New Fashion and Interior Design Database - StyleSight

Posted on October 29th, 2009 in Uncategorized by acalibrary

Have you heard that SCAD Libraries now has access to the premiere fashion and design database, StyleSight? This interactive, comprehensive database contains three million images and is designed to help you do research in fashion and interior design, stay ahead of trends in your industry, and find inspiration for your own designs. StyleSight is a professional tool that will help prepare you for work in design industries after graduation as well as help you with your current classwork.

To access this database, point your browser to http://library.scad.edu/ and select the “what’s new” link at the top of the right side column.

In the center of the page, click the StyleSight link. You can access this database on campus and at home. At home, you will be prompted to enter your SCAD ID and name before entering the database.

Would you like a tour of this amazing database? Then contact Sally Fortin, Reference Librarian. You can reach her via email at sfortin@scad.edu, via telephone at 404-253-3298, or in the office in room #443 in the library.

New Fashion Journal Acquired by SCAD Libraries

Posted on August 3rd, 2009 in Uncategorized by acalibrary

SCAD Libraries has acquired access to Fashion Practice, a new fashion journal that was first published May 2009. Fashion Practice is unique in that accepts articles about the theory of fashion as well as articles about fashion design and the methodologies for creating fashion. This journal is peer-reviewed, which makes it an excellent source for scholarly research, but it will also contain articles on the process of creating fashion.

To read more about this journal, visit the journal’s website.

You can read articles from this journal online through SCAD libraries. Point your browser to:

http://library.scad.edu

Select “research and databases”

Select “databases by subject.”

Select DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index

Select “Advanced Search”

Type “Fashion Practice” in the first box, and in the far right box, click the drop-down arrow and select “journal name.”

Articles from the May 2009 issue will appear. Click the “full text” link to read online!

Lookbook.nu: share your fashion designs and photography

Posted on June 15th, 2009 in Uncategorized by acalibrary

Lookbook.nu is a website dedicated to street fashion. Take a picture of a look that you created, upload it to the site, and share the colors and pieces that you used. Users can “hype” the fashions that they love and comment on them. The only catch is that the site is by invitation only, so that only quality designs are added to the site.

For more information on this site and how to post images, check out Dana Oshiro’s post on the ReadWriteWeb blog at:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/06/lookbooknu-digg-for-fashion-in.php