Travel and Tourism
A-Z How to Find Information > Travel, Tourism and Transport
Online
As a library member you can access a range of e-resources by logging in with your library card number and PIN.
Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online - you can find masses of information about countries by searching for them by name
or by using the 'World Atlas' feature- Reference Books Online - there are general and specialist encyclopaedias and dictionaries about countries and cultures:
- Credo Reference - includes books such as 'Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures', 'Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations of the World Dictionary' and the 'Penguin Encyclopedia of Places'
- Oxford Reference Online - you can look up countries in the 'Oxford Guide to Countries of the World'. Results in Oxford reference online also give you links to recommended web sites
- PressDisplay - search for travel articles in the wide range of national and international newspapers
- Find useful UK and worldwide travel and tourism web sites at the Travel and tourism page of WebLinks.
- Bus, coach and rail timetables are in the Transport subsection
- Find related information at the Countries, Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers and Languages sections of the Virtual Library
In the Library
- Search the library catalogue to find hotel and bed and breakfast guides, directories of camping and caravanning sites, country guides and more
Page last updated: 3rd December 2013