The following is a list of the most useful databases available to do research in this particular subject, some are general databases and others are subject specific databases.

• Academic Search Premier
• Lexis Nexis
• SocIndex

The following electronic journals are available to Lindenwood University students (who are currently enrolled), faculty, and staff. Click on the journal title and go directly to each website to access most articles in full-text. In order to see a complete list of journals available, go to the Periodicals search page, type the title of the journal in the search box, and then click the search button to see which online database(s) that journal is indexed in.

The following reference items may be used in Butler Library. These tools are located on the main floor, east side of the building, once you pass through the Cardy Reading Room. Items are always available for usage and information may be copied as needed.

NOTE: The subsequent items listed are just a few of the valuable resources available.

• 2002 In an influential fashion: an encyclopedia of nineteenth and twentieth century fashion designers an...
• 2002 Career opportunities in the fashion industry
• 2000 Fashion in costume, 1200-2000
• 1994 The illustrated encyclopedia of costume and fashion: from 1066 to the present
• 1979 Fashion production terms

The following periodicals are available for use in Butler Library. Periodicals can not be checked out, but articles are allowed to be copied on one of two photocopiers available for public use. The Periodical room is located on the main floor on the west side of the building, once you pass through the leisure reading lounge. Back issues are located downstairs on the ground floor, in the center of the basement. In order to check the holdings (issues on hand) of a particular title, simply click on the following link http://bridges.missouri.edu/search~S5/s, type in the title of the journal and click the search button. To see if an issue has been received, click on the hypertext, latest received.

To see a complete list of journals available via online databases, go to the Periodicals search page , type the title of the journal in the search box, and then click the search button to see which online database(s) that journal is indexed in.

• American Artist
• American Craft
• American Photo
• American Theatre
• Antiques
• Aperture
• Art in America
• ArtForum International
• Artnews
• B to B
• Daedalus
• Dance Magazine
• Electronic Media
• Entertainment Design
• Esquire
• Film Comment
• Film Quarterly
• Graphis
• Harper's Bazaar
• Hudson Review
• Joperd - Journal of Physical Education Recreation and Dance
• Modern Drama
• Musical Quarterly
• PAJ
• Popular Photography
• Popular Photography and Imaging
• River Styx Magazine
• Rolling Stone
• Shakespeare Quarterly
• Stores Magazine
• Studies in Art Education
• Theatre
• Theatre Journal
• Vogue
• WWD - Womem's Wear Daily

Librarians at Butler Library have explored cyber world looking for reputable sites that are useful and informative.

• American Apparel and Footwear Association
• The Art Institutes
• Cotton Incorporated
• Fashion Era
• Fashion Net
• National Design Awards
• Cooper Hewitt - National Design Awards

Valuable resource guides located in the reference section. and stacks (available to be checked out):

• 2005 The Practical Guide to Patternmaking for Fashion Designers: Juniors, Misses, and Women
• 2005 Draping for Fashion Design
• 2005 The Art of Fashion Draping
• 2003 Professional Pattern Grading for Women's, Men's, and Children's Apparel
• 2003 Professional Patternmaking for Designers: Women's Wear, Men's Casual Wear
• 2001 Principles of Flat Pattern Design
• 2002 Apparel Making in Fashion Design
• 2001 Concepts of Pattern Grading: Techniques for Manual and Computer Grading
• 2000 Draping for Apparel Design
• 2000 Patternmaking for Fashion Design
• 2001 Principles of Flat Pattern Design
• 2002 Apparel Making in Fashion Design
• 1995 Grading Techniques for Fashion Design
• 1987 Basic Pattern Skills for Fashion Design

It's always important to associate with a professional organization during your educational experience and joining while a student, not only saves you a great deal, it causes you to stand out above the rest when it's time to enter the workforce.

Contact Career Services for more information.

• Chartered Society of Design Awards
• Fashion Career Center
• The Fashion Group International, Inc.
• Fashion Jobs Central
• Garment Contractors Association
• The Hosiery Association
• International Costumer's Guild
• National Retail Federation
• National Shoe Retailers Association
• Retail Industry.com
• Retail Leaders Industry Association
• U.S. Small Business Association - Missouri

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

Ref HB2595 .O16 2003 Vol. 1- 4 Dictionary of occupational titles: with O*NET(tm) definitions

Student organizations are available in your field of study at Lindenwood University are listed below! To view all student organizations, click here.

Fashion Club