LibGuides: Great Fashion Designers: Circulating Books

Books

Circulating Books

Our circulating books are held on floors 4 through 8. Most books having to do with costume and fashion are located on the 5th floor and books on photography are on the 8th floor. Browsing is an excellent way to get a sense of what we own on this subject and can be very productive! Books marked Oversize are located at the far right end of each floor.

Find Books and Videos

Books/Ebooks
Choose Books/eBooks in Library Catalog.

Ebscohost eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
This Ebsco ebook collection contains 70,000 books that are available to Hofstra faculty and students.

Google Books
According to Google, they have scanned 10 million books. Most of these books are no longer in print. One million are in the public domain.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Catalog containing over 54 million records, representing the holdings of thousands of libraries. Items found in WorldCat that are not owned by Axinn Library may be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Contains excellent art and design videos.

Films on Demand
Web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos
from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7! Choose from thousands of high-quality educational titles in dozens of subject areas.

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary streaming video database, offering films from the Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, and many more.

Selected eBooks

When Clothes Become Fashion by Ingrid Loschek
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781847883667
Publication Date: 2009-09-15
Fashion Brands by Mark Tungate
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780749453053
Publication Date: 2008-09-01

Print Books

Alexander McQueen : savage beauty by Bolton, Andrew,
Call Number: Oversize TT505.M37 M37 2011
ISBN: 9780300169782
American Beauty by Patricia Mears
Call Number: Oversize TT507 .M39 2009
ISBN: 9780300155358
Publication Date: 2009-12-15
Changing Styles in Fashion by Maggie P. Murray; Maggie Pexton Murray
Call Number: Oversize GT511 .M87 1989
Icons of Fashion by Gerda Buxbaum
Call Number: Oversize TT504 .I28 1999
ISBN: 3781321614
Publication Date: 1999-10-01
This lavishly illustrated book is an exciting exploration and history of twentieth century fashion.
Men's Fashion by John Peacock
Call Number: Oversize GT1710 .P43 1996
The Fashion Reader by Abby Lillethun (Editor); Linda Welters (Editor)
Call Number: TT507 .F3545 2007
Understanding Fashion History by Valerie Cumming
Call Number: GT511 .C855 2004