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Fashion: Books

A guide to information resources for fashion

Getting started

Library staff can help you with searching the catalogue, placing a reserve and accessing your library account.

Palmerston North Library

Wairarapa Library

Whanganui Library

Online help

Library staff can also order books from other libraries for you to loan see here for more information.

Some useful search terms

These keywords link to subject headings in the library catalogue. Try these keywords and phrases when searching the catalogue, databases or the Internet.

   

 

History of fashion

Fashion

 

 

Fashion

Design

 

 

Contemporary

Fashion

 

 

 

Fashion

Marketing

 

 
   

 

Fashion

Illustration

 

Tailoring Dressmaking   Textiles  
   

Pattern-making

Sewing Fabrics  

 

Fashion

Designers

 

 

 

Useful shelf numbers

Use these Dewey (shelf) numbers in the UCOL Library.

391.009 Fashion history  

646.4 Dressmaking

659.19 Fashion Marketing

687.04 Garment Cutting

739.27 Jewellery

746 Textiles

746.92 Fashion Designers

Desk Reserve

These books are located in the desk reserve collection and are available for 3 hour loan.

 746.92 BAS Basics Fashion Design series : Styling  

                     

Required and recommended texts

For a complete list of required and recommended textbooks for fashion programmes, please refer to your specific programmes handbook. Programme handbooks can be found here.