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. 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.
• Career & Technical Education has full text articles about career, vocational, & technical education.
• Google Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.
• 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.

• Art and Humanities Citation Index (AHSearch): FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Indexes over 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, 1980 to present.
• ArticleFirst: FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Indexes almost 13,000 journals and magazines from 1990 onward, including some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries in hardcopy.
• 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 (EBSCOhost): 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.
• 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]
Special resource:  KenCat [A searchable catalog of the collections at the Kentucky Library & Museum. KenCat includes manuscripts, letters, sheet music, photographs, museum exhibits, images, journals, and books.]

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

Dept. of Consumer and Family Sciences faculty http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/chhs/cfs/faculty.htm

5. Related Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

• American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) http://www.aafcs.org/
• American Culinary Federation (ACF) http://www.acfchefs.org/
• American Dietetic Association http://www.eatright.org/Public/
• American Hotel and Lodging Association http://www.ahma.com/
• American School Food Service Association (ASFSA) http://www.asfsa.org/
• American Society for Clinical Nutrition http://www.nutrition.org/
• American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS) http://www.asns.org/
• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) http://www.asid.org/
• Association of Career and Technology Education (ACTE) http://www.acteonline.org/
• Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) http://www.cmaa.org/
• Costume Society of America http://www.costumesocietyamerica.com/
• Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE) http://www.chrie.org/
• Hotel & Catering International Management Association (HCIMA) http://www.hcima.org.uk/content/index.html
• International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) http://www.iacp.com/
• International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IHRA) http://www.ih-ra.com/
• Kentucky Hotel and Lodging Association (KHLA) http://www.kyhotellodging.com/who.html
• National Association of Child Care Professionals (NACCP) http://www.naccp.org/
• National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) http://www.nacufs.org/
• Society for Food Service Management (SFM) http://www.sfm-online.org/

6. Web Sites Recommended by Dept. of Consumer and Family Sciences Faculty

• American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
• Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (FDA) http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
• Food and Nutrition Board (Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science) http://www.iom.edu/board.asp?id=3788
• Food and Nutrition Information Center (National Agricultural Library) http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
• Food Safety Project, Iowa State University Extension http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/
• Hospitality Net [portal for hospitality services on the Web] http://www.hospitalitynet.org/index.html
• Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) http://www.ifst.org/
• Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) http://www.ift.org/cms/
• International Food Information Council (IFIC) http://ific.org/
• Kentucky Tourism Council http://www.tourky.com/
• National Food Processors Association (NFPA) http://www.nfpa-food.org/
• National Restaurant Association http://www.restaurant.org/
• World Tourism Organization (WTO) http://www.world-tourism.org/
• World Travel & Tourism Council http://www.wttc.org/