Family & Consumer Sciences

Databases
Web resources
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Professional organizations
Finding books
Google Search: Family & Consumer Sciences

what are these?
These are social bookmarking services that allow internet users to store, search, and share bookmarks of webpages.

Databases

Academic Search Premier
An interdisciplinary database that provides full text articles.

Culinary Arts Collection
This database is comprised of more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as many reference titles. It provides researchers with recipes, restaurant reviews, industry information and practical instruction.

Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection
A collection of more than 80 journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture, with the addition of over 20 subject specific reference sources.

Home Improvement Collection
This collection of more than 180 home-improvement focused titles covers such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.

JSTOR
The Arts & Sciences III Collection includes journals in language and literature, as well as important titles in the fields of music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art.  JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.

MasterFILE Premier
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.

Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
Access the content of more than 100 Oxford reference books online with a single search. Includes the Oxford art and architecture dictionaries and a timeline, as well as food and drink dictionaries.

Web resources

The Costume Page
More than 2,000 unique links to costumes and costume history. Note that this website is updated infrequently.

 

The Costumer's Manifesto
Look for the link to "history sorted by period"-- a massive collection of links.

 

Fashion Era
This site covers the last two centuries of fashion.

 

Home Economics Archive
This site has on-line full-text books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines, published from 1850 to 1950.

 

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Costume Institute
The Met put a fraction of its costume collection online, mostly from the twentieth century.

 

Sense & Sensibility Patterns
This is a commercial website that includes images of costumes from 1795-1959.

 

La Couturiere Parisienne
This site is all about period costume, from the Middle Ages up to the early 20th century. Access over 3700 costume pictures through a database, read one of hundreds of articles, or download some authentic period patterns.

Finding books

By subject search

Below are some links to various subject searches in the catalog. The subject search is a specific and helpful way to find materials about your area of interest. Explore these or try some of your own subject searches using the "Subject" tab in Foxtrax. For more information on "power searching" by subject, ask your reference librarian.

Clothing and Dress

Cookery

Costume

Fashion

Food Habits

Interior Architecture

Interior Decoration

Nutrition

Textiles

By call number

If you want to browse for books in the library, use the call numbers below to find the subject areas that are of interest to you. You can use them to browse the reference section or the main stacks. The Library of Congress website may have a more detailed outline of call numbers for your subject area.

Subclass T  
T1-995 Technology (General)
T10.5-11.9 Communication of technical information
T11.95-12.5 Industrial directories
T55-55.3 Industrial safety. Industrial accident prevention
T55.4-60.8 Industrial engineering. Management engineering
T57-57.97 Applied mathematics. Quantitative methods
T57.6-57.97 Operations research. Systems analysis
T58.4 Managerial control systems
T58.5-58.64 Information technology
T58.6-58.62 Management information systems
T58.7-58.8 Production capacity. Manufacturing capacity
T59-59.2 Standardization
T59.5 Automation
T59.7-59.77 Human engineering in industry. Man-machine systems
T60-60.8 Work measurement. Methods engineering
T61-173 Technical education. Technical schools
T173.2-174.5 Technological change
T175-178 Industrial research. Research and development
T201-342 Patents. Trademarks
T351-385 Mechanical drawing. Engineering graphics
T391-995 Exhibitions. Trade shows. World's fairs
Subclass TA  
TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA164 Bioengineering
TA165 Engineering instruments, meters, etc. Industrial instrumentation
TA166-167 Human engineering
TA168 Systems engineering
TA170-171 Environmental engineering
TA174 Engineering design
TA177.4-185 Engineering economy
TA190-194 Management of engineering works
TA197-198 Engineering meteorology
TA213-215 Engineering machinery, tools, and implements
TA329-348 Engineering mathematics. Engineering analysis
TA349-359 Mechanics of engineering. Applied mechanics
TA365-367 Acoustics in engineering. Acoustical engineering
TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
TA1001-1280 Transportation engineering
TA1501-1820 Applied optics. Photonics
TA2001-2040 Plasma engineering. Applied plasma dynamics
Subclass TJ  
TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ163.13-163.25 Power resources
TJ163.26-163.5 Energy conservation
TJ170-179 Mechanics applied to machinery. Dynamics
TJ181-210 Mechanical movements
TJ210.2-211.47 Mechanical devices and figures. Automata. Ingenious mechanisms. Robots.
TJ212-225 Control engineering systems. Automatic machinery (General)
TJ227-240 Machine design and drawing
TJ241-254.7 Machine construction (General)
TJ255-265 Heat engines
TJ266-267.5 Turbines. Turbomachines (General)
TJ268-740 Steam engineering
TJ603-695 Locomotives
TJ751-805 Miscellaneous motors and engines
TJ807-830 Renewable energy sources
TJ836-927 Hydraulic machinery
TJ940-940.5 Vacuum technology
TJ950-1030 Pneumatic machinery
TJ1040-1119 Machinery exclusive of prime movers
TJ1125-1345 Machine shops and machine shop practice
TJ1350-1418 Hoisting and conveying machinery
TJ1425-1475 Lifting and pressing machinery
Subclass TK  
TK1-9971 Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TK301-399 Electric meters
TK452-454.4 Electric apparatus and materials. Electric circuits.
TK1001-1841 Production of electric energy or power. Powerplants.
TK2000-2891 Dynamoelectric machinery
TK2896-2985 Production of electricity by direct energy conversion
TK3001-3521 Distribution or transmission of electric power
TK4001-4102 Applications of electric power
TK4125-4399 Electric lighting
TK4601-4661 Electric heating
TK5101-6720 Telecommunication
TK7800-8360 Electronics
TK7885-7895 Computer engineering. Computer hardware
TK8300-8360 Photoelectronic devices (General)
TK9001-9401 Nuclear engineering. Atomic power
TK9900-9971 Electricity for amateurs. Amateur constructors' manuals
Subclass TL  
TL1-4050 Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
TL1-484 Motor vehicles. Cycles
TL500-777 Aeronautics. Aeronautical engineering
TL780-785.8 Rocket propulsion. Rockets
TL787-4050 Astronautics. Space travel
CLASS G - GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY. RECREATION  
Subclass GT  
GT500 2370 Costume. Dress. Fashion
CLASS N - FINE ARTS  
Subclass NK  
NK1-(9990) Decorative arts
NK1-570 General
NK600-806 History
NK1135-1149.5 Arts and crafts movement
NK1160-1590 Decoration and ornament. Design
NK1160-1174 General
NK 1175-(1498) History
NK1505-1535 General works
NK1548-1590 Special subjects for design
NK1648-1678 Religious art
NK1700-2195 Interior decoration. House decoration
NK1700-2138 General. History, etc.
NK2140-2180 Decorative painting
NK2190-2192 Church decoration
NK2200-2750 Furniture
NK2775-2898 Rugs and carpets
NK2975-3049 Tapestries
NK3175-3296.3 Upholstery. Drapery
NK3375-3496.3 Wallpapers
NK 3600-(9990) Other arts and art industries
NK3700-4695 Ceramics
NK4700-4890 Costume
NK5100-5440 Glass
NK5500-6060 Glyptic arts
NK6400-8459 Metalwork
NK8800-9505.5 Textiles
NK9600-9955 Woodwork
CLASS T - TECHNOLOGY  
Subclass TT  
TT387-410 Soft home furnishings
TT490-695 Clothing manufacture. Dressmaking. Tailoring
TT697-927 Home arts. Homecrafts
TT950-979 Hairdressing. Beauty culture. Barbers' work
TT980-999 Laundry work
Subclass TX  
TX1-1110 Home economics
TX301-339 The house
TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
TX642-840 Cookery
TX851-885 Dining-room service
TX901-946.5 Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service.
TX950-953 Taverns, barrooms, saloons
TX955-985 Building operation and housekeeping
TX1100-1105 Mobile home living

Google Search: Family & Consumer Sciences

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