Research Guides @ Fordham: Fashion Research: Articles & Databases

Fashion Design Databases - Text

Art & Architecture Complete
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Index and abstracts to over 400 journals since 1983. Includes full text of many articles.

Art & Architecture Subject List
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ABI/INFORM Collection
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Business & Economics Subject List
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Evaluating Websites
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Fake News
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Library Tutorial
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Think of variant words, both broad and specific. Think of similar terms in variant languages (based on the nationality of the designer)

Use truncation to find variant word endings

Consult the Help option in the database to determine the truncation symbol (usually it is the asterisk *).

Boolean Modifier Video
Video tutorial "How Library Stuff Works: Boolean Modifiers" from McMaster Libraries
Boolean Operators Video
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Database Search Tips
Database Search Tips from MIT Libraries covers Boolean search operators, truncation, keyword vs. subjects, fields, phrases and stop words.

Selected Scholarly Journals

Clothing Cultures
Bristol, UK : Intellect Limited, 2013-
Costume : The Journal of the Costume Society
London : Published for the Costume Society by the Dept. of Textiles, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1967-
Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty
Bristol : Intellect, 2010-
Fashion and Textiles (Open Access)
Berlin : Springer, 2014-
Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture
Oxford : Bloomsbury Publishers.1997-
International Journal of Fashion Studies
Bristol : Intellect, 2014-

Selected Popular & Trade Publications