General resources for fashion

where to find articles

Academic Search Premier
Full text, indexes and abstracts are provided for 8,035 journals in the collection.

Art Full Text
Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles, and Video

Biography Reference Bank
The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images. Include interviews, article about the person etc.

Lexis Nexis
Full text access to 5,600 publications including The New York Times from 1980 - present.

Newspaper Sources

Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Times (London), The Toronto Star, etc. The database also contains selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, The New York Daily News, The San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc.

Periodical Abstracts
Access to articles covering subjects such as economics, literature, women's studies, etc. 1987-present

Wilson Select Plus
Access to aricles covering advertising, art, international trends, literature, etc. 1994-present

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Where to find books

Dominican Library Online Catalog
The online catalog allows you to find books, cd-roms, magazines/journals, maps, music recordings, scores, and videos held by the Rebecca Crown Library

I-Share
You can search the holdings of all 65 ILCSO Libraries (including Dominican) at one time by using this link

Subject Headings:

Fashion
Clothing and Dress
Clothing Trade
Costume
Costume Design
Textile Design
Textile Industry
Dressmaking
Fashion Designers
Fashion Drawing
Fashion Illustrators
Fashion Merchandising
Fashion Photography
Fashion Shows
Show Windows
Men’s Clothing
Children’s Clothing
Models (Persons)

Remember: you can request available items from the 65 ILSCO libraries. Reference books, videos and reserve items may not be requested.

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Internet Sites

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