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Welcome to the subject guide for CTE 2800. Here you will find helpful resources to use for this class. These resources can also be found elsewhere on the library homepage. If you need help with library resources please contact your subject librarian Emily Mann, her information can be found on the left. You can also talk to a librarian immediately by using the chat box on the right.

Key Databases and Journals

WGSN*
WGSN (Worth Global Style Network) is the leading online trend-analysis and research service providing creative and business intelligence for the apparel, style, design and retail industries. Keywords: Trade Shows, Marketing, Retail, Celebrity, Buying, Visual, Merchandising, Business.

Note: FSU has access to the Fashion Module.

WWD

Full website access for 5 concurrent users

Related Databases

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,000 journals and a total of more than 11,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

Business Resources

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database.

Details: Locate articles from over 8,500 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. Additional full text content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analysis, faculty seminars (videos), and more.
Format: Full text, HTML, PDF
Coverage: Varies by publication, as early as, 1886, some titles are available from Issue 1, Volume
Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
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Provides practice tests and prep for:

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Professional and Research Organizations

International Textile and Apparel Association
TAA is a professional, educational association composed of scholars, educators, and students in the textile, apparel, and merchandising disciplines in higher education. ITAA welcomes professionals employed in those fields who wish to join with members of the Association in the pursuit of knowledge, interchange of ideas, and dissemination of knowledge through meetings, special events, and publications.

online resources

Fashionista.com
A site for job postings in fashion design and merchandising.
Retail Design Blog
Artica's Retail Design Blog features store branding, visual merchandising, furniture, materials, lighting design, news, trends and solutions for retail designers.
The Window Shopper
The Window Shopper covers inspirational visual merchandising mainly in London, and occasionally Paris. Her in-store and street-side snaps highlight merchandising trends and new prop ideas.
VMSD
VMSD is the leading resource for retail designers and store display professionals, showcasing the latest store designs and visual presentations. The site also reports on merchandising strategies, new products, industry news and events