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Print Indexes & Other References
You can find articles on costuming and design in many of the library's Electronic Databases. However, some of the best sources on historical costume are still available primarily through print bibliographies in the Humanities/Social Sciences Reference collection.
Library Resources
- Bibliography of Costume
- H/SS Ref Z5691.H64
- A Dictionary Catalog of About Eight Thousand Books and Periodicals (1939)
- Clothing & Textile Arts CD-ROM
- TT507C61 H/SS Reference
- Available on 2nd floor at "Moscow" computer workstation; duplicates/adds to the Clothing and Textile Arts Index (1970-1993)
- Costume Index (plus supplement)
- H/SS Ref Z5691.M6
- A subject index to plates and to illustrated text (1936)
- International Bibliography of Theatre
- H/SS Ref PN1561I53
- Published in yearly volumes; check in Subject Index under "Costuming" for compiled article listings, or under individual plays
- Theatrical Costume, Masks, Make-up and Wigs: a Bibliography and Iconography (2000)
- H/SS Ref PN2067 .J68 2000
- Theatre and Allied Arts: A Guide to Books Dealing with the History, Criticism, and Technic of the Drama and Theatre (1952)
- H/SS Reference Z5781.B31
- Note: Costume Section from p. 314-360
- Fashion and Costume in American Popular Culture: A Reference Guide (1996)
- H/SS Ref Z5694.U5045
- The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers (1998)
- H/SS Ref GT507.O53
- St. James Fashion Encyclopedia: Survey of Style from 1945 to the Present (1997)
- H/SS Ref TT505.A1S7
- Ethnic Dress (1995)
- H/SS Ref GT511.K46 1995
- A History of Fashion: a Visual Survey of Costume from Ancient Times (1993)
- H/SS Ref GT585.G67 1993
- The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Costume and Fashion: From 1066 to the Present (1994)
- H/SS Ref GT720.C37
- The Costume Timeline: 5000 Years of Fashion History (1993)
- H/SS Ref GT513.M85
- The Visual History of Costume (1989)
- H/SS Ref GT733.V57
- International Directory of Historical Clothing (1967)
- H/SS Ref NK4700.H8