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Art & History Databases
- Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive resource for art literature: articles, indexing and abstracting of journals, and art dissertations; covering fine, decorative, and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, and architecture. Includes indexing of publications, and citations of book reviews. Indexing of art reproductions provides examples of styles and art movements, including works by emerging artists.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Index of academic historical journals on the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, etc.
Business Databases
- Bloomberg This link opens in a new window
Real-time and historical information on economic conditions, market data and public companies worldwide along with governments, mortgages, money markets, bonds, commodities, stocks, and currencies.
- Bloomberg NewsFirst time users must create an account with your Vanderbilt.edu email address.
Leading source for international business, financial and economic news. - Bloomsbury Fashion Business CasesBloomsbury Fashion Business Cases contains over 260 fashion business cases from 2018 through 2023.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Covers most business areas: management, marketing, economics, finance, accounting, & international business. Includes company reports, SWOT analyses, working papers, country reports, industry reports, case studies, etc.
- ProQuest Business (including ABI/Inform) This link opens in a new windowCombined search of ABI/INFORM Complete, Accounting & Tax, Banking Information Source, Asian Business and Reference, European Business, and Snapshots.
General Databases
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowLarge and important archive for academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Many journals do not have current issues.
- ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Search all ProQuest databases simultaneously. Includes arts, humanities, social sciences, news, and science and technology.
- WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window
Catalog of books, manuscripts, websites, internet resources, maps, computer programs, musical scores, films, slides, newspapers, journals, magazines, sound recordings, articles, chapters, papers, and videotapes available at libraries worldwide. Cross-search OCLC databases: ArchiveGrid, ArticleFirst, Ebooks, ECO, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, OAIster, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, WorldCat, and WorldCatDissertations.
What is 
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FindIt@VU provides direct links from a database citation to the fulltext of the article (if available) and other supporting resources.
- Vogue Archive This link opens in a new windowComplete archive of American Vogue, documenting American and international fashion, culture, and society. High-resolution color page images, with every page, advertisement, cover, and fold-out included.
- Harper's bazaar.Founded in 1867, Harper's Bazaar was one of the first publications dedicated to looking at the lives of women through the lens of fashion.
- Women's Magazine Archive This link opens in a new windowWomen’s interest consumer magazines with detailed article-level indexing. Includes Better Homes and Gardens, Chatelaine, Cosmopolitan, Essence, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Parents, Redbook, Seventeen, WIN News, and Woman's Day.
- Women's Wear Daily Archive This link opens in a new windowComprehensive archive of Women’s Wear Daily, a fashion industry trade journal.
- Magazine Archives (EBSCOHost) This link opens in a new window
Collection of popular magazine archives.
Subject Headings
Library of Congress Subject Heading Examples
Brand Loyalty Fashion -- Philosophy
Clothing and Dress -- Social Aspects Fashion Merchandising
Clothing Trade -- France Fashion and Globalization
Costume Museums Cultural Identity
