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Fashion Merchandising |
This guide suggests resources for
research in the various dimensions of fashion merchandising and related fields.
See also Industry Information and Marketing
research guides.
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Background
Information | Facts & Figures
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Journals |
Find Books | People | Organizations
| Web Resources
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Background
Information (Overview Sources)
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Encyclopedias and other reference
works are an excellent place to start a research project or
simply learn more about a particular topic. They provide
topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for further
reading. Sources with call #s preceded by R, are located
in Kent Reference, third floor.
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Color: the secret influence |
Kent Stacks 535.6 F322c |
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Contemporary fashion |
R 746.920922 C767 |
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Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion |
R 391.003 En194 |
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Encyclopedia of textiles |
R 677.003 J471e |
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Fairchild's dictionary of fashion |
R 391.00321 C125f2 |
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Historical encyclopedia of costumes |
R 391.009 R115h |
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How clothing is sold (video) |
IM/VC 10011 |
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Men's fashion: the complete sourcebook |
Kent Stacks 391.1 P313m |
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Twentieth-century American fashion |
391.00973 T9181 2005 |
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& Figures (Fact Sources) |
Use
dictionaries, statistical works,
atlases, handbooks and similar works to
find and check facts about topics,
people, or events. Sources with
call #s preceded by R, are located in
Kent Reference, third floor.
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Apparel retail industry profile: United States |
available in library
subscription database:
Business Source Premier |
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Best customers: demographics of consumer demand |
568.81 B4643 2005 |
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Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys |
R 338 St241 |
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Find Articles |
Search indexes, abstracts, and databases
to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. For
a complete list of Kent Library's online indexes and databases
& to access these online resources,
see the Find:
articles page (http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles
use the following print indexes and online databases:
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| Journals, Magazines, Newspapers |
Titles available in print in Kent Library and/or accessible
fulltext via our E Journal Portal.
Allure
Apparel
Chain Store Age
DNR
DSN Retailing Today
Glamour
Journal of Consumer Marketing
Journal of Retailing
Stores
Textile World
Vogue
VM & SD: Visual Merchandising and Store Design
Women's Wear Daily
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Find General
Collection Books |
Use the Kent
Library Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml)
to find books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers),
videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you
to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress
subject headings.
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Browse the shelves by call
number. Use the Dewey
Decimal chart to get you in the right subject areas or try the following:
391s fashion, costume, psychology of clothing and
fashion
640s clothing and dress
658s retail trade
677s textile design, textile fabrics, textile
industry
687s accessories, clothing trade, fashion, fashion
merchandising
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| People |
Learn about important people, such
as authors, researchers & historical figures related to
this topic or field.
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Organizations |
Professional organizations and/or
societies often provide very useful topic related information.
American
Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA)
International Textile
and Apparel Association (ITAA)
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| Web
Resources |
Apparel News.net
Apparel Search
The Costumer's Manifesto
fashion net
Google Directory > Arts > Design > Fashion
Google Directory > Business > Consumer Goods and Services >
Clothing
InfoMat - fashion industry search engine
Office of Textiles & Apparel, U.S. Dept. of
Commerce
Style.com
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For a list of Web searching
tools, see the
Find: web searching tools page (http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.shtml).
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