LION: FAS105 -- Visual Literacy/Fashion (Condict) Fall 2014: Finding Articles

Journal Locator

Use the Journal Locator to see journals to which the library has print or electronic access.

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Recommended Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database of more than 8,500 fulltext periodicals with pdf content going back as far as 1887. Includes indexing and abstracting for more than 12,500 periodicals.
ARTstor
ARTstor is a digital library of more than one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences. Coverage includes images from prehistoric times to the present day.
ARTstor digitizes and provides high-quality images from numerous museums, academic institutions, and private foundations. It comes with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
Bloomsbury Fashion Central formerly Berg Fashion Library
Provides integrated text and images on world fashion throughout history. It includes the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, an extensive E-Book collection, a vast image bank, extra reference resources and more. Coverage includes images from prehistoric times to the present day.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a shared digital library that includes the fulltext of more than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume published. Coverage varies depending on the journal title.
Due to "moving wall" agreements with the publishers, JSTOR does not include current issues of journals; the most recently published issue of any current journal will not appear in JSTOR until 1-5 years after the publishing date.
Lexis Nexis Academic
See Nexis Uni.
Dun & Bradstreet Key Business Ratios (Mergent)
Tool that allows research of both public and private companies' industry benchmarks.
WWD (Women's Wear Daily)
Provides timely business news and women's fashion trends. Coverage: Fulltext available for last 12 months; searching available back to 1994.

Click here for the full list of databases.

Fashion Department Recommended Links

Web Resources:

Also look for:

designer's sites (Dior, Yves St Laurent, Perry Ellis)

street photographers (15 Street Style Photographers, 10 Street Style Photographers, 25 best...) Also search by city.

and, of course, blogs...

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