Best Bets
- Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCOhost) (1960+) This link opens in a new windowHospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 828,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than 490 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books.
- Leisure Tourism Abstracts (CABI) (1974+) This link opens in a new window
The leading database on leisure, tourism, hospitality and recreation information. Includes articles, abstracts, and some eBooks.
- Hospitality and Tourism (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window"provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications that cover topics including the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism. The database offers current and relevant content that provides well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism industries."
Company & Industry Research
- Business Insights (Gale) (1980+) This link opens in a new windowA collection of company & industry information, including articles, financials, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and chronologies
(formerly Business & Company Resource Center) - IBISWorld - Industry Market Research This link opens in a new windowA collection of Industry Market Research. Includes Industry Reports (NAICS) and Industry iExpert Summaries for the United States.
- GlobalData Explorer This link opens in a new windowInternational industry and company information, including SWOT profiles.
Additionally, some MarketLine reports are available via Business Source Premier. - Mergent Archives by FTSE Russell (1909-2013) This link opens in a new windowCompany histories, business, properties, income statements, balance sheets, long-term debts, lines of credit
- Mergent Intellect by FTSE Russell This link opens in a new window"Mergent Intellect is a highly flexible web-based application that features a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence."
See video tutorials - Mintel Academic This link opens in a new windowContains full text market research reports covering U.S. and global consumer markets, with an emphasis on European and U.S. markets.
- NetAdvantage (S&P) This link opens in a new windowDatabase for searching information on stocks, companies, industries and mutual funds. Access to nine of the most popular S&P publications including Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, and The Outlook.
- Nexis Uni - All Content This link opens in a new windowSee UCF User Help Guide
Full text of news and legal sources, as well as company and industry data. - RKMA eBooks This link opens in a new windowRichard K. Miller & Associates (RKMA) publishes market research handbooks for the following markets: restaurant, food & beverage; sports; consumer; consumer behavior; international consumer; business-to-business; consumer use of the internet & mobile web; healthcare business; retail business; entertainment, media & advertising; leisure business; and travel & tourism. As of 2025, RKMA also publishes a Technology Business Ebook Series.
- SBRnet: Sports Business Research Network This link opens in a new windowStatistics, market research, and publications on sports business, sales, and participation.
- UN Tourism Elibrary (UN World Tourism Organization) This link opens in a new window"The subject areas reflect all important themes moving the tourism sector and include, among others, ecotourism and sustainable development, tourism statistics, market research, innovation and new technologies and tourism policies. The UN Tourism Elibrary contains books, journals and statistical reports by country and by indicator."
Management & Business
- ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+) This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive ABI/INFORM™ database, this comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world
- Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowBusiness Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Miscellaneous
- Aging in the Modern World This link opens in a new window"The world’s population is aging. While medical research into aging is long established, research into its societal impact is still underdeveloped. In response to this, Aging in the Modern World provides a rich, multi-media exploration of global aging complexities, offering diverse cultural perspectives, personal narratives, and scholarly insights from 1900 to 2020. Through its coverage of government approaches, societal attitudes, and key themes like ageism and technological innovations, it serves as an invaluable resource for understanding and addressing the challenges and opportunities associated with the aging population worldwide."
- Culinary Arts (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window"provides access to academic journals and magazines on all aspects of cooking and nutrition. The database includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information."
- Orlando Sentinel (ProQuest Southeast News Stream) (1985+) This link opens in a new windowComplete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Classifieds and advertisements are excluded.
Click for earlier content from the Sentinel and other area newspapers. - SimplyAnalytics (Geographic Research) This link opens in a new windowSimplyAnalytics "enables non-technical users to quickly create professional quality thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business and marketing data."
NOTE: Limited to 5 simultaneous users - Wall Street Journal (ProQuest) (1984+) This link opens in a new windowFinancial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance.
