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General Collection

The following subject headings are useful to find items:

Accommodation New Zealand 647.9493 Hotel Management 647.94
Business 658 Marketing 658.8
Communication 651.7/658.45 Marketing for Tourism 647.94
Customer Service 658.812 Tourism/Tourist Trade/Travel 338.4791
Geography and Travel 910 - 920 Visitors - Foreign 338.4791
Hospitality Management 647.94  

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Textbooks & Recommended Readings

Course texts and selected recommended readings are held in the restricted loan collection.
Please ask for them at the front service desk. Your tutors should provide you with a full list of readings.

Course texts - two hour loan. Selected recommended readings - three day loan.

 

 
 

The Reference Collection

  • Located by the front service desk.
  • Contains materials such as dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories and yearbook.
  • Provides concise, factual information which help you to define your subject area.
  • Check out other reference resources online by clicking on the hotlink Reference Tools.
Accommodation Guides R647.9493/919.3
Annual report - New Zealand Tourism R338.4791 NEW
Dictionary of hotels, tourism and catering management R647.9403 COL
A dictionary of travel and tourism terminology R338.4791 BEA
Dictionary of travel, tourism and hospitality terms R338.479103 HAR
Discover New Zealand: A Wises guide - 9th ed. R919.3003 DIS
Encyclopedia of tourism R338.4791 ENC
Facts New Zealand - 2nd ed. R030 FAC
Fodor's New Zealand R919.3 FOD
Guide to places of the world R912 GUI
International visitor arrivals R338.4791 INT
New Zealand contacts in tourism R338.4791 NEW
Travel industry directory and information guide R338.4791 TRA
Travel management: Student handbook R338.4791 TRA
VNR's encyclopedia of hospitality and tourism R647.9403 VNR
World travel atlas - 2nd ed. R912 WOR
World travel guide, incorporating the ABTA/ANTOR factfinder R910.202 WOR


Online Reference books


Britannica Online - a great all round general online encyclopedia with links to millions of articles, definitions, facts, etc. (password required off campus).



Credo Reference (formerly XRefer Plus) is a completely customizable ready-reference solution for learners and librarians. Its full-text, aggregated content covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference. There are over 225 titles consisting of an aggregate of 2.9 million entries all interconnected by over 100,000,000 links.

The list of titles includes -

CIA World Factbook

The Collins World Atlas Gazetteer

Dictionary of Leisure, Travel and Tourism

The Dictionary of Human Geography

The Dictionary of Physical Geography

Penguin Encyclopedia of Places

Philip's World Factbook 2008-2009

 

 

 
 

Journals

  • Provide current ideas and information on a subject.
  • The catalogue states what volumes/issues we hold. It cannot tell you what articles are inside of each journal.
  • Use a database to find articles.

Journals held in print:

Adventure Travel 910.2 ADV
Annals of Tourism Research 338.4791 ANN
Australian Gourmet Traveller 641.5 AUS
Business Traveller 338.4791 BUS
Choice Travel 910.2 CHO
International Journal of Tourism Research 338.4791 INT
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research 647.9407 JOU
Journal of Sustainable Tourism 338.4791 JOU
New Zealand Tourism Report Tourism Update 338.4791 NEW
New Zealand Traveltrade 338.4791 NEW
Tabs on Travel 910.5 TAB
Tourism Economics 338.4791 TOU
Traveldigest 338.4791 TRA

 
 

Databases

A great way to find journal articles is to use an electronic database. Type keywords in the database search window.

Research databases

(off campus password required)


EbscoHost Suite of databases
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Click here to go to the full Choose database selection page, or click on individual databases below.

  • Academic Search Elite
    Academic Search Elite offers full text for more than 2,000 serials, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 100 journals have PDF images back to 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCO host . (Password required off campus).
  • Hospitality and Tourism Index
    Provides citations and abstracts for articles from over 500 journals covering the hospitality & tourism industry.
  • Business Source Premier
    Provides full text access to over 2,470 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more.
  • Australia & New Zealand Reference Centre
    Contains articles from Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books.
  • Masterfile Premier
    Provides full text for over 2,000 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.

Gale logo

Gale Cengage Suite of databases (formerly Thomson Gale) - Gale PowerSearch: Click here to search across all Gale databases at once.

Culinary Arts databaseCulinary Arts Collection
The Culinary Arts Collection includes major cooking and nutrition magazines from 1980 to present. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

Hospitality databasesTourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection
This collection of more than 800 journals and 29 subject specific Delmar reference titles provide well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism fields.

 
  Websites  
 

AA NZ Travel Guide - www.nz-travelguide.co.nz
One of the most comprehensive and authoritative online New Zealand travel guides on accommodation, what to see and do, transport and more.


  Air New Zealand - www.airnz.co.nz
For domestic and international air travel from New Zealand.

  Aviation, Travel and Tourism Training Organisation - www.attto.org.nz
ATTTO develops and manages high quality training linked to nationally recognised qualifications for the aviation, tourism and travel industries in New Zealand.

 

Fiji websites
- Fiji Beaches - www.fijibeaches.com
- Fiji government - www.fiji.gov.fj
- Lonely Planet guide to Fiji - www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/fiji
- Official Fiji Island Travel Guides - www.bulafiji.com
- Rob Kay's Fiji Guide - www.fijiguide.com


 
  Fodors Online - www.fodors.com
Online international travel information from Fodors

  Let's Go Travel Guides - www.letsgo.com
Let's Go revamped guides bring you not only the hard facts you need to get around, but also the information you need to make sense of the place you're in, including new features focused on current events, culture, and politics.

  Norfolk Islands websites
- Norfolk Island - "your island home" - www.norfolkisland.com.au
- Norfolk Island - www.nf
- Norfolk Island - official homepage - www.norfolk.gov.nf

 
  Lonely Planet Online - www.lonelyplanet.com
Lonely Planet publishes over 650 guidebooks in 14 different languages, covering every corner of the planet.

  NZ Institute of Tourism - www.nzitt.co.nz
NZITT encourages individual excellence within the Travel and Tourism industry by promoting education and training to achieve quality service and professional standards.

 

Pacific Islands websites
- South Pacific Tourism Organisation - www.tcsp.com


 
  100% Pure New Zealand - www.newzealand.com
A website devoted to promoting travel in New Zealand to international visitors. The site includes information on: passports & visas, local destinations and attractions, climate, culture, driving routes, the visitors centre international network etc.

 

  Rough Guides.com - http://travel.roughguides.com
Rough Guides publishes content for thousands of destinations online, taken from our most up-to-date travel guides. Browse our destination coverage and check out information on everything from flights to food to accommodations and more.

 

Samoan websites
- Government of Western Samoa - www.govt.ws
- Lonely Planet Guide to Samoa - www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/samoa
- Samoa Tourism Authority - www.visitsamoa.us


 
  Statistics New Zealand - www.statistics.govt.nz
Statistics New Zealand is New Zealand's national statistical office and is the country's major source of official statistics.

  Tourism NZ - www.tourisminfo.govt.nz
The official government website for anyone interested in and associated with the New Zealand tourism industry.


  TAANZ - Travel Agents Association of NZ - www.taanz.org.nz
TAANZ is the Trade Association representing the travel agent and tour operator distribution system in New Zealand. There is no government licensing for travel agents so TAANZ is a self regulating organisation promoting quality standards, service and performance.

 

Tourism Research Council of New Zealand - www.trcnz.govt.nz
Publishes the International Visitors Survey and other statistics and maintains a list of tourism research.


 
 

Vanuatu
- Government of the Republic of Vanuatu - www.vanuatugovernment.gov.vu
- Lonely Planet Guide to Vanuatu - www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/vanuatu
- Vanuatu Online - www.vanuatu.net.vu
- Vanuatu Tourism Office - www.vanuatutourism.com


 
 

Wellington City Council - www.wcc.govt.nz
For all you ever wanted to know about Wellington and what it has to offer.

 

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