LibKey Nomad
To simplify your access to ISU Library's subscription resources, you may want to consider downloading the LibKey Nomad browser extension. Use this link to learn more about this interesting tool.
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Apparel & Textile Databases
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Bloomsbury Fashion Business CasesBloomsbury Fashion Business Cases aims to bridge the nexus between fashion education and the industry. It presents real-world cases on challenges facing the business of fashion, tackling important issues such as sustainability, technology, ethics, and leadership. Cases are periodically updated with new content including those by Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Practices (ESRAP).
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Berg Fashion LibraryA cross-searchable portal providing access to an expanding array of content collections including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, Fashion Business Cases, eBooks, Reference Works and Images. Also includes a Museum Exhibition archive.
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Vogue ArchiveAn archive of Vogue, the fashion and lifestyle magazine, from the first issue in 1892 to the present, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. It contains every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designers, and brand names.
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Women's Wear DailyThis archive contains the WWD’s full run of past issues and supplements from its inception in 1910. Its deep archive contains records of how the fashion industry developed over the 20th century. Students and researchers from fashion, business, gender studies and history benefit from the primary source material that includes advertisements and images presented in page-image format with searchable text.
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Women's Wear Daily (Publisher's Website)This proxified link to the publisher's website grants access to only THREE concurrent users. So if you can't access the platform at any given time, chances are that three users are already accessing it. You may therefore need to try again later.
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OTEXA: Office of Textiles and ApparelThe Office of Textiles and Apparel is responsible for maintaining and strengthening the competitiveness of the U.S. textile and apparel industries. The database includes detailed information about trade data, trade preference programs, export promotion and other programs that impact textile trade policy.
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HEARTH: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, HistoryTitles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked for their historical importance. The full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics, are all freely accessible on this site.
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AATA OnlineAATA covers literature related to preservation and conservation of our material culture heritage. As a part of the Getty Conservation Institute the database also includes subject-specific bibliographies.
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Design and Applied Arts Index: DAAIThe Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) contains over 212,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc., making it the largest index of its kind in the world.
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ABI/INFORM GlobalSearch worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business topics.
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Academic Search UltimateThis database covers almost all subject areas and is especially good at interdisciplinary areas. Good place to start for class assignments. It contains full text articles for more than 6,500 journals.
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Business Source EliteBusiness Source Elite provides full text for nearly 1,060 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting.
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Web of Science Core CollectionWeb of Science Core is a database of “core publications” across all disciplines. This database has a cited reference search tool that can be used for searching for a specific item from a citation.
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ScopusA large database containing scholarly journal articles and conference papers on any topic in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts & humanities. Includes cited references and h-index information.
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ARTSTORThe Artstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides over 2.5 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Artstor also includes multimedia such as videos, oral histories, panoramas, etc.
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JSTORJSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences. It includes digitized current and back issues of academic journals, books and primary source materials.
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Academic OneFileAccess thousands of articles covering a wide range of subjects. A good starting point for research.
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Credo Reference: Academic Core CollectionThis is a good starting place for term papers - to get a basic overview of almost any topic. It also includes short videos and high-resolution art images across all subject areas. Results link out to content in other databases provided by the ISU Library.
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Small Business Reference CenterThe Small Business Reference Center is a comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business. Users may search within specific ‘Business Topics’ and ‘Business Types’ relevant to their needs.
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EconLitFind articles from hundreds of economics journals.
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Ulrichsweb: Ulrich's Periodicals DirectoryDirectory of magazines, journals (i.e. serials) ... each title includes ISSN, publisher, country of publication, start year, peer-reviewed status, where it is indexed, and more.
Use "Cited Reference" to Locate Relevant Articles
One very useful technique for finding more resources related to those you are looking for is by using "Cited Reference Searching". This technique enables you to find where a particular article has been cited. By doing this, you can see how that information has been used by other researchers and how scholarship on that topic has developed. Below are a few resources to help you learn this important technique.
Outside Resources
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Windowswear.com"This is a retail visual merchandising database and community .... Its archives date back to 1931." Full access to this resource is not available through the library. The AMD program reportedly has a subscription.
Finding Newspaper Articles
This guide provides information and links for accessing current and historical newspapers. The information is available mostly online but some historical content is available on microfilm.
Below is a list of quick links to some of the Indexes & Databases the University Library subscribes to:
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Newspaper Search on "Quick Search" (Not a Database)Newspaper Search is a dedicated, separate search box in the library's discovery tool that returns results exclusively for newspaper articles, magazine articles, and news items. This meets the expectations of users who prefer not to mix newspaper articles with other scholarly content. Contains articles from both current and historical publications.
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Access World NewsThis is a collection of more than 8,000 newspapers and other news sources from nearly 200 countries. It provides full-text access to several major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles. Platform is updated daily making it good source for current events.
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Gale OneFile: NewsTo find newspapers using Gale OneFile: News, please follow these steps:
1.) Click "Advanced Search"
2.) Select "Publication Search"
3.) Type the publication title in the search box. e.g., "The Washington Post" then click the lens icon to execute the search
4.) Click on the publication title
5.) Click the dropdown years menu on the left
6.) Select the year and date you want
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Des Moines Register - ProQuest AccessThis database provides full-text access to the Des Moines Register. It goes back to 1999. For earlier issues dating from 1871, please use ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. North Central collection.
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Newspaper Source PlusContains full-text coverage for more than 1,200 newspapers, newswires, television and radio news transcripts from around the globe.
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Ethnic NewsWatchThis unique database provides historic and current full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the U.S. ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives, 1959-present. Strong coverage of African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Latino newspapers; also includes coverage from many other ethnic groups in the US, including Arab American, Jewish American, and ethnic European perspectives.
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Alt-Press WatchLeveraging the freedom of independently published grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals as a counterweight to corporate controlled mainstream media perspectives, Alt-Press Watch is the go-to place for alternative voices above the din of the profit driven news sources. With coverage dating back to 1970, the database features about a million articles from over 270 publications, offering a wide range of unfettered, critical coverage of the news.
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FactivaSearch the world's leading business & news publications, incl. WSJ & Barron's. Includes 35,000 sources in 60 languages. Some content is unavailable to academic accounts.
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ABI/INFORM GlobalThis is mainly an index of business periodicals but it also contains a few national and international newspapers including the current and past issues of the Wall Street Journal. Simply click the "Publications" tab and then select "Newspapers" on the side-bar. Articles can only be read as plain text, meaning that there are no accompanying images and other illustrations.
International Newspapers
Some international newspapers in this guide such as The Guardian are fully and freely accessible. But most have restricted access.