These subject headings can help you search for a topic in the library’s catalog, Voyager. These terms might also be helpful in an Internet search.

• Accounting
• Advertising - Fashion
• Advertising, Point-of-sale
• Business mathematics - Retail trade
• Boutiques (use: Specialty stores)
• Buying (use: Purchasing)
• Clothing trade
• Commercial buildings
• Costume
• Department stores
• Display of merchandise
• Fashion
• Fashion industry (use: Clothing trade)
• Fashion - Periodicals
• Fashion merchandising
• Fashion retailing (use: Fashion merchandising)
• Marketing
• Marketplaces
• Men's clothing industry
• Merchandising (also try: Fashion merchandising)
• Point of purchase display (use: Advertising, Point-of-sale)
• Promotion (use: Advertising - Fashion)
• Purchasing
• Retail trade
• Retail trade - Management
• Retail trade - Mathematics
• Sales promotion
• Selling - Clothing
• Shop-windows
• Signs & signboards
• Specialty stores
• Store decoration
• Storefronts
• Stores
• Stores, Retail
• Visual merchandising (use: Display of merchandise)
• Women's clothing industry

The following Call Numbers relate to this program.

These items may be found in the main book shelves, as well as in the Directory (DIR), OVERSIZE, Ready Reference (RREF), Reference (REF), and SMALL BOOKS sections. Please ask at the Circulation Desk for Videos, DVDs and CDs.

• GT 510-2370 - Costume/Fashion History: Styles by period, social aspects of dressing, specific articles of clothing & accessories, e.g. kimono, suit, bikini, hats, shoes, etc.
• HD 30.28-62.7 - Business plans, Starting a business
• HD 9940 - Fashion Merchandising
• HF 5415 & HF 5429 - Marketing, Fashion Buying & Retail Management
• HF 5465 - Department stores
• HF 5845 - Visual Merchandising
• NA 6210-6220 - Store design, planning & display; Commercial space; Signs
• NC 1002 .L3 - Label Design
• NC1002 .C48 - Christmas displays
• NK2195 .M3 & .S89 - Store decoration
• TT 490-730 - Fashion/Apparel Industry, Fashion Shows, Designers,Biography, Directories, Design Techniques

Library Collection

The AiS Library

Find what you're looking for in the great collection on our shelves!

Voyager Voyager is the library catalog - use this to find materials in the library.

Hot Topics

Resources put together by our librarians on popular subjects.

	Graphic Novels These hefty volumes of sequential art are first in line for motion picture development.
	Sustainability Learn about the movement that's reshaping consumer culture.
	Street Art From the hugely influential Banksy to the anonymous graffiti artis; they ruin buildings as they shape our perceptions.
	Multimedia Stand on the shoulders of giants by using our vast collection of stock images, sound clips, tutorials and more.

Research

Articles

Power tools for research papers that meet scholarly standards.

	Proquest Full-text articles from ABI Complete, National Newspapers 27, and Proquest Psychology.
	H.W. Wilson Full text of over 2,000 popular, trade & scholarly magazines.
	eLibrary Full text magazine, newspaper & encyclopedia articles, images and more
	Oxford Reference Library Online reference access to encyclopedias and dictionaries.
	Oxford Art Online 34 volume Dictionary of Art.

Fashion

Learn where its going and where its been.

	WWD Women's Wear Daily Daily news for the fashion industry. On-campus access only. Archives go back 12 months. Limit of five concurrent users - if you can't log in, try again later.
	WWD/Proquest Archives Use Proquest login to access full-text archives going back to 2000.
	WGSN Worth Global Style Network International fashion news.

Business

Head into the business world armed with quality information.

	First Research via Proquest Market analyses for more dozens of industries, from Ad Agencies to Wineries & Vineyards, and everything in between.
	Marketline On-Campus Access Off-Campus Access Economic and demographic information on companies, industries and countries.
	SRDS: Local Market Analyst (On-Campus Access only) Market research tool with demographic, lifestyle, and targeting data for US markets. Includes PRIZM lifestyle and social group descriptors with quick reports by zip code (see the blue box on the right).

Manuals & Tutorials

Tech Manuals & Tutorials

No need to buy expensive software manuals. Read them here. Or fill in the gaps with quality video tutorials

	Safari Books Online Thousands of online technical manuals and streaming video tutorials.
	Virtual Training Company (VTC) Over 60,000 streaming software tutorials.

Audio, Images & Video

Audio

Raw material for your mix and clips for your multimedia projects.

Omnimusic Downloadable sound files of compositions in a variety of styles, genres, and instrumentations.

Images & Video

Professional images and stock footage for your creative projects.

	Camio Images High-res images of art from around the world, from a variety of prominent museums.
	Getty Images & Footage Stock image and footage collection for use by students and faculty. To sign up, fill out this User Agreement Form. We'll email the username, password, and instructions within 24 hours (longer on weekends).
	Reuters - DVDs available for checkout Copyright-free news footage from the archives of European news agents ITN and Reuters.
	Footage Firm - DVDs available for checkout Broadcast quality, royalty free, stock footage clips from around the world, many in high-definition.

The library has over 300 magazine and newspaper titles.

A selection of current issues is displayed near the library’s computer lab and does not circulate. Back issues are located in the last three book shelves and may be checked out for one week. If you’re looking for a specific article, please talk to a librarian about using a subscription database.

• Brides
• Business Week
• Creative
• Details
• Economist
• Elle (British)
• Exhibit Builder
• Fabric Architecture
• Face
• Fashion Theory
• Fashions of the Times
• Fiberarts
• Flaunt
• Gentlemen's Quarterly
• ID
• Inspiration
• Martha Stewart Weddings
• Men's Fashions of the Times
• New York Times
• Puget Sound Business Journal
• Purple Fashion
• Sales & Marketing Management
• Seattle Times
• Sportswear International
• Store Planning & Design Review
• Stores
• Surface
• Textiles Magazine
• Threads
• Vanity Fair
• Visual Merchandising & Store Design
• Vogue Bambini
• Vogue
• W
• Wall Street Journal
• Wedding Dresses Magazine
• Wedding magazines box
• Women's Wear Daily (WWD)

Possibly helpful, always interesting sites.

Send us your links!

• American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) : Industry news and statistics.
• The Alexander Report : Guide to business resources and services.
• The Fashion Center NYC : Economic profiles, statistics, annual report, etc. for NYC's Fashion District.
• Fashion-Era : Historic fashion images and info.
• Fashion-Incubator : Lessons from the sustainable factory floor.
• Fashion Windows : News, runway, merchandising, more.
• Garment Industry Development Corporation : NYC apparel industry info with statistics and links.
• Garmento : Apparel manufacturing resource.
• The Hosiery Association : Sock and hosiery guides, charts, news and more.
• Infomat : Fashion industry search industry.
• NIST Online Exhibit : Online exhibition about the history and standardization of women's clothing.
• NotCot : A network of design sites, including NotCouture.
• Pantone : Color palettes.
• Style.com : Fashion news.
• SuperNaturale : Dedicated to the DIY culture.
• UW Library Fashion Plate Collection : Historic fashion images.

The library will be OPEN during the break, 8am-8pm. Meanwhile, let us know if you need help with final projects!