Design, Engineering & Commerce Liaison Librarian
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"Everything" Search - the search box on Gutman Library's home page
When you need to research textile engineering, an excellent first step is to check our catalog. Searching "Everything" means searching for any source type (articles, books, ebooks, videos, conference proceedings, and more) across many of our 225+ subscription databases at once. You cannot ask our catalog a question, so brainstorm for keywords first (see the concept map on this guide's "Form Your Topic" page) then consider trying a Boolean logic search with AND, OR, or NOT.
| Boolean Operator | Search Example | How does it work? |
| AND | sustainability AND "textile industry" |
AND narrows a search by retrieving sources with all your terms Putting terms in quotation marks retrieves sources with those keywords next to each other |
| OR | silk OR wool | OR broadens a search by finding sources with either term |
| NOT | nonwoven NOT chemical | NOT narrows a search by excluding sources with an unwanted term |
Key Database Resources
- AATCC Technical Manual This link opens in a new window
The AATCC Technical Manual contains 150+ current AATCC test methods, evaluation procedures, and monographs related to chemistry, colorfastness, laundering, moisture management, and water resistance. Documents are reviewed and approved by a committee of industry experts.
- ASTM Standards (Textile: v. 7.01; 7.02) This link opens in a new window
Electronic access to ASTM standards 07.01 and 07.02.
- Colour Index This link opens in a new window
is an online version of the definitive guide for anyone who needs to know details of which companies manufacture and distribute dyes and pigments, or for anyone looking for technical details of these products. Colorants are listed according to the widely acclaimed system of Colour Index Generic Names and Colour Index Constitution Numbers. A detailed record of products available on the market is presented under each Colour Index reference. Against each product name is listed the manufacturer, physical form, principal usages and comments supplied by the manufacturer to guide prospective customers.
- Material ConneXion This link opens in a new window
Collection of over 1,400 materials and processes. The online materials database contains the latest and most exciting materials originating from a large spectrum of industries typically unnoticed or difficult to reach by the design community. All the materials are juried into the database by a panel of material specialists and knowledgeable professionals.
- Textile Technology Index This link opens in a new window
Provides coverage of the scientific and technological aspects of textile production and processing, Textile Technology Index traces the body of knowledge in textile science and technology as far back as the early years of the 20th century
- World Textile Information Network (WTiN) This link opens in a new window
Textile manufacturing news and analysis provided via a group of journals: Digital Textile, Future Textile, International Dyer, Knitting International, Nonwovens Report International, Twist, and Textile 4.0.
- World Textiles This link opens in a new window
Provides international coverage of scientific, trade, technical and economic publications, this bibliographic database covers decades of information relating to developments and innovations in the textile industry.
Also Consider...
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
"GreenFILE covers the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology."
- ProQuest Research Library: Science & Technology This link opens in a new window
Topics include: Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Materials Science, Computing, Engineering
- Sourcing Journal This link opens in a new window
Industry news regarding the textile and retail apparel trade at a global scale.
- Tapestry This link opens in a new window
Tapestry is amazing. It's an online catalog of over 10,000 historic fabric swatches from Thomas Jefferson University's vast textile collection. This catalog focuses on our Zane Collection, which documents textile design at the turn of the 20th century.
- Textile Hive This link opens in a new window
*Note: At this time, Textile Hive is not available off-campus.*
Users must create a free account while on campus; log-in is required for each new user session.
A global collection of 40,000 textiles gathered from over 50 countries and spanning 200 years of design history, photographed in high-resolution format for remarkable detail, texture and color accuracy, and enriched with detailed contextual information. Users can browse and create collections of textiles, colors, and patterns from the Andrea Aranow Textile Design Collection.