Databases and e-resources: Textile Design

• DAAI: The Design and Applied Arts Index
  Index of journal articles covering all aspects of design, including textile design.
  
  
• Art Full Text
  Index to art journals, covering fine, decorative and commercial art including textiles. The full text of many articles is available online.
  
  
• Academic Search Complete
  Index to journal articles, newspapers and popular magazines covering a wide range of subjects. The full text of many of the articles is available online.


• JSTOR
  Full-text journal articles covering a wide range of disciplines, including textile design.

• Bridgeman Education
  Over 300,000 high quality images copyright cleared for educational use by staff and students at London Metropolitan University.
  
  
• Textiles Collection
  Images of the textiles collection housed in the University College for the Creative Arts in Farnham
  
  
• University of Leeds International Textiles Archive
  Online catalogue of images of fabrics and clothing.

For a more comprehensive list of image databases, visit our Image Resources web-pages.

• Oxford Art Online
  Online dictionary and encyclopedia covering all aspects of visual art, including textiles and fabrics.
  
  
• WGSN
  Fashion trend forecasting and trend analysis, CAD design, design and fashion guides, fashion news, new materials and much more. Special username and password required - please ask Library Staff.
  
  
• Crafts Council
  Development agency for crafts in the UK including textiles.
  
  
• Design Centre Chelsea Harbour
  The world's premier interior design centre with a wide range of showrooms showcasing carpets, fabrics, furniture, lighting, tiles and wall coverings.
  
  
• Design Council
  Organisation that aims to inspire and enable the best use of design. Covers all aspects of design, including textile design.
  
  
• Extreme textiles: designing for high performance Technical textiles and smart textiles
  
  
• Fabriclink
  Textiles dictionary, textiles trademarks/brand names index, fabric care, articles about textiles and more.
  
  
• TextileArts Net
  Directory of useful web resources related to textiles, showcase of textile designers’ work, articles about textiles and more.
  
  
• The Textile Institute
  Promotes professionalism in all areas associated with the textile industries worldwide.