Hospitality Management

Background Resources

Locating Books

Locating Articles

Web Resources

Alyssa Jordan, Subject Liaison

Maag Library, Reference Department

(330)941-1720

Overview

Maag Library provides access to Hospitality Management books, journals and data through print and online resources. The specific resources listed below are a portion of what is available through the library. If you need additional assistance, Ask a Librarian!

Background Resources

Use these encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs for background information about hospitality management, definitions or general information.

The food service manager's guide to creative cost cutting TX911.3.C65 B78 2006
A reference source that is subtitled "Over 2,001 innovative and simple ways to save your food service operation thousands by reducing expenses", this book contains practical information for a start-up or an existing business. The companion CD ROM contains all of the forms from the book.
HACCP & sanitation in restaurants and food service operations TX911.3.S3 A73 2005
This is a guide based upon the FDA food code that includes what safe food is and how to prepare it as well as various food-borne illnesses and the companion CD ROM contains forms and posters that are relevant.
How to open a financially successful specialty retail & gourmet foods shop HD62.5 .B7623 2004
A how-to resource that includes a sample business plan, cost-control, food safety, managing and training employees and many other food service issues.
Opening a restaurant or other food business starter kit : how to prepare a restaurant business plan & feasibility study TX911.3.M27 F835 2005
A step-by-step guide to creating and executing a food business. Includes a CD ROM with sample documents.
The Food service professional guide to series. This new series by the editors of Food Service Professional Magazine provides concise guides to various topics in hospitality management.
- Bar & beverage operation : ensuring success & maximum profit TX950.7 .P37 2003
- Building restaurant profits : how to ensure maximum results TX911.3.F5 H69 2003
- Buying & selling a restaurant business, for maximum profit TX911.3.V34 A53 2003
- Controlling restaurant & food service operating costs TX911.3.C65 B76 2003
- Controlling restaurant & food service labor costs TX911.3.L27 F85 2003
- Controlling restaurant & food service food costs TX911.3.C65 B74 2003
- Controlling liquor, wine & beverage costs TX950.7 .B76 2003x
- Food service menus : pricing and managing the food service menu for maximum profit TX911.3.P7 B76 2003
- Increasing restaurant sales : boost your sales & profits by selling more appetizers, desserts, & side items TX911.3.M3 G72 2003
- Restaurant design : designing, constructing & renovating a food service establishment TX945 .F85 2003
- Restaurant site location : finding, negotiating & securing the best food service site for maximum profit TX911.3.L62 A74 2003
- Waiter & waitress training : how to develop your staff for maximum service & profit TX925 .A73 2003

Locating Books

Books can be found through MaagNet, the Maag Library online catalog or through the OhioLINK Catalog. Use MaagNet to locate items available through Maag Library. Use the OhioLINK catalog to locate items available through other OhioLINK institutions. These items can be requested and delivered to Maag Library for pickup.

Not sure of a topic? Here are a few Library of Congress Subject Headings that can get you started:

Food Service
Food Service Employees
Caterers and Catering
Hotel Management
Restaurants

For more help locating resources, see our general help section onFinding Books.

Browsing for books

Hospitality Management resources are located throughout the library: items in the Reference Room, Serials and in the circulating collection are all arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System. Once you locate a book or journal that is useful in one of these areas, you can locate information on the same or similar topics by locating the same call number in the other areas of the library. See Call Numbers and Floor Plans for assistance.

Locating Articles

Hospitality Management articles are available in print and electronic sources. The information below will help you decide where to begin searching for articles.

Hospitality Management journals that Maag Library receives in print can be located by searching MaagNet, browsing by call number or through the list of Human Ecology journals received by Maag Library. These journals are located on the sixth floor of Maag Library and are arranged in call number order.

Online Articles

Many hospitality management journals are now available through online subscription databases and through the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center. Various terms can be used to search these databases, including subject, keywords and relevant dates. Most databases allow access by current YSU faculty, students and staff from off campus, although a few are restricted to in-library use only. For more information about connecting from home, see off-campus access.

Food Management
Serves the field of food service in schools & colleges, hospitals & nursing homes, contract feeders & implant operators.
Food Service Technology
All volumes of this journal between 2001 and 2004 are available through the Electronic Journal Center.
International Journal of Hospitality Management
Restaurant Business
Restaurant & Institutions
EBSCO Databases OFF CAMPUS LINK Includes many journal titles that are relevant to Hospitality Management. Some of the journal titles listed above are contained in this database.
Business and Industry
A multi-industry business database with a strong global focus on company, product and industry information. B&I indexes more than 1,000 of the world’s most authoritative business publications, including trade and business journals, industry newsletters, and a broad collection of regional, national and international newspapers. Full text is provided for many articles.
Business Source Premier OFF CAMPUS LINK
This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more.
Vocational and Career Collection OFF CAMPUS LINK
This database is designed for meet vocational and technical research needs. The collection provides index, abstracts, and full text for 350 trade and industry related periodicals.

These databases provide a starting point for your research. To see other available databases, visit the Research Databases page.

Web Resources

The links below provide access to hospitality management resources on the Internet.

Hospitality Management Topics
Links from the Librarian's Index to the Internet.
Hospitalitynet.org
American Hotel and Lodging Association
YSU Department of Human Ecology--Hospitality Management
Links to faculty information and research interests, lab experiments and student organizations.