Basics
Business Source Premier
Business database including information on companies, industries, and products. Includes full text of WWD: Women’s Wear Daily and indexes FN: Footwear News, 20/20, and some other fashion trade publications.
IBISWorld
Industry overview database, featuring five year outlook, supply chain analysis, and SWOT analysis.
MarketLine
International industry reports.
Mintel
Industry reports with an emphasis on consumer research.
Staying Current
Factiva
Current business and news database. Includes major national newspapers.
The Wall Street Journal
Make your own account through Rutgers.
The New York Times
Make your own account through Rutgers.
List of Fashion Industry Trade Magazines and Websites (Charles C. Sherrod Library, East Tennessee University)
These are on the open Web. Some are free, others subscription.
Business of Fashion (website)
Some freebies, but professional subscription runs $19.95 per month.
GQ.com (Gentlemen’s Quarterly)
Fashion magazine for men. Subscription item, but some free current content.
For Your Other Research Needs
Academic Search Premier
General academic and popular magazines and journals.
Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)
Covers Art Index from 1929 to 1984.
Artstor
Database of over 2 million images in art and art history.
The Vogue Archive
Every issue of Vogue since its beginning.