Why? To discover 50M+ resources from all across Europe related to art, fashion, music, and natural history
What? Artworks, artifacts, books, videos, and recordings
Why? To discover 50M+ digital items from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States
What? Maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, and museum objects
When? 5000 BCE to present
Why? To explore art movements, museum collections, artists, and interactive models of famous buildings, or play art-related games via a site developed by the Google Cultural Institute in partnership with 2,000 museums worldwide
What? Interactive modules, video, and images
Why? To explore articles on many subject areas including business, science, and culture
What? Magazine articles, eBooks, primary source documents, and images including photos, maps, and flags
Why? To browse archival images and articles from past issues of Life Magazine
What? Magazine articles, images
When? 1936 - 2000
The library also provides digital access to full-page scans (images included) of many major fashion and lifestyle magazines. While it's arguably harder to "browse" for content in most digital databases, good keywords can help you find what you're looking for right away (e.g., bangs, Twiggy, powdered hair, etc.). In LibrarySearch and individual databases, you can also limit search results by date if you're looking for fashion from a specific time period.
The library collects several major fashion and lifestyle magazines useful for historical reference and inspiration. Most magazine material is located on the 2nd floor. Latest issues will be in the 1st floor browsing area behind the stairs. We've listed only a few titles below — You'll find a lot more content when you browse stacks in the library. You can also search by title here.
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Books and ebooks can provide a more in-depth look at a topic, place, design style, or historical moment. You can search our digital and in-library collections simultaneously by title, author, subject, or keyword via LibrarySearch. Click Advanced Search for additional search criteria (like material type, language, year, etc.).
Materials in the library are organized by subject. Browsing the shelves of the library in-person can help you discover new work, materials, inspiration, and connections. Listed below are general call number ranges for hair history, hair styling, beauty, and a few art and portraiture sections we discussed in class: