TAM 2042 Fashion: Trends, Analysis and Assortments: Resources
Course guide for TAM 2042. Here you will find help with Background Research, Databases, and Citations.
Identifying Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
What is a Peer-Reviewed Article?
A peer-reviewed article is one that is written by an expert in a specific field and has been evaluated by other experts in the field and found to meet certain standards for quality. Also known as scholarly, academic, or refereed articles, peer-reviewed articles are published in journals that are designed to be read by other experts in the field. As a result, the language is subject-specific.
How Do I Know if the Article I've Found is Peer-Reviewed?
Peer-reviewed journal articles usually have the following elements:
- Written by an expert in that subject area. Check the credentials of the author.
- Contain a literature review to engage with previous research within the field.
- Contain a list of references either in footnotes or a bibliography.
Research Resources
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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.
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U.S. Census Bureau: Explore Census DataPopulation, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Obtain data in the form of maps, tables, and reports from a variety of Census Bureau sources.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowBusiness Source Complete provides full text from 11,200 sources, including more than 1,100 scholarly business journals. This database offers information in virtually every area of business including accounting & tax, banking, finance & insurance, construction, computer science, economics and many more.
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DiscoveryDiscovery is the default search for LSU libraries. It searches about 80% of the journal articles and all of the eBooks and print books owned by the library. This is the best place to start your research.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a not-for-profit organization and a shared digital library archive of critical scholarly journal literature. Louisiana State University currently participates in the following JSTOR Collection(s): Arts & Sciences Collections I-XV, Ireland Archive Collection, Life Sciences Collection, University of California Press Collection, University of Chicago Press Collection, Business IV Collection, Lives of Literature Collection, and the Sustainability Collection.
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Textile Technology Complete This link opens in a new windowTextile Technology Complete contains indexing and abstracting for more than 490 periodical titles, and for over 882,000 records drawn from sources such as books, conferences, theses, technical reports and trade literature. Coverage spans the domestic and international arenas and includes publications covering the major resources from the scientific community, as well as the apparel, home furnishings, flooring, and polymer industries.
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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.
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WindowsWear This link opens in a new windowThe world’s largest and most comprehensive visual database of retail and e-commerce. Content includes best-in-class visual merchandising, retail design, window displays, product packaging, e-commerce, and more, of the hottest global brands.
Please upload your student projects throughout the year to be eligible for WindowsWear's Student Awards https://www.windowswear.com/studentawards/ and Mentorship Program https://www.windowswear.com/mentorship/
How to sign-up and create your WindowsWear account:
1. Click on the database's link above using the Firefox browser only.
2. Use the Sign-Up, It's Free! link at the top right
3. Under Academic, select Louisiana State University.
4. Click Create Profile, enter your LSU email address and password, and click Join.
5. Check your LSU email and immediately verify your WindowsWear account to ensure account activation.
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Women’s Wear Daily Archive This link opens in a new windowAn 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. Key moments in the history of the industry, as well as major designers, brands, retailers and advertisers are all covered in this publication of record.
**Six-month embargo on new issues.**
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Mergent Market Atlas This link opens in a new windowMergent Market Atlas offers powerful and intuitive search capabilities combined with an easy to learn and use interface providing access to a multitude of company, industry, country, index, ESG and economic data analysis tools and reports.
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Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista offers over 1.5 million statistics and facts on more than 60,000 topics drawn from over 18,000 different sources, including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases. The data is aggregated by a dedicated team of researchers and statisticians who are experts in the 20 market and industry sectors covered. For each data set, extensive source information is provided as well as several download formats for direct integration into various end products.
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowIBISWorld is a comprehensive collection of hundreds of Industry Market Research reports. Industries represented include Agriculture; Mining; Utilities; Construction; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade; Transportation; Information; Finance; Real Estate; Technical and Scientific; Waste Management; Education; Healthcare; Recreation; and Food Services.
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Vivvix This link opens in a new windowQuickly access spend and media mix trends, and analyze competitor’s brand investment. Custom Reports help Insights and Research teams to run deep-dive multimedia and specific media analysis.
• Understand brands’ investment strategies in detail
• Compare your campaigns with specific competitive sets
• Focus on campaign detail through a wide range of metrics (spend, Share of Voice)
Click here for helpful tips.
Maximum number of simultaneous users is 15. *Please do not change the login details once you've entered the database.*
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Colour HiveColour Hive is a London based Colour and Trend Consultancy with 19 years of experience in trend and colour forecasting.
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Etsy Trend GuideThe Etsy Trend Guide is a compilation of fresh trends our expert is noticing across Etsy and the home industry as a whole: what sellers are creating, what shoppers are loving, and what’s hot right now in the wider market. These home decor trends are based, in part, on some of the top searches within the home decor category on Etsy.com over the past year.
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Getty Images, Visual Trends, and InsightsGetty's team analyzed 1 billion searches and 400 million imagery downloads on GettyImages.com, studied advertising trends, and examined pop culture shifts to predict defining visual trends.
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Intercolor- Colour ForecastINTERCOLOR is a platform for color research and development, assembling an interdisciplinary group of color experts. These experts not only represent national associations but also work for major players in textile, fashion and design and, more broadly, in all sectors where color counts.
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Refinery 29Refinery29 is a trailblazing digital-media and entertainment company for young women with a global audience footprint of 550 million across all platforms.
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Trend HunterWith 20,000,000 monthly views, TrendHunter.com is the world's largest, most popular trend community. Behind the scenes, we leverage big data, human researchers and AI to identify consumer insights and deep dive opportunities for the world's most innovative companies.
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Trend TabletTrend Tablet is accessed for free and explains how trends grow, evolve and flow; helping us to better perceive and understand they interact with our daily life, and showing the connections between Edelkoort's forecasts and a piece of art, a plant, a dress or a car.