FOR 371: Eco and Adventure Tourism

Books might also be a useful resource for your research, especially if this is your first marketing plan.  Check the OSU catalog for books available at both Cascades and in Corvallis.

Try keyword searching for "marketing plan" (just like that, in quotes) or, if you really want to get fancy do a subject search for "marketing--planning."

Google Docs allows everyone who shares a document to edit it collectively.

 

Google Groups allows your group to share documents and keep track of discussions and deadlines.

 

Delicious is a way to share website bookmarks.

 

 

• You will need your ONID login and password to access these databases.

• CAB Abstracts
  This database is essential for tourism research. You will need to use interlibrary loan for at least some of the articles you find in CAB.
  Coverage Dates: 1973 - present
• Academic Search Premier
  Academic Search Premier is a very general database that includes some tourism literature. I suggest limiting your searches to peer reviewed/scholarly materials.
  Coverage Dates: 1975 - present
• Mintel Market Research Reports
  Mintel offers market research reports covering US and International marketplaces. There are often recent reports on tourism and even specifically eco tourism for the US and other countries. You must use your ONID email to create a profile in order to use the database.
  

Remember in addition to direct quotes you also have to cite your sources for:

• ideas (unless they're your own)
• summaries
• paraphrases
• facts that aren't "common knowledge"

There are even methods for citing class discussions and personal communication like interviews and email.

 

Don't take shortcuts--when in doubt, cite!

 

Resources for Chicago citation style:

Research and Documentation Online

Son of Citation Machine

Zotero

Most social science classes will require you to use APA style to format your in-text citations as well as your list of references. Sometimes you will also be asked to format your paper according to APA style, so be sure to double check with your instructor if you're not sure what you're being asked to do.

 

Help with in-text citations: 

dianahacker.com

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)

 

Help with the reference list: 

dianahacker.com

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)

 

Help with formatting your paper in APA style: 

dianahacker.com

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)

 

You can always ask for help at the library, and for really tricky questions you may want to check the printed APA manual in the library's reference section (call no. BF76.7 .P83 2001).