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Getting Started

These are great places to start any Fashion-type research.

Fashion Research Starter Topics

Fashion is often differentiated from apparel in that it centers on haute couture and caters to an aristocratic and rarefied clientele, while the apparel industry is mainly dedicated to mass production and more attuned to practicality and salability than to fashion trends. There are numerous Research Starter articles related to fashion.

Historical Costume Pictures

ARTSTOR is a database of art-related images. Searches can be performed by geography, classification, time period and keyword. Information available about each item include creator, culture, title, material, date and item description. Images can be annotated, saved and downloaded from within your free ARTSTOR account.

Berg Fashion Library

The Berg Fasion LIbrary is a unique portal which offers fully cross-searchable access to an expanding range of Berg Content collections - including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images and much more. Searches can be performed by time period, location and materials.

Getting Started: Arts & Humanities

These general reference sources are a good place to do background reading or begin your research. For a complete list of databases, see the Digital Resources List.

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Berg Fashion Library
Cross-searchable access to a growing library of articles, lesson plans, eBooks, and essential reference works, including A-Z of Fashion and the complete Encyclopedia of World Dress. Plus an interactive timeline and a new exhibition archive,
Britannica Academic
Online encyclopedia with background information on every topic, facts & figures, video, images, timelines, world data, and a world atlas.
CredoReference
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, chronologies, speeches and images from all areas of academic study.
Gale In Context: Global Issues
Articles, background information, news, and multimedia resources on global issues, including famine, globalization, world trade, global warming, human rights, politics, and women's studies.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
This online dictionary provides definitions and the evolution of the English language, tracing the usage of words over the past 1000 years.
WindowsWear
WindowsWear follows style trends, design trends, color trends, and mannequin trends, analyzing windows from hundreds of brands in fashion capitals around the world (and growing). To gain access, sign up with your valid Fontbonne University email address and sign in at the top of the page.