In encyclopedias and dictionaries you will find, among other things, background information on various topics, definitions, translations, and synonyms for terms and concepts. You can also get tips on relevant sources within a subject by looking at the bibliographies that are often found in encyclopedia articles.
Via the platform Bloomsbury Fashion Central you can get access to two encyclopedias:
Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion.
Ten volumes, cover dress and fashion, also multidiciplinary articles with aspects such as sustainability management, consumers, consumption and retailing.
The Berg Companion to Fashion.
One volume, articles within fashion.
Tips: search on one or two terms, filtrer your search to Encyclopedia Article. OR use the many facettes via Browse -> Content type -> Encyclopedia Article.
Via the platform Bloomsbury Design Library you can get access to two encyclopedias:
Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design.
Three volumes, cover all kind of historical and contemporary design.
The Encyclopedia of Asian Design.
Two volumes, cover all kind of east asian and transnational and global issues in asian design, historical and contemporary perspective.