Finding a Convention, and Understanding the Values of the Organizers
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World Conference AlertsA searchable database of events and conventions all over the world. Current information goes through 2025. Search hundreds of conference topics and locations.
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The Conference Board: EventsUS and HRM-focused, this site allows searching for events by category, location, time, and more.
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Meetings.com Calendar of Upcoming Major Events and ConventionsSearchable calendar of events worldwide, on many topics. Timeframe is 60 days.
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IAEE: International Association of Exhibitions and Events Trade Show CalendarDirectory of global meetings on a variety of topics.
Articles and Resources on Sustainable and Socially Conscious Event Planning
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Meet Green: Sustainable and Safe EventsIncludes guidelines and checklists for planning safe and responsible events.
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Events Industry Council: Principles for Sustainable EventsA page which links sustainable event principles with the UN Sustainability Development Goals.
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Convene Magazine, from the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)Great articles on sustainability practices in convention planning, as well as other topics.
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Hospitality & 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 480 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books. -
Access World News
Through nearly 7000 news sources, find diverse global, local, regional, and national perspectives on topics related to controversial issues, the environment, health, education, science, the arts, literature, business, economics, criminal justice, and more. -
Business Source Complete
This is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. -
ProQuest One Business
A comprehensive business database containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more. Includes the full text of the Wall Street Journal. Formerly called ABI/INFORM Collection
Information on Regions Where Events Take Place
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Global Destination Sustainability IndexThis site shows sustainability rankings for cities around the world. Includes sustainability topics including environmental and social, and explains how the ratings were developed.
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Global Cities IndexFrom the website: Oxford Economics’ Global Cities Index ranks the top cities in the world based on five categories: Economics, Human Capital, Quality of Life, Environment and Governance.
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Meetings and Conventions: Destinations GuidesSome basic, largely tourist information about select global cities.
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EIU Viewpoint
Country profiles and economic reports, current economic events for nearly 200 countries or economic territories.
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globalEDGE
Click on the name of your country, then click on “Culture” for information on culture and doing business in the country you are studying. Or, use globalEDGE to learn more about a country's economy, trade, political climate, and more.
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Statista
Easy to use statistics search engine with access to more than a million statistics and facts.
Citing Your Sources
Whenever you do research, you will need to cite the information sources that you use. Most business scholars use APA style. Here are some tools that can help you with this task:
Gleeson Library's guide to citations: How? Why? When?
Tip: Look for citation tools within the databases that you use! These can be so helpful in helping you formulate your citations and works cited/bibliography. NOTE: Sometimes there are errors in these database-created citations, so it is a good idea to review them before submitting your paper/project/slides!!!
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APA 7th Edition Citations for Business SourcesAn excellent guide to using APA 7th edition style for popular business sources. Scroll through the guide to find an example for the business source you are using in your research. Compiled by librarians Naomi Schemm, Marcia Dellenbach, Zachary Grisham, Marianne Hageman, Natalia Tingle, Matt Trowbridge, and Amanda Wheatley
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Citing Business Databases in APA: Michigan State University GuideThis guide was created to help with citing some common business databases
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Citing Business Databases from the University of North Carolina at GreensboroThis guide has some additional business database examples in APA style.
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MLA Business Citations: Youngstown State UniversityScroll down the page to see citations for specific business web sites, reports, and databases cited in MLA style.
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Purdue OWLOur favorite style guide web site is the OWL from Purdue University.
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RefWorks
RefWorks allows users to create personal databases to manage, store, and share the information citations/references. Users can automatically insert references from their database into their papers and generate formatted bibliographies and manuscripts in seconds. See our RefWorks Guide for information about creating accounts, adding references, and using add-ons.
Getting Help!
There are several ways to obtain assistance with your research. Read on!
The School of Management has a library liaison named Penny Scott, and you can contact her for help.
Her contact information is: email: plscott@usfca.edu * phone: 415-422-5389
It is best to call or email ahead, or make an appointment, to make sure she is available!
If Penny is not available, or any time you need help, you can always get help, just Ask a Librarian!