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FASHION PROGRAM RESOURCES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library carries many Fashion resources that cover a variety of topics such as fashion history, marketing and branding, visual merchandising, textiles, pattern making and draping, fashion forecasting, designers, and much much more. Search the Voyager Library Catalogue to see what resources are available.

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FASHION BOOKS

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library uses Library of Congress classification call numbers. Fashion books are found at the Renfrew library in the call number range as follows:

GT 510 - 2370
   Costume/Fashion history, styles by period, social aspects of dressing, specific articles of clothing & accessories - e.g. Shoes, kimono, suit, bikini, hats, etc.
HD 30.28-62.7
   Business plans, Starting a business
HD 9940
   Apparel merchandising, branding
HF 5437- HF 6161
   Consumer behaviour, Marketing, Fashion retailing, Market Research, Advertising, Visual Merchandising, Department stores
NA 6210- 6220
   Store design, planning & display; Commercial space; signs
NC 1002.L3
   Label Design
NK 2195.M3 &S.89
   Store decoration
NK 88XX - NK 950X
   Textiles - history and design
TR 679
   Fashion photography
TS
   Textiles and fabrics production
TT 490-730
   Fashion/Apparel industry, Fashion Shows, Fashion design, Designers, Biography, Design Techniques, Illustration, Patternmaking, Sewing, Draping
   
Reference & Directory Books Career & Books

 
Recommended Books  
Additional Fashion books can be accessed on the Library Database Safari Technical E-Books where you will find E-Books on the Adobe Creative Suites (Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.), Marketing, and a range of other related subjects.

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PERIODICALS & MAGAZINES

Fashion periodicals are primarily located at the Renfrew library campus. The following Fashion titles are available in PRINT or ONLINE:

Fashion Magazines (PRINT):
Online Fashion Magazines (E-Zines) :
Fashion2

Complete, up-dated information on the magazine collection can be found on the Voyager Library catalogue and a full list of titles can be found HERE.

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FASHION WEBSITES
   
Fashion Reference Fashion Meta-Sites, Resource Guides, & Web Portals

 
Retail, News, Trends & Forecasting (see also Associations & Organizations and Periodicals & Magazines) Garment Construction

 

 
Apparel & Fashion Associations & Organizations Costume & Historical Fashion (including Museum collections)

 

 

 

 

 
Textiles & Fabrics  Eco & Ethical Fashion

 

 
Fashion Illustration Styles
Career Resources & Job Links  
 

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LIBRARY DATABASES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library is proud to offer a collection of excellent databases and online resources that Fashion instructors and students can use. These resources are available for you to use at any of The Art Institute of Vancouver campuses or remotely from home for your study, research, work, and leisure needs.

**Please note that you must obtain the necessary Access USER IDs & Passwords from the library to use these resources.  Please drop by at any Art Institute of Vancouver Library location, call, or email the library staff to obtain the necessary information.**

  • Fashion Snoops
    User Guide (PPT)
    Fashion Snoops is an online forecasting service that provides inspiring content, research and strategic guidance to companies in the fashion industry. Its coverage includes lifestyle trends, runway, retail, street, vintage, trade shows, happenings, market intelligence, news and editorials. Though focused on fashion, Fashion Snoops also provides content in areas of interest to Interior Design and Graphic Design, such as research in emerging trends, design and color direction, graphics and fabrics.
  • Getty Images - If you have already signed-up for Getty Images, contact library for access codes. Otherwise, *Sign-up* for Getty Images.
    Getty Images User Guide (PDF)
    Over 500K high quality stock imagery. Students may download up to 50 high-resolution images and an unlimited number of low-resolution imagery per quarter. Images are for educational purposes only and using them for any commercial (even non-profit) or non-coursework or non-portfolio related purposes is strictly prohibited.
  • Grove's Dictionary of Art / Oxford Art Online
    A comprehensive collection of fine art and architecture images from many of the world's most prestigious art museums, and encyclopedia articles and entries from Groves and Oxford Reference.
  • Material Connexion - Please contact library to create a user account for remote (Home) access.
    Material Connexion is a resource for all disciplines of design development - the world’s largest library of advanced, innovative, sustainable materials and processes in the world, providing you with immediate access to over 4,500 materials. For all of your interior, packaging, fashion, and retail design need.
  • Oxford Reference Online
    Contains about 100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works and an expanding range of key titles from the acclaimed Oxford Companions Series, plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Includes subject coverage from art & architecture to language & literature to science.
  • Proquest Bigchalk Electric Library
    ELibrary offers a broad range of full-text and multimedia content, including a digital archive of information sources of more than 2700 full-text periodicals, international newswires, classic books, maps, photographs, and major literary, art, and reference titles.
  • Proquest “Big Bundle"
    Proquest Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
    One stop access to THOUSANDS of periodical magazine, newspaper, trade and scholarly publications including Proquest Research Library; ABI Complete which covers business, economics, product and competitive info, corporate and management techniques and strategies; National Newspapers 27 which provides articles from major regional dailies; and Proquest Psychology which encompasses a range of topics from over 500 leading psychology publications
  • Safari Technical E-Books
    Sample Searches Search Guide (PDF)
    An electronic library collection of over 7800 e-books in a fully searchable database from Addison-Wesley, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, and many other top technology publishers, covering Adobe, Maya, Photoshop, and much more.
  • Style Sight
    With numerous trendboards, over 4 million images on interiors and women's, men's, and children's fashion; concise forecasting and reporting, Style Sight has everything you need to assess current trends and to collaborate and analyze trend forecasts and reports for effective results during the design cycle.
  • VTC (Virtual Training Company)
    VTC Technical FAQs (PDF)
    VTC provides online streaming access to over 81,000+ Flash and Quicktime video tutorials covering Animation & 3D, Audio, Business Applications, Graphics & Layout, Internet & Web Design, Multimedia & Film, and MORE!
MEDIA COLLECTIONS (DVDs, Sound Effects, Stock Footage, etc.)
  • DIGITAL JUICE (DJ) – Sound Effects, Animation, Stock Footage, and more. The Digital Juice collection is housed on 2 computers at our Burnaby Library location, and at our Renfrew Location. Explore the DJ hyperlinks to learn more about the collection and find the media that you want. Click on the library/DVD of interest and view the Gallery tab on the DJ website to preview the media. To make things easier for yourself, write down the DVD name and number that you find online, and file number of your media clips and bring that with you to the library

Do you know of any other resources to add? Having trouble finding the information that you need? Need the user access codes for these databases? Please contact the Library for help, or if you have any comments or resource suggestions.

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Last updated 22 July, 2010