TAM 4071 & TAM 4072: History of Dress and Adornment: Databases for your Papers
Set up Google Scholar to link to LSU Libraries' resources
Ask Us!
- Ask Us!The Go-To place to get help! Text, Call, Email, or Chat with us! You can also use this link to schedule a research consultation, reserve a study space, etc.
Background and General Research Databases
- Berg Fashion Library This link opens in a new windowThe Berg Fashion Library is a unique online portal which offers fully cross-searchable access to an expanding range of Berg content collections including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and much more.
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. The Oxford Art Online database contains articles on every aspect of the visual arts. This includes painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the present day.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowCredo Reference is a general reference solution for learners and librarians. Offering 551 hundred highly-regarded titles from over 70 publishers; Credo General Reference covers every major subject. Credo Reference is an online reference service made up of full-text books from the world's best publishers. Whether you're working on a research paper, trying to win trivia or just curious, Credo Reference has something for you.
- History Reference Source This link opens in a new windowHistory Reference Source offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
- Artstor This link opens in a new window*Artstor is now available in its new home on JSTOR! When you search JSTOR, you will find Artstor’s 2+ million licensed images and more than 1,700 additional primary source collections alongside JSTOR’s collections.*
Artstor collections feature an unparalleled range of images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in one easily-navigated repository. Artstor facilitates research and education in numerous disciplines, including art and visual studies, architecture, religion, anthropology and archaeology, global studies, fashion and costume, classics, world history, and more. - Vogue Archive This link opens in a new windowA complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer and brand names.
- The Fashion and Race DatabaseThe goal for the database is to center and amplify BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) fashion scholarship, illuminate under-examined histories and address racism throughout the fashion system
- Women's Wear Daily ArchiveAn archive of Women's Wear Daily, from its launch in 1910 to recent issues,* reproduced in high-resolution images. Pages, articles, advertisements, and covers have been included, with searchable text and indexing. The Women's Wear Daily Archive preserves one of the fashion industry's most influential reads.
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowAccess World News is a comprehensive resource that includes a variety of news publications worldwide. These sources include major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles as well as newswires, blogs, web-only content, videos, journals, magazines, transcripts and more.
- History Commons This link opens in a new windowHistory Commons assembles diverse primary source materials reflecting broad views across American history and culture into comprehensive databases.
- Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004 This link opens in a new windowThe Daily Mail Historical Archive provides more than 100 years of news stories that capture 20th century culture and society and includes copious advertisements.
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowHow to Activate an LSU New York Times Account
1. Select the link above
2. Select from the search Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College - Baton Rouge, LA
3. Enter all of the requested information and use your LSU email on the registration form and click Sign Up.
4. Once you create your log-in credentials, you will be able to log in using nytimes.com where access is unlimited.
5. Faculty and staff must register every four years. Student access reflects the estimated graduation date.
LSU's access includes New York Times InEducation which provides curated reading lists across several disciplines of study. To access the InEducation tool, users must activate their News subscription and log in using the same account information.
Funding for LSU's New York Times access was provided by LSU Student Government and LSU Libraries. - Picture Post Historical Archive 1938-1957 This link opens in a new windowUsers can browse and search more than 38,000 pages and 95,000 articles online, gaining remarkable insight into a crucial period of twentieth-century history -- from the stormy years leading up to World War II to the first decade of the Cold War. An invaluable resource for students, teachers, and researchers of media, journalism, history, and photography, the Picture Post is also a heritage collection, providing excellent, highly visual primary source material for family and local history researchers. For users that already have access to other newspapers in Gale's online collection, such as the Illustrated London News Historical Archive and The Times Digital Archive, the collection provides additional avenues and in-roads into research of the period.
- The Times Digital Archive 1785-2014 This link opens in a new windowThe Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of the Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage, with every page of every issue from 1785 to 2014. This historical newspaper archive allows researchers an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context.
Interlibrary Loan Services
- Interlibrary Loan ServicesWhere you can go to find out more information about ILL.
The first time you sign in, you will need to create an account. However, after that, select, "Access my ILL Account."
Fill out the necessary information and hit "submit request".
For questions, comments or concerns, please call Access Services at 225-578-2138 or libilb@lsu.edu.
Materials can be picked up from the Access Services Desk, 2nd Floor of LSU Library. A PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED.
Request materials not owned by LSU Libraries from other library institutions through your ILL account. Note: Whole e-books cannot always be loaned through ILL, but chapters can be requested.
Who's Eligible?
Current LSU Faculty, Staff, Graduate
Students, and Undergraduate Students
Estimated Delivery Time
Loans: 3 days-2 weeks
Articles/Book Chapters: 24 hours-2 weeks
Request PDF scans of articles/book chapters/microforms owned only in print at LSU Library through your ILL account.
Who's Eligible?
Current LSU Faculty & Staff, Undergraduate, Graduate, LSU Online and Distance Education students
Estimated Delivery Time
24 hours