Family and Consumer Sciences
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Consumer Education
Consumers' Guide to Product Grades and Terms REF TX 335 .C669 1993
Divided into twenty-one broad product categories, this book provides definitions and explanations for 8000 terms, symbols, and phrases that appear on consumer products.
Consumer Reports Buying Guide REF TX 335 .C59 (Current issue is at the reference desk) An annual cumulation of reports throughout the year, this guide offers buying advice and evaluations of hundreds of brand-name products.
Fashion and Textiles
Changing Styles in Fashion - Who, What, Why GT 511 .M87 1989
This book is a primer about fashion. It is designed to give a basic understanding of what fashion is all about, what motivates it, how it functions, where it comes from and why.
Contemporary Fashion REF TT 505.A1C66 2002 This two-volume set provides "information on and assessment of fashion designers active during 1945 to present."
Costume Technician's Handbook - 3rd Edition REF TT 507 .I47 2003 A guide to developing costumes that are personally distinctive and artistically expressive.
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion - 3rd edition REF GT 507 .E53 2005 640 articles span three volumes, with the table of contents in volume 1 and the index and a systematic outline of contents in volume 3. Entries are arranged alphabetically.
Fairchild's Dictionary of Fashion - 3rd Edition TT 503 .C34 Contains clothing terminology from both historical and contemporary viewpoints. Designer biographies and portraits are included in the appendix.
Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles - 7th edition REF TS 1309 .F34 1996
Fashion Production Terms REF TT 494 .G56 Defines terms in all aspects of fashion creation and production.
Garment & Textile Dictionary REF TT 494 .C66 1997 A reference for textile professionals, this dictionary features over 3,500 definitions of key textile and garment terms.
Guide to Historic Costume REF TT 503 .B33 1995
Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes REF GT 510 .R3313 1988 With 2000 color reproductions that cover the upper classes and royalty and the working classes, soldiers, and the poor.
In an Influential Fashion: an Encyclopedia of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Fashion Designers and Retailers Who Transformed Dress REF TT 505 .A1 I5 2002 This volume chronicles the achievements of 164 renowned international designers and retailers who have most influenced American dress and culture from the late 19th century to the present.
Jewelers' Dictionary REF TS 722 .J4 1976
Vault Career Guide to the Fashion Industry - 2nd Edition REF TT 507 .H174 2003 This volume breaks down the different functions in fashion, with detailed looks at typical days for buyers, designers, resources and training programs, interior design careers, top buying programs for department and specialty stores.
Food, Dietetics, and Nutrition
Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives REF TX 553 .A3W55 1994
Written for the layman, it contains complete information on harmful ingredients in packaged foods.
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture REF GT 2850 .E53 2003 This encyclopedia discusses food in its relation to society. The 600 articles, arranged alphabetically, cover everything from the significance of Betty Crocker to bioactive food components. Chronological scope encompasses the Paleolithic origins of hunting and current trends such as comfort food and fusion cuisine. Length of the articles ranges from less than a page for most biographies
Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition REF TX 349 .E63 2003 This ten-volume comprehensive set contains over 1,000 articles on all aspects of food science and nutrition.
Encylopedia of Foods: a Guide to Healthy Nutrition REF TX 349 .E482 2002 This single-volume encyclopedia provides interesting facts and tips to improve dietary intake and to incorporate favorite foods into daily diets
International Dictionary of Food & Nutrition. REF TX 349 .A236 1993 Lists 7,500 definitions of food ingredients, garnishes, sauces, entrees and appetitizers.
Larousse Gastronomique REF TX 349 .L365 2001 In English, this one volume book chronicles the history of foods, eating, and restaurants; cooking terms; techniques from elementary to advanced; a review of basic ingredients with advice on recognizing, buying, storing, and using them; biographies of important culinary figures; and recommendations for cooking nearly everything.
Nutrition and Well-Being A-Z REF RA 784 .N838 2004
A comprehensive encyclopedia for those researching health and food-science topics.
Oxford Companion to Food REF TX 349 .D36 2006 This dictionary contains 2,650 entries on just about every conceivable foodstuff, seasoning, cuisine, cooking method, historical survey, significant personage, and explication of myth, it is supplemented by some 40 longer articles on key items.
Dictionary of Food and Nutrition REF TX 349 .B4115 2005 This guide features entries on hundreds of different foods and dishes, explanations of the terms on food labels, and information on nutritional value.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink REF TX 349 .E45 2004 This two-volume work contains 770 articles discussing food and drink within the context of politics; geography; commerce; technology; medicine; class structure; agriculture; and symbolic, spiritual, and ethical values. Contains overviews of events, biographies and trends.
Culinary Schools REF TX 667 .C85 2003 A comprehensive guide to culinary schools in the United States and abroad. The guide provides detailed descriptions of more than 500 professional degree and apprenticeship programs.
Business Journal Indexes & Databases
ABI INFORM 1983+. Provides citations, abstracts, and some full-text articles on business and management topics from U.S. and international publications.
Business Source Elite Provides full text for over 1,060 business journals.
Factiva. (Cookies must be enabled. Won’t work if bookmarked. Maximum 5 concurrent users. Please try later if all five are busy.) Full Text*. A Dow-Jones/Reuters database providing news and business information including company information and full-text of major newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
LexisNexis Academic Lexis-Nexis is a full-text, business, legal, and reference database. Business information includes company information, company financial information, and industry information.
CCH Human Resources Research NetWork
Checkpoint (RIA). Accounting Research (AICPA, WGL, & FASB). Full Text. Maximum 4 simultaneous users for FASB section and 35 users for other sections.
Checkpoint (RIA) Primary tax documents and secondary analysis for federal, state, and local taxation, estate planning, pensions and benefits, international taxation, and payroll taxation.
EconLit. 1969+. Subject indexing and abstracts of economics journals, collective volumes, books, dissertations, and working papers.
Euromonitor--Passport Markets. Global consumer market information, with demographics, trends and developments, market background, market sizes and forecasts, market shares, key players, and company profiles. You will also find demographic, economic and marketing statistics for countries all over the world. PROVIDED THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE CATERPILLAR FOUNDATION.
JSTOR Archive of scholarly journals including a business collection. Most titles have 5-year moving wall, i.e., most recent 5 years not available.
MediaMark Reporter To use the Web version, please see the user's guide. MediaMark provides information on demographics, lifestyles, product and brand usage, and advertising media preferences to a sample of over 25,000 United States consumers.
Mintel Provides market and consumer research across multiple international markets and U.S. categories. Each study provides a synthesis of both primary and secondary data and analysis. Maximum 5 simultaneous users. Please try later if busy.
Simmons Choices III (CD-ROM) Study of Media & Markets. Available on the computer named LIBREF13. View user's guide in MS Word document.
Stat USA Includes statistics from State of the Nation, GLOBUS and National Trade Data Bank.
All Subjects/Multidisciplinary indexes and databases.
Health Indexes and Databases
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) with Full Text 1982+. Maximum 50 simultaneous users.
MEDLINE 1965+. Abstracted articles from 3,500 medical journals.
BioMed Central An independent publishing house providing free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.
Blackwell-Synergy Journals (Science, Technology, and Medicine Collection) From various starting dates to current issues. About 400 electronic journals in science, technology, and medicine.
Cochrane Library Maximum 1 simultaneous user. Please try later if busy. Provides information and evidence to support health care decisions and to inform those receiving care. Includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (Methodology Register), Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA), and NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED).
Health Source-Nursing/Academic Edition
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 1998+
LexisNexis Academic Provides full-text articles on legal issues in nursing.
Mary Ann Liebert E-journals Online health science journals.
New England journal of medicine 1993+
Project MUSE Mid or late 1990s to current. About 200 electronic journals, with emphasis on humanities and social sciences.
PubMed Search in PubMedCentral for full text to articles in the areas of nursing and medicine.
Free Internet Resources
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
American Dietetic Association'
Blonz Guide to Nutrition, Food Science and Health
Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association'
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Database (IBIDS)
International Food Information Council
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