCH DATABASES

To access the research databases:
1. Go to the library's homepage at http://lcc.edu/library
2. Click on Databases (upper left corner)
3. Click on the letter with which the database title begins
4. Click on the database title
5. If you are off campus, a library ID page appears. Enter your TUID and password and click on Submit.

Career and Technical Education - Indexes and provides the full text of articles from trade publications, including many in the hospitality industry.

General Business File ASAP - Useful for locating articles on a wide variety of business topics.

Michigan Newspaper Collection - Indexes and provides the full text of articles from the Grand Rapids Press, Detroit News, and Lansing State Journal.


WEBSITES

Michigan.org (http://www.michigan.org/)
Travel information from the State of Michigan.

MeL Travel & Tourism (http://mel.org/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=577)
Links to other high-quality websites selected by librarians.

Are you aware of other websites with good Michigan travel information? Click on the Comments link below and tell your classmates about them!

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