Finding Trade Publications
A trade journal is a periodical that targets individuals working in a particular industry, trade or profession. They are often published by industry or professional associations. The articles focus on trends, best practices and events in that field. New practices and trends often appear in trade journals before they appear in scholarly journals.
Many databases include a checkbox that allows you to select the types of sources that will be included in the search results. It is usually in a list of items called "Publication Type," "Source Type," or "Content Type." Sometimes it appears in the area below the basic search box. If it isn't there, look at the search options available with the advanced search.
Finding Peer Reviewed Articles
Peer review is a practice in which an article proposed for publication is reviewed by a group of experts in the same field as the article to establish that it meets established standards for scholarly research.
Many databases include a checkbox that allows you to limit search results to peer reviewed items. Sometimes it appears in the area below the basic search box. If it isn't there, look at the search options available with the advanced search.
Another way to determine if an article is Peer Reviewed or Scholarly, is to search for the title of the journal which published the article in: Ulrichsweb
Refereed, indicated by the Referee Shirt icon, means the journal is peer reviewed.
Find Costume History and Fashion Design Journal Articles
Costume and Fashion Databases for Journal Articles
*Search the databases below for journal articles on fashion, costume and designers.
*Country or Period Search Examples: France and costume (or dress, or clothing, or fashioin), France and Baroque and costume, Spain and Medieval and costume, Victorian and costume, "Art Deco" and fashion; Accessories and Renaissance; shoes and Roccoco.
*Designer Search Examples: (last name, first name) Balenciaga, Cristobal; Klein, Calvin.
*Other keyword search examples: "textile design" and history; fashion and men and Europe; "fashion accessories"
*If accessing off campus, you will be asked for a username (EUID), and password (EUID password).
- Academic search completeAcademic Search Complete provides a scholarly collection providing full text coverage for over 10,500 journals for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies, etc. Dates of Coverage: 1975 - Current
- Art & Architecture SourceArt Source covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. Providing full-text journal articles, indexing and abstracts for various journals, full-text books, and a collection of images, and more. International in scope, Art Source includes periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch. It is designed for use by a diverse audience, including art scholars, artists, designers, students and general researchers.
- Art, Design and Architecture CollectionA comprehensive survey of current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts. This collection includes the specialist indexes ARTbibliographies Modern (covering modern and contemporary art), Design and Applied Arts Index (for all aspects of design and crafts) and the International Bibliography of Art (covering scholarship on Western art history), together with a complementary collection of current full-text journals, Arts and Humanities Full Text.
- Berg fashion libraryBerg Fashion Library Full-text entries from the entire Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, full-text from over 60 Berg fashion e-books, journal articles and an extensive image bank with 2,000 images from the encyclopedia and 1,600 from the fashion collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. To open the full-text of the journal article, click DOI on the left navigation bar. Sates of Coverage: Prehistoric era to the present.
- Design & applied arts index.Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) contains articles from graphic design, fashion design, interior design, architectural design, product design. and craft journals. Covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century, surveying disciplines including ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, metal smithing, graphic design, fashion and clothing, textiles, furniture, interior design, architecture, computer aided design, Web design, computer-generated graphics, animation, product design, industrial design, garden design, and landscape architecture. This database is part of the Art, Design & Architecture Collection.
- EBSCOhost.EBSCOhost Provides access to various EBSCO databases which can all be searched simultaneously.
- Bloomsbury Fashion Photography ArchiveThe Fashion Photography Archive showcases 40 years of contemporary fashion history through runway shots, street-style images, biographies, articles and videos. More than 100 biographies are available, along with articles covering topics like fashion cities, catwalk shows, textiles, and more.
- International bibliography of theatre & dance with full textInternational Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text Fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated database of Performing Arts, Theatre, Drama, Dance, Communication Studies journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries. Dates of Coverage: Varies by publication.
- JSTORJSTOR provides access to archived backfiles of journals in the arts and sciences, business, language and literature, science, ecology and botany, and music: over 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume ever published, along with thousands of monographs and other relevant materials. Users can access the full-text content beginning with the first volume of each journal although recent volumes may or may not be included, depending on the agreement between JSTOR and publishers of the journal in question. As a result, some titles may lag behind in terms of JSTOR coverage. Content may date back to 1890, up to present-day.
- WGSNWGSN provides product design and consumer forecasts that reveal global trend insights in consumer goods, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, interiors, and food and drink.
Featured Journals
- Women's Wear DailyThis website covers women's and men's fashion, along with business news about the fashion industry.