Design and Human Environment

This is a general research guide for courses in OSU's Design and Human Environment program. For further help, contact: Loretta Rielly, ph# 737-2642, Loretta.Rielly@oregonstate.edu

 
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Finding Books in Online Catalogs       Useful Internet Sites
Call Numbers for DHE Resources for Specific Classes
Finding Articles in Journals      
Reference Sources
Housing & Interiors
Textiles and Apparels
Textile & Apparel Industry

 

Finding Books in Online Catalogs

OSU Libraries Catalog: OSU library's online catalog.

Summit (Orbis): A collective catalog of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington.

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Call Numbers for DHE

Occasionally, browsing through the stacks can yield useful material. Here are the primary call numbers for aihm materials:

GT170-476 Houses, dwellings GT495-2370 Clothing, accessories, etc.
HD2331-2336 Housing industry H27287 Housing
HD9850-9969 Textile industries, textiles HF5400s Marketing, consumers, etc
NA Architecture NA2835-4050 Architectural details
NA4100-8480 Special classes of buildings NK1135-1149 Arts & Crafts Mvmt
NK1700-3505 Interior design NK4700-4890 Costume & accessories
NK8800-9505 Textile arts TH Building construction
TP890-933 Textile dyeing & printing TP934-944 Paints, pigments
TS1300-1865 Textile industries TT300-385 Painting
TT387-410 Soft home furnishings TT490-695 Dressmaking
TT697-926 Needlework TX301-339 The house

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Finding Articles in Journals

To find articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc., use an article database that covers your topic.

Academic Search Premier, 1974-present
General magazines and scholarly journals, primarily in the social sciences and humanities. Includes full-text.

Art Index, 1984-present.
Index of approximately 200 key international, English-language arts publications. Especially useful for references to house planning, home furnishing, and textile design. Print version Art Index, 1929-95 (Ref Z 5931 .A7).

Business Source Premier. 1965-present
Full text for nearly 3,300 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and much more.

Clothing and Textile Arts Index. 1970-1993. ( Ref TT 490 .C55)
Index to articles on the behavioral and artistic use of clothing and textile items. Includes costume and textile history, consumer issues in clothing and textiles, fashion merchandising and marketing.

LexisNexis Academic (Formerly Academic Universe): Industry and Market News
Full text to many trade journals. Select "Apparel and Textiles News" from "Industry Type" menu.

Business Dateline. 1985-present.
Index to articles about regional business activities and trends, local firms, products and executives. Covers over 450 business sources, including regional business and trade journals.

PsycInfo (Psychological Abstracts). 1887-present.
Comprehensive index to psychology journals. Useful for behavioral aspects of clothing use, including advertising, peer influence, consumer satisfaction. Print as Psychological Abstracts 1927-93 (Ref BF 1 .P7).

Sociological Abstracts. 1963-present. (FS)
Index to about 250 journals in sociology. Useful for sociological aspects of clothing and dress, textiles, housing, and related subjects. Print 1953-95 (Ref HM 1 .S67).

Textile Technology Digest.1947-2002. (Ref TS 1300 .T47).
World-wide coverage of textile-related subjects.

Electronic journals

OSU Libraries online journals related to apparel, interiors, housing and merchandising.

These must be searched one journal title at a time, so this is not a very efficient way to search.

Unless you are interested in searching one specific electronic journal, it is recommended that you use a periodical index/database to do your searching. One advantage of electronic journals is that they are full-text online. This list is subject to change, and years of coverage will vary by journal.

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Reference Sources

Housing & Interiors

  • Dictionary of Architecture & Construction. (Ref NA 31 .H32 2000)
  • The Encyclopedia of Housing. (Ref HD 7287 .E53 1998)
  • Encyclopedia of Interior Design. 2 vols. (Ref NK 1165 .E48 1997)
  • Grove Art Online. Includes some interior designers.
  • The Interior Design Business Handbook. (Ref NK2002 .K57 2002)
  • Thames & Hudson Encyclopedia of 2oth Century Design and Designers. (Ref NK 1165 .J941 1993)
  • Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning. (Ref NK 2110 .T51 2001)

Textiles and Apparels

  • Contemporary fashion. (Ref TT 505.A1 C66 2002)
  • Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. (Ref TS 1309 .F341 1996)
  • Garment and textile dictionary. (Ref TT 494 .C66 1997 )
  • In an influential fashion : an encyclopedia of nineteenth-and twentieth-century fashion designers and retailers who transformed dress. (Ref TT 505.A1 I5 2002)
  • SGMA Sport Apparel Dictionary of Performance Fibers, Fabrics and Finishes. (Ref TS1767 .S561 1997)
  • World Textiles: A Visual Guide to Traditional Techniques. (Ref NK 8806 G551 1999)

Textile & Apparel Industries

  • EDGAR, SEC Filings and Forms. Official database for Securities and Exchange Commission. Includes 10-K and other forms public companies must file with the government.
  • LexisNexis Academic. Select "Business" or use "Company Information" search field.
  • Fairchild's Textile and Apparel Financial Directory. (Ref HD 9854 .F2) Ceased publication with 1999 issue. Current company information included in Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage, and Lexis/Nexis Academic.
  • Strategic transformation in the US textile & apparel industries : a study of business dynamics with forecasts up to 2010. (Ref HD 9855 .K55 2001)
  • Annual Reports. Valley Library has microfiche collection of current and past annual reports on the 3rd floor of the library

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Useful Internet Sites

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