Research Guide Santa Rosa Junior College

fashion

Typical Research Flow
Reference	Books	Articles	Web	Associations	Citing

This research guide highlights some sources used for locating information. Consult with a Reference librarian for further assistance or for help in locating the information needed.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks
The following Reference Sources should be helpful in locating background information:

20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment

Mahoney Ref/GT/510/.B6713/1987

20th Century Fashion: 100 Years of Style by Decade and Designer

Doyle Ref/TT/504/.W37/2004

Career Oprotunities in the Fashion Industry

Mahoney Ref/TT/507/.V63/2002

The Complete Fashion Sourcebook

Mahoney Ref/GT/596/.P393/2005

Contemporary Fashion

Mahoney Ref/TT/505/.A1/C66/2002

The Encyclopedia of Fashion

Doyle Ref/GT/507/.O53/1986

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion

Doyle & Mahoney Ref/GT/507/.E53/2005

Essential Terms of Fashion: A Collection of Definitions

Doyle Ref/ TT/494/.C35/1986

Fairchild's Dictionary of Fashion

Doyle Ref/TT/503/.C34/1988

The Fashion Dictionary: Fabric, Sewing, and Dress as Expressed in the Language of Fashion

Doyle Ref/TT/503/.P49

The Fashion Encyclopedia: An Essential Guide to Everything You Need to Know About Clothes

Doyle Ref/TT/503/.H68/1982

Shopping LA: The Insiders' Sourcebook for Flim & Fashion

Doyle Ref/TT/495/.F76/1995

Style of Fashion: A Pictoral Handbook

Doyle Ref/TT/515/.T73/1984

World of Fashion: People, Places, Resources

Doyle Ref/TT/515/.L16

Call Numbers to Browse:

GT (500’s) Manners and customs TT (490-695) Clothing manufacture, Dressmaking, Tailoring

The following Reference subscription Electronic Databases can also be helpful:

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
ABI Inform Databases	ProQuest Career & Technical Education
All ProQuest Databases	RAND California
Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Access databases from: SRJC Articles & Databases http://www.santarosa.edu/library/ftdb. Off campus access requires a user name and PIN number. Apply for a PIN.

Books Top
The SRJC Library Catalog lists books under author, title and subject. The following subject headings should contain useful information:

CLOTHING AND DRESS	DRESSMAKING
CLOTHING TRADE	FASHION DESIGNS
COSTUME DESIGN

Access the SRJC Library Catalog at:http://library.santarosa.edu Select the "Exact Subject Heading" Search Type and type in any of the subject headings.

Magazines and Newspaper Articles Top
The library subscribes to a variety of electronic databases to help you locate articles in popular magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers. The following databases should contain information on your subject:

Expanded Academic ASAP(Info Trac)	All ProQuest Databases
ProQuest Research Library	SIRS Researcher
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)	ProQuest Career & Technical Education
	ProQuest Research Library
	SIRS Researcher

Access databases from: SRJC Articles & Databases http://www.santarosa.edu/library/ftdb. OFF campus access requires a user name and PIN number. Apply for a Pin.

The library has print copies of the following magazines of particular interest:

Vogue

To locate other titles subscribed to by the SRJC Libraries (in print and in electronic databases) go to the:
Library Periodicals List

Web Resources Top
The following selected websites should be helpful in finding information:

SRJC Internet Resources by Subject:

Librarians' Internet Index:

Apparel:

http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=apparel&ss=1

Clothing:

http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=clothing&ss=1

Fashion:

http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=fashion&ss=1

The World Wide Web has no standards, quality and reliability of Information and can vary greatly.

Access How To Evaluate Information Resources: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/guides/eval.shtml

Associations and Organizations Top
Use these websites to locate organizations and associations:

Associations on the Net http://www.ipl.org/div/aon

This guide offers access to many scholarly and trade organization/association websites. The directory lists broad categories allowing you to select more narrow subheadings.

Scholarly Societies Project http://www.scholarly-societies.org/subjects_soc.html

This website provides access by subject to national and international societies with scholarly, academic, or research goals. There are strict guidelines for resource inclusion and a URL stability ranking for each website.

Citing Sources Top
For assistance in using the citation style required by your instructor, check the following citation guides:

MLA (Modern Language Association)

APA (American Psychological Association

Other Styles:(Chicago, Turabian, CBE, and more.)

Access any of these guides from: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/Refs/cite.shtml

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Last updated: May 17, 2007	Questions and Comments: Phyllis Usina