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All Sew Up: Millinery, Dressmaking, Clothing and CostumeSTUME
Digital collection of historic costume books from the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center

Art, Design and Architecture Collection This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive survey of current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts, including architecture, interior design, contemporary art, and photography.
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Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of professionally filmed performances, documentaries, interviews, and educational materials related to theatre, dance, and the performing arts. With a diverse range of classical plays, contemporary works, musicals, and dance performances from around the world, users can immerse themselves in the captivating world of live theatre through the platform's high-quality recordings.
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International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to over 60,000 journal articles, books, and dissertation abstracts covering various aspects of theatre and performance.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines, as well as the 'Artstor on JSTOR' collection of images and media.
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Textile Technology Complete This link opens in a new window
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With content dating back to the early 20th century, this database covers UK and International research from the scientific community, as well as the apparel, home furnishings, flooring, and polymer industries.
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WGSN This link opens in a new window
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WGSN is the leading online trend-analysis and research service providing creative and business intelligence for the apparel, style, design and retail industries.

Bloomsbury digital fashion and costume collections

Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library This link opens in a new window
The first comprehensive online collection for the interdisciplinary study of dress and costume history, design and making, and offers an indispensable scholarly and educational resource to support the study of dress history, costume studies and costume design.
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Berg Fashion Library This link opens in a new window
Berg Fashion Library is the leading resource for students and researchers of fashion studies. Interdisciplinary in nature, with great visual and integrated content, it is invaluable for researchers in the areas of fashion, museum studies, cultural studies, anthropology, and more.
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Fairchild Books Library This link opens in a new window
An essential resource covering the entire range of fashion education from the creative to corporate, Fairchild Books Library offers content that covers a full spectrum of topics in fashion including construction, draping, fashion business management, history, illustration, journalism, marketing, promotion, theory, pattern making, styling, product development, sustainable fashion, textiles, and more.
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