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Hotel and Tourism Management
Faculty Librarian (SHTM)
What Can I Learn From This Guide?
Welcome to the Online Guide for Hotel and Tourism Management! Feel free to explore the following topics from this subject guide:
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Find Journal Articles |
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Find Data & Statistics Introduce useful data and statistics sources for research and assignment purposes. |
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Find Books
Tips to find e-books and print books from OneSearch and HKALL. |
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Find Course Resource Lists Tips to find course resource lists for SHTM courses. |
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Find Exam Papers
Tips to find past papers from SHTM and other disciplines. |
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Find Theses & Dissertations
Tips to find dissertations and theses from OneSearch and other databases. |
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Find References & Handbooks Recommended references, encyclopedias and dictionaries in tourism, hospitality, event management, food & beverage, and wine studies area. |
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Find Data Tools
Introduce useful data analyzing tools, data visualization tools, and a data cleaning tool for researchers. |
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Searching Tips
Share searching skills like making use of boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), exact phrase, truncation, wildcard, and citation chaining skills. |
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Build a Search Statement
A step-by-step guide to build an effective search statement with examples. |
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Find Newspapers
Tips to find news & newspapers via databases and OneSearch. |
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Find Magazines
Provides a list of recommended magazines and tips to find magazine from OneSearch. |
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Know Your Privileges
Share information like privileges for undergraduate & postgraduate students, Library Card, Login, myRecord, and iBooking. |
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Citation Style
Share basic knowledge in citation & citation style, built-in citation generators, reference management tools, and APA style examples. |
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Library News & Publications
Provide links for Library Newsletter, e-Bulletin (for SHTM), and Library News and Events. |
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Academic Writing Resources
Share academic paper writing resources, including online tools to help you with word choice, phrasing, and a selection of handbooks. |
Featured Library Workshops for SHTM students
The Library provides a number of workshops that assist PolyU staff and students in developing research techniques to locate, evaluate and manage information. The workshops are offered in both Semesters I (Oct - Dec) and Semester II (Feb - May).
Featured Workshops:
- Databases for Hospitality and Tourism Research [LS073]
- Citing References and Avoiding Plagiarism [LS039]
- Using EndNote (Part 1: Essential Features) [LS056]
- Using EndNote (Part 2: Advanced Features) [LS057]
- Exploring Features of Mendeley [LS054]
- Online Tools for Assignments [LS033]
Full list of workshops offered this semester [to be announced in mid-Sep]
Why Library Resources
What's the point to use library resources if we can google everything in the world? Let's explore it from the video below:
Source: InfoLit for U – MOOC on information literacy offered by the libraries of all UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong