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HBM 235 - Travel, Society, and Business

Sources of information for research on destination tourism

Journal & Newspaper Articles

Journal Article Indexes/Databases

At the WSU Libraries homepage http://libraries.wsu.edu select Find Articles/Databases, under Research.

Select Databases A to Z.

Enter Academic Search Complete in the search box and click Go.

At the landing page, click Choose Databases which appears above the search boxes.  Click the box to the left of Business Source Complete, and then click OK at the top of the display.

screenshot of EBSCO Host Advanced Search in Academic Search Complete

Sample Search:

            [name of city/area]                            SU Subject Terms

and      tourism                                              SU Subject Terms

EBSCO Host advanced search for "San Francisco" AND "tourism"

Review results.  Click "Find It @ WSU" to link to the full-text article, if available, when it isn’t available with the citation.

Note the Subjects terms assigned to the best articles and use them in other searches.

 

 

Newspaper Article Index/Database

At the WSU Libraries homepage http://libraries.wsu.edu select Find Articles/Databases, under Research.

Select Databases A to Z.

Enter ProQuest Global Newsstream in the search box and click Go.  Click the hotlink on the next display to log on.

At the ProQuest landing page select Advanced Search.

Sample Search:

            tourism [name of city/area]               Subject heading (all) – SU

Click Search.

screenshot of Global Newsstream result page for "tourism San Francisco" search

At the results display open the Sort pull-down menu, on the left, and select Most recent first, then click Sort.  Review results.  Full-text article accompanies citation.

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