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These resources will assist with identifying time periods, people and events related to costume before the nineteenth century throughout the world.

Reference Books

Doing Research in Fashion and Dress by Yuniya Kawamura
Call Number: GT511 .K39

ISBN: 1847885829

Publication Date: 2011
The Complete Costume Dictionary by Elizabeth J. Lewandowski
Call Number: GT507 .L49

ISBN: 0810840049

Publication Date: 2011
What People Wore When by Melissa Leventon
Call Number: GT511 .L474

ISBN: 0312383215

Publication Date: 2008
The Worldwide History of Dress by Patricia Rieff Anawalt
Call Number: GT511 .A53

ISBN: 0500513635

Publication Date: 2007
Dictionary of Children's Clothes by Noreen Marshall; Victoria and Albert Museum Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: GT1730 .M37

ISBN: 1851775471

Publication Date: 2008

Encyclopedias, Print and Electronic

Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion by Joanne Bubolz Eicher
Call Number: GT507 .E54 2010

ISBN: 0195377338

Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion by Valerie Steele
Call Number: GT507 .E53 2005

ISBN: 0684313944

Publication Date: 2004

Useful Electronic Databases

ArtStor
A premier image database for the arts and humanities.
Biography in Context
Use this resource to identify key figures in history for your research projects.
Human Relations Area Files
Learn about dress and cultures across the world from this innovative database from Yale University

Ebook Databases

Internet Resources

History of Costume
Costumer's Manifesto by Tara Maginnis, PhD
Metropolitan Museum of Art /Heilbrun Timeline of Art History
This useful resource can help with identifying time periods in history and their art movements.
Google: Art Museums
What an easy way to browse art museum collections on the Web!
Web Gallery of Art
An online virtual museum of art covering the 11th to 19th centuries.

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