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Department
of Consumer and Family Sciences
Departmental Research Guide
This research guide describes basic information on library
and information resources related to consumer and family sciences,
as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World
Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
C & FS Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under
the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more
narrowly-defined subjects.
Costume,
Dress, Fashion (GT500-GT2370) ------- The Family, Marriage,
Women (HQ1-HQ2044) ------- Family, Marriage, Home
(HQ503-HQ1064) ------- Parents, Parenthood (HQ755.7-HQ759.92)
------- Children, Child Development (HQ767.8-HQ792.2)
------- Youths, Adolescents, Teenagers (HQ793-HQ799.2)
------- Interior Decoration, House Decoration (NK1700-NK2795)
------- Costume (NK4700-NK4890) ------- Textiles
(NK8800-NK9505.5) ------- Clothing Manufacture, Dressmaking,
Tailoring (TT490-TT695) ------- Home Arts, Home Crafts
(TT697-TT927) ------- Home Economics (TX1-TX1110) -------
Nutrition, Foods and Food Supply (TX341-TX641) -------
Cookery (TX642-TX840) ------- Dining Room Service
(TX851-TX885) ------- Hospitality Industry, Hotels, Clubs,
etc. Food Service (TX901-TX946.5)
2. To Find Journal and
Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)
The following are recommended for courses for first-year students
and non-majors:
- Academic
Search Premier
(EBSCOhost): Covers 3,200 journals in social
science, humanities, general science, etc. Many articles
in full-text.
- MasterFILE
Premier
(EBSCOhost): Covers over 1,830 periodicals
in nearly all subjects. Many articles in full-text.
- Reader's
Guide to Periodical Literature (Ref.Per.Ind. AI3 .R48):
Paper index covering articles on all subjects in magazines
since 1904.
- Social
Sciences Index (Ref.Per.Ind. AI3 .S62): Paper product
that indexes a good number of social sciences-related journals.
The
following are recommended for use by advanced students and researchers:
- Art
and Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch):
FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate
students (and to undergraduate students by special permission)
that indexes over 1,300 of the world's leading arts and
humanities journals, 1980 to present.
- America:
History and Life:
Since
1964, the premiere database covering the history of the
United States and Canada. Database indexes 2,000 journals
published worldwide.
- Historical
Abstracts:
Since 1954, the premiere database covering history since
1450 (excluding Canada and the United States).
- ERIC
(First Search): Covers
over 1000 journals plus research reports and other types
of literature on all aspects of education
- JSTOR:
Provides the full text/full image web access of the complete
archival collections of over 225 (and growing) core scholarly
journals up to the most recent three to five years.
- Project
Muse: Scholarly Journals Online:
Full-text articles, mostly in the humanities.
- MEDLINE:
This EBSCOhost-based database provides abstracting
of the primary research literature in medicine.
- CAB
Direct: An abstracting service covering the literature
of applied biology, agriculture, human health & nutrition,
community & public health, and infectious diseases &
parasitology, with coverage extending back to 1973.
- Child
Development Abstracts and Bibliography (Ref.Per.Ind.
HQ750.A1 C47): Paper index/abstracting series.
Special
resource: TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as
some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehenisve A-Z listing of titles]
3. Monographic Reference Works in
Helm Library
The following are recommended
for use:
- Chef's
Companion: A Culinary Dictionary: Ref TX349 .R48 2003
- Complete
History of Costume and Fashion from Ancient Egypt to the
Present Day: Ref GT375 .C67 2001
- Contemporary
Fashion: Ref TT505 .A1 C66 2002
- Dictionary
of Hotels, Tourism and Catering Management: Ref TX905
.C64X 1994
- Dictionary
of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality: Ref G155 .A1 M397
1996
- Encyclopedia
of Embroidery Techniques: Ref TT770 .B8884 1994
- Encyclopedia
of Fashion: Ref GT 507 .O53 1986
- Encyclopedia
of Food Sciences and Nutrition: Ref TX349 .E47 2003X
- Encyclopedia
of Interior Design: Ref NK1165 .E43X 1997
- Ethnic
Dress: Ref GT511 .K46 1995
- In
An Influential Fashion: An Encyclopedia of Nineteenth and
Twentieth Century Fashion Designer and Retailers Who Transformed
Dress: Ref TT505 .A1 I5 2002
- International
Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family: Ref HQ9 .E52 2003
- New
Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional, Medical and Culinary
Guide: Ref TX353 .R525 1999
- New
Professional Chef: Ref TX820 .N49 1996
- Textiles
for early Victorian Clothing, 1850-1880: A Workbook of Swatches
and Information: Ref TS1765 .G74 2002
- World
Textiles: A Visual Guide to Traditional Techniques:
Ref NK8806 .G55x 1999
4. Department of Consumer and Family
Sciences Faculty
5. Related Professional Societies
(for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)
6.
Web Sites Recommended by Dept. of Consumer and Family Sciences
Faculty
University
Libraries Liaison: Terri
Baker (x56119 / terri.baker@wku.edu)
last updated 3/02/2007
page maintained by Charles H. Smith
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