Research Guides: Fashion Merchandising and Design: Find Articles

Databases

Fashion Design
Merchandising and Marketing

Berg Fashion Library
- This link opens in a new window
Contains the entire Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion as well as an e-book collection, articles, images, and other reference sources on fashion around the world and throughout history.
Women’s Wear Daily Archive (ProQuest)
- This link opens in a new window
This archive is the only digitized source of the entire run of Women’s Wear Daily (also known as WWD), widely considered the ‘Wall St Journal’ of the fashion industry. Covers the years 1910 to the present.
Vogue Archive (ProQuest)
- This link opens in a new window
This database contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition) from the first issue in 1892 to the current month.
Harper's Bazaar Archive (ProQuest)
- This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive, searchable archive of every page, advertisement, and cover of every issue of Harper's Bazaar from its first appearance in 1867 to the present.
ProQuest One Business
An intuitive and comprehensive business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.
Scopus
Scopus uniquely combines a comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly content.
Web of Science
- This link opens in a new window
The premier research platform to find and analyze scholarly research literature on Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Includes proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

ProQuest One Business
An intuitive and comprehensive business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.
IBISWorld
- This link opens in a new window
A market research tool that provides analysis and overview, along with strategic insight, on more than 700 U.S. industries.
MergentOnline
- This link opens in a new window
Covers 10,000 national and international public companies. Includes business profiles, stock & bond information, financial statements, annual reports, SEC filings, competitors and executive/officer information
Mintel Academic
- This link opens in a new window
Market drivers, sizes and trends, market segmentation, along with consumer attitudes and purchasing habits
Simmons Insights (Formerly MRI University Reporter)
- This link opens in a new window
Key magazine planning data resources, summary tables of key audience and product usage data from national probability samples. This resource is limited to 10 simultaneous users.
DemographicsNow (Gale)
- This link opens in a new window
Search for people, businesses, or access a demographic report on any geography – or compare multiple geographies - for information including income, housing, race, age, education, retail spending, consumer expenditures, businesses and more.
PsycINFO (ProQuest)
- This link opens in a new window
Coverage of research in applied psychology, developmental psychology, personality, and more.
Scopus
Scopus uniquely combines a comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly content.
Web of Science
- This link opens in a new window
The premier research platform to find and analyze scholarly research literature on Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Includes proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.