Library Guides: AMST 197B/WMNST 175N: Special Topics: Fashion and Gender: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

The Dictionary of Fashion History by Valerie Cumming; C. W. Cunnington; P. E. Cunnington
Call Number: GT730.C86 2017
ISBN: 9781472577719
Publication Date: 2017-09-07
This new 2nd edition of The Dictionary of Fashion History further updates the landmark work of C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard. Featuring over 60 new and revised entries on diverse topics such as the Onesie, Brothel Creepers and the Birkin Bag, this edition is even more comprehensive and brings this costume historian's bible fully up to date.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new window
A collection of over 1000 reference resources.
A collection of over 2000 reference resources.
Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online combines several key encyclopedias and dictionaries important for the history of art and architecture. T
Oxford Art Online combines several key encyclopedias and dictionaries important for the history of art and architecture. Together these provide the largest and most authoritative list of biographies of artists in English, as well as an excellent collection of scholarly encyclopedia articles on important topics in the visual arts. Included are Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and others.