This Subject Guide page contains Websites, Online Resources, Books, Journals and a Toolbox.

Websites

The websites for Food, Catering and Hospitality are listed on a seperate page.

Online Resources

Ebrary

The collection of Further Education e-books supplied by JISC. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

EBSCO Hospitality and Tourism

EBSCOhost is an online reference system with a variety of popular full text databases including this one for Hospitality and Tourism.

Gale Databases

The College Library subscribes to a large number of electronic journals and magazines through a service called 'Gale Databases'. If you have never used 'Gale Databases' and need help here is a short user guide.

Issues Online

The UK's first comprehensive reference source addressing contemporary social issues. Sixty main topics with articles, news, key facts, statistics and much more. Some of the many subjects covered are: Abortion, Bullying, Cloning, Euthanasia, Homeslessness, Refugees and Vegetarianism. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Mintel

Mintel is a global supplier of consumer, media and market research. Mintel can help you discover opportunities, monitor competitors, develop products and services, and hone your marketing and advertising efforts. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Tourism Insights

Articles written by Insights' professional contributors, drawn from all sectors of the tourism industry including catering.

Books

Subject Shelf Mark
Food and drink 641
Nutrition 641.1
Beverages, Drinks 641.2
Wine 641.22
Beer 641.23
Spirits 641.25
Cooking, recipes and international cuisine 641.5
Catering, Table Service 642
Hospitality 647
Careers in catering 641.023

Journals

Toolbox

How to use the Internet
The Intute Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research. The tutorials are written and updated by a team of subject specialists based in universities and colleges across the UK. Click the list of tutorials and then chose the one that interests you, or have a look at the Internet Detective which will also help you to evaluate the reliability and usefulness of web pages.

Athens
Some of the Learning centre's electronic resources will require you to log in using the Athens validation service. (Especially if you use them outside College.) You will need an Athens username and password to do this. Obtain an "Athens Student Logon Request Form" from your Learning Centre; complete and return the form. You will receive notification of your account through your TMC student e mail.

Words used in assignments
The words used when questions or assignments are set can be confusing if you are not used to them. This list explains what tutors and examiners are looking for and what you should write about.

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