Travel Destinations:

Books & Articles

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Books | Reference books | Articles | Web sites

At any point in your research, please consult a reference librarian. Librarians are available whenever the library is open at (518) 743-2200 ext. 2462. Library hours are listed on the ACC Library's home page: http://library.sunyacc.edu.

Finding Books:

To find books or multimedia items, search the ACC book catalog (ACC Library web page > Finding Books > Catalog):

• Reference books, on the library’s main floor, don’t leave the library, so are always available.
• Circulating books, on the upper level of the library, may be checked out for four weeks.
• Videos, DVDs and music CDs may be borrowed by faculty. Students may use equipment near the video/DVD shelves.

Search tip: Start with a keyword search. When you find an interesting book, look for the subject headings in the book's online description. Click on any that refine your search best. We recommend visiting the ACC Library's Research Guides & Tutorials page, which offers a narrated tutorial on searching the online catalog and two tutorials called "Research Steps," offering important search strategies. Here are some subject headings to consider using:

Travel guidebooks:                         Circulating Collection, on Upper Level of Library

You may borrow any of the 500+ travel guidebooks at the ACC Library. You may borrow them for four weeks with your student ID card. They cover travel in the U.S. and around the world. Publishers include Fodor’s, Lonely Planet and Rough Guide.

Search the catalog for a country with the phrase “and guidebooks”. (Spell guidebooks as one word!) “Italy and guidebooks,” for instance, will display over 20 titles about Florence, Tuscany, Rome, etc.  

Reference Books:

Reference books, on the main floor, can help you select a research topic. They also offer quick background information and overviews on subjects.

Atlases:                                                            Reference Area and Atlas Stand

 Books of world maps, city street maps, historical events and more are available in the “G 1000” call number area in Reference. Large-format atlases are located in the atlas stand.          

Demographics and other statistics:

Also see the ACC Library’s research guide, Finding Statistics.

Gale Virtual Reference Library:

You can search thousands of full-text chapters from more than 250 reference books published by Gale Cengage Learning. The ACC Library owns many of these books in printed format also. The Document Title search will search for your term in the chapter titles, giving you full-text chapters from the reference books. The content is the exactly the same as the original printed books. Find this database with these links: ACC Library Web page > Finding Books > Reference > Gale Virtual Reference Library. (Note: This is a subscription database. ACC students, faculty and staff may log in from off-campus with their campus network user names and passwords.)

Among the books it searches are: Countries and their Cultures, Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, Encyclopedia of Food & Culture, Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia, History Behind the Headlines: Origins of Conflicts Worldwide, Social Trends and Indicators USA, and many others.

Finding Articles:

Journal articles offer current and specific information and research. Search for journal articles by subject through any of the ACC Library's dozens of article databases. Many but not all offer full-text links to articles. (If needed, ask a reference librarian about finding an article though another database, print sources or interlibrary loan if it's not full-text.).

Article databases are subscription-only products. ACC students and faculty may search these from home by following screen directions. To get your ACC student username and password, see Lookup Account and Password on the Student Portal page. For a full list of journals ACC Library receives, see the online Periodicals at ACC list or check the card file at the Circulation Desk.

From the ACC Library Web page, go to Finding Articles. Then, choose either:

• General Databases to find articles on a current, popular or multidisciplinary topic and need a mix of newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals; or
• Subject Databases to find specialized articles on one subject only, such as business, science, literature, nursing, etc.

Among the General Databases are:
● EBSCO's Academic Search Premier: Over 8000 journals; about half are full-text.
● JSTOR: full-text; 117 journals covering the arts, sciences and social sciences.
● New York Times: Current (1980-present) and historical editions (1851-2003).
● WilsonSelectPlus: Completely full-text; 1+ million articles from 1400 journals.
● New York State Newspapers: includes New York Times full-text.
● Opposing Viewpoints, CQ Researcher, more.

Newspapers such as The New York Times and Wall Street Journal have travel sections and list information such as foreign currency exchanges.

The library subscribes to these travel-related magazines, located on the main floor:

Web sites:

Here are some recommended Web sites. Of the billions of Web sites in the world, these are more appropriate for college-level research.

For travel-related Web sites, see this ACC Library online research guide: ACC > Library > Research Guides & Tutorials > Finding Travel Information on the Web.

The Web contains a tremendous amount of up-to-date information about destinations, museums, hotels, cultural events, festivals and chambers of commerce around the world.

For many time-saving search tips, see the ACC Library research guide How to Search the Web, available as a handout, an online research guide as well as a tutorial.  

For more information:

Consult a reference librarian at any point in your research. You may also want to see other online ACC Library research guides.

See the Travel Information on the Web and Finding Statistics research guides

Updated July 2008/JM