Selected Resources for: Clothing and Textiles
 | Subject Librarian: Marlys McGuire E-Mail: m-mcgu@tc.umn.edu Subject Description:This subject covers: the history, aesthetics, design, analysis, production, marketing , and social aspects of textile and apparel products. Other related topics are: Art & Art History, Design (General Aspects), Interior Design, and Retail Merchandising. |
Abstracts and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject IndexesArt Full Text   Art Full Text, produced by The HW Wilson Company, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. There is full-text coverage for selected periodicals. Coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Full Text indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Indexing coverage begins 1984; abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. The abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full-text coverage begins in 1997. [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
| ArtBibliographies Modern Index and abstracts of articles from periodical articles, books, exhibition catalogs, and index entries for dissertations. Covers all aspects of late 19th and 20th century art, including decorative and applied art, with particular reference to photography and three-dimensional design. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Design and Applied Arts Index DAAI is an international index to design and craft journals. It contains annotated references from more than 450 design and craft journals, and data on nearly 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc. All areas of design and craft are covered, including industrial design, interior design, environmental design, computer aided design, furniture design, ceramics, glass, fashion design, textile design, graphic design, typography, multimedia design, book design, photography, advertising, theatre design, ergonomics, and design management. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Textile Technology Index The Textile Technology Digest (TTD) database contains bibliographic citations, with abstracts, and provides international coverage of the literature of textiles and related subjects. Selected articles summarize the technological advancements and applications of science and research to the textile industry. Coverage includes the various aspects of textile production and processing, and the automation and management systems of these operations. Coverage also includes many of the major resources of the apparel, home furnishings, flooring, and polymer industries. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| World Textiles World Textiles provides coverage of the current textiles literature. It is the only source of British, European, and American patens and international standards information in this field. Coverage includes: synthesis, physics & chemistry of polymers for fibres; science , technology, properties, products and uses of fibres, yarns and fabrics; chemical and mechanical treatment of textiles; technical management; production, consumption and international trade data; test methods and quality control; standards and legislation and environmental safety and health issues. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 1 user at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| LexisNexis Academic (ON CAMPUS USE ONLY) LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| MasterFile Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for 2700 titles. This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 357 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,132 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs| MNCAT Classic Search with MNCAT Classic to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. MNCAT Classic lacks the faceted searching of MNCAT Plus, but can be easier to use if you already have a good idea of what you're looking for. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Biographical Sources| McDowell's Directory of Twentieth Century Fashion [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Dictionaries
| Textile Dictionary Definitions to textile terms, produced by the Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion and Design. The entries are arranged under four main categories: Standard Cotton Fabrics; Standard Silk and Silk Imitation Fabrics; Standard Worsted, Wool and Hair fabrics; and Other Cellulose Fabrics. Details on fiber, weave, characteristics, and uses are given for most entries. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Textile Terms and Definitions, 10th ed.
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| Textiles in America, 1650-1870: A Dictionary Based on Original Documents [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Directories
| Textile Industry: An Information Sourcebook, The [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Thomas Register of American Manufacturers Online The world's largest online industrial product and service directory. Over 155,000 companies are represented using 57,000 product and service headings. Registration required (free). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Complete costume history : from ancient times to the 19th century Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique was the most wide-ranging and intelligent study of clothing ever published. Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through the end of the 19th century. Beautifully illustrated. Note: Parallel text in English, German and French; translated from the French. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion This is an extraordinary 3-volume set that incoroporates not only many diverse subjects on clothing and fashion, but also takes an interdisplinary approach by relating clothing and fashion to global fashion, cultural issues, socioeconomics, gender, sexual identity, Eurocentrism, and multiculturism. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes Introduction by Dr. Aileen Ribeiro -- ancient world -- 19th century antique civilizations -- Europe from Byzantium to the 1800s -- traditional costumes of the 1880s. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Costume and Fashion [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Handbooks and Manuals
| 20,000 Years of Fashion: the history of costume and personal adornment. Chapters include: Introduction -- Prehistoric costume -- Costume in the Ancient East -- Crete and its costume -- The Mediterranean countries -- Europe from the Fifth century BC to the Twelfth century AD -- Europe between the Twelfth and Fourteenth centuries -- Costume in Europe from the Fourteenth to the early Sixteenth century -- The Sixteenth century -- The Seventeenth century -- The Eighteenth century -- From the French Revolution to the early Twentieth century -- Fashion: 1920-1964 -- Fashion: 1960-1983. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Dynamics of fashion, The. Current coverage of Fashion merchandising. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| History of Fashion Traces the history of costume and fashion from ancient times through the mid-nineteen eighties. Twentieth century designers whose fashions are shown in photographs and illustrations include: Chanel, Redfern, Vionnet, Schiaparelli, Regna, Malyneux, Dior, Balenciaga, Carven, Quant, Cardin, Clark, Courreges, Rabanne, Saint Laurent, Gibb, Rhodes, Muir, Ashley, Krizia, Missoni,Versace, Lagerfeld, Blass and Yuke. Also includes a glossary and list of costume collections. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Styles of Fashion : A Pictorial Handbook
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Internet Resources
Gateways & Megasites| Apparel.Net The online guide for the Apparel Industry [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Costume Gallery Contains 1,000 web pages and 2500 images of fashion and costume. Intended for use by authors, journalists, screenwriters, educators and students. Costume Gallery is divided into five parts. Most interesting to students and researchers is the "Library." The Library is divided into 3 shelves: "Fashion articles to research" (including several issues of Ladies Home Journal from 1893-1895); "Portfolios of Costumes" and "Research by Time and Topic." The "Research by time and topic" links to fashion web sites by time, period, culture and fashion designer. Coverage is worldwide. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Internet Resources for Clothing and Textiles Selected organizations, government and other websites. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Technology Exchange Computer Technology Solutions for the Apparel, Textile and Home Furnishings Industries [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Textiles Through Time Includes many museum sites [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Multimedia Materials
Image Resources| History of Costume, The The "History of Costume" or "Zur Geschichte der Kostueme" was originally published as individual plates in a German magazine titled "Muenchener Bilderbogen." Later, these plates were collected and bound into book form. The total publication consisted of 125 pages, with four pictures per pages, for a total of 500 costume designs. These plates consisted of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century. This book is an excellent source for students who are studying the history of fashion and for costume designers. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites| OTEXA: the Office of Textiles and Apparel A one-stop resource for exporting U.S. made textile and apparel products. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
| TC2 Textile Clothing Technology Corporation A consortium of fiber, fabric, sewn products, labor, government and academia dedicated to a more competitive U.S. soft goods industry. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.). [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
University of Minnesota
Related U of M Web Sites| Business Library Web Site Find related information on the University of Minnesota Libraries Business Reference Web Site. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
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