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Core Fashion Databases
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Artstor Collections on JSTOR
Explore millions of high-quality, curated images from global museums, archives, and artists. Includes publicly accessible files from JSTOR’s journals and primary sources.
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Harper's Bazaar Archive
A comprehensive archive offers digitized versions of the U.S. and U.K. editions of Harper's Bazaar from 1867 to present, featuring high-resolution images and searchable texts, providing deep insights and detailed indexing of over 150 years of fashion, culture, and societal trends.
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Vogue Archive
Searchable archive of American Vogue from 1892 to the present, featuring high-resolution color images of articles, ads, covers, and fold-outs, with detailed indexing for garment types, designers, and brands.
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WGSN Fashion Design
A leading trend forecasting platform offering insights, analysis, and data on fashion, textiles, colors, and consumer trends to support design and product development.
Downloading or saving content from WGSN is restricted to registered users. All other content for WGSN Fashion Design is accessible without an account.
Visit the registration page to Create a New Account using your ASUrite@asu.edu email address. Logins are valid for 90 days.
- Registration page: https://www-wgsn-com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/accounts/edu/
Logging into existing accounts will require 2-factor SMS authentication, which cannot be accessed via a proxied link.
- Registered users, please log in & reactivate accounts at: https://www.wgsn.com/accounts/edu/
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WindowsWear
A collection of retail and visual displays dating back to 1931, offering photos for competitive research, inspiration, and trend ideas for retailers, designers, and creative professionals to enhance today's retail environments.
Note: Students and faculty, use ASU email to register for a free account for access to WindowsWear.
Upload your student projects throughout the year to be eligible for WindowsWear's Student Awards and Mentorship Program.
Other Useful Databases
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ABI/INFORM Collection
Access full-text business and economics journals, dissertations, working papers, and key periodicals like "The Economist" and "The Wall Street Journal", along with detailed company and industry reports.
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Google Scholar (with Library Links)
Find scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed journal articles, books, theses and dissertations, conference papers, pre-prints, technical reports, and other publications for all research disciplines. The link enables ASU affiliates to include ASU Library’s full text and InterLibrary Loan Services in a search.
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Scopus
An abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, including journals, proceedings, and patents. It offers tools for citation analysis, research tracking, and collaboration. Includes AI assistant: Scopus AI, for enhanced research with natural language searches, summaries, and expert identification.
Newspaper Article Databases
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Access World News
Full-text content from thousands of U.S. and international newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, and business magazines, providing diverse viewpoints on local and global issues.
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Alt-PressWatch
Access full-text articles from selected independent newspapers, magazines, and journals offering alternative perspectives on local, national, and international issues.
Coverage: 1970+
Streaming Films and Documentaries
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Alexander Street
Streaming access to documentaries, films, and primary sources in arts, health, history, music, psychology, and social sciences for educational and research purposes.
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Films on Demand
A collection of high-quality educational streaming videos organized by subject. Each title features Individual Learning Objects that break down the content into smaller segments.
Faculty, please note: For best results when providing a link to students for a specific video in Films On Demand: After opening a title in Films on Demand (identified through a search of the portal or the library catalog): Copy and paste the Title URL (located under the film description). For off campus use, URLs must include the “ezproxy” information.
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Kanopy
Streaming video service, which provides access to titles covering various educational topics and feature films for various producers including Criterion, Documentary Educational Resources, New Day Films, Media Education, California Newsreel, PBS, and others.