Recreation, Parks, & Tourism Administration Senior Project
Recommended Resources
Research Tools
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Academic Search Premier A comprehensive index of peer-reviewed scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multicultural studies, as well as popular magazines published from 1990-present. Provides Full-text access to peer reviewed articles from thousands of journals.
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CABI: CAB Abstracts and Global Health CAB Abstracts provides research information on agriculture and related applied life sciences, including Agriculture, Animal Health, Forestry, Human Health and Nutrition, and Natural Resources Management. Global Health from CABI is the definitive international public health database.
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Hospitality & Tourism Complete Hospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. There is full text for hundreds of publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books.
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive indexing and full-text access to sports and sports medicine journals. Subject areas covered include: biomechanics, drugs, exercise, kinesiology, movement science, nutrition, occupational health and therapy, physical fitness, physical therapy, rehabilitation, sports and exercise psychology, coaching and education, and sports medicine.
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ABI/INFORM Complete ABI/INFORM provides in-depth coverage of business issues, management techniques, competitive information, and a variety of other topics. Content includes full-text journals, trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports.
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Business Source Premier Business Source Premier provides full text for journals covering marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
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ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to educational literature and resources. It contains more than a million records and links to hundreds of thousands of full-text documents from ERIC back to 1966.
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PsycInfo APA PsycInfo, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), contains citations and summaries of journal articles, books, dissertations, and technical reports, in psychology, behavioral science, mental health, and related fields. Special features include the ability to search by study group, methodology, or specific test.
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Sociological Abstracts Indexes and abstracts articles in the fields of sociology, anthropology, criminology, demography, education, law and penology, race relations, social psychology, and urban studies.
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Wedding Report The Wedding Report provides market research data on wedding statistics, trends and industry research.
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Google Scholar Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles. Search results may be from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
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Senior Projects
Writing a Literature Review
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The Literature Review: Six Steps to Success by Call Number: Permanent Reserves (Front Desk) - LB1047.3 .M33 2012ISBN: 9781452240886Publication Date: 2012 -
The Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students by Call Number: Permanent Reserves (Front Desk) - LB2369 .R525 2008ISBN: 9781412934268Publication Date: 2008
Reading Articles
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How to Read a Scientific ArticleAn excellent overview of how to read an article - includes a template for taking notes.
By Mary Purugganan, Ph.D. and Jan Hewitt, Ph.D. of Rice University
Citing Your Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
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What is Plagiarism?Information about plagiarism, its definition, and Cal Poly's disciplinary process from the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
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Tutorial - PlagiarismA short video on plagiarism courtesy of Clemson University.