Fashion Guide: Books & eBooks

Library books are organised by call numbers on the spine of the books. Use the Library Catalogue to see if the item is available in the library.
Useful call numbers for Fashion include the following:

• 391              Costume
• 391.42         Corsets and Underwear
• 646 .4072    Pattern Cutting
• 741.672       Fashion Drawing
• 746             Textiles
• 746.22        Lace
• 746.43        Knitwear
• 746.92        Fashion Designers

LIT Library provides access to thousands of eBooks in many subject areas. Our eBook are available on different platforms: EBSCO, Ebook Central and ScienceDirect. You can access eBooks wherever and whenever you need them.

• Academic Collection of eBooks
• Business eBook Collection
• eBooks on ScienceDirect
• Ebook Central (ProQuest)

Explore eBook Collections guide to learn how to find and use eBooks.

To find books and other items in the Library, search the Library Catalogue. 

• Just type in one or two words that describe your topic
• Do not type in your essay title - just pick out the important words (keywords) and use those

If your search retrieves too many results, look at the Refine your search options on the left of the screen to narrow your results.

You can apply multiple limits if you wish to get very specific results - select and apply each one in turn.

Borrowing

• Undergraduate – 7 items
• Postgraduate – 9 items
• Staff – 12 items

Loan periods

• Main stack – 2 weeks (Postgraduate – 3 weeks, Staff – 4 weeks)
• Short loan – 3 days
• Reserve loan – 2 hours