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Dietetics, Fashion Merchandising & Hospitality: Books

Department Research Guides identify and define standard information retrieval tools for a specific department. Each guide was created and is maintained by the library liaison for that department. We encourage you to recommend resources for the guides.

Subject Headings Defined

Subject headings are a controlled vocabulary. A single term or phrase is determined by an authority (Library Congress or a database vendor) to describe a subject. For example, try searching for the subject "roaring twenties" in West-Cat and see what you get.

Subject Headings in Dietetics

  •      Athletes - nutrition
  •      Children - nutrition
  •      Diet
  •      Diet in disease
  •      Diet therapy
  •      Dietetics
  •      Food habits
  •      Malnutrition
  •      Nutrition
  •      Nutrition disorders
  •      Nutrition surveys
  •      Nutritionally induced diseases
  •      Obesity
  •      Vitamins
  •      Vitamins in human nutrition

Subject Headings in Fashion Merchandising

  • costume--history
  • fashion
  • fashion design
  • fashion designers
  • clothing and dress--history
  • textiles
  • fibers

Subject Headings in Hospitality

  • hospitality industry
  • food industry and trade
  • bartending
  • food service
  • caterers and catering
  • restaurant management
  • restuarants
  • hotels
  • motels
  • food service

WorldCat

WorldCat (FirstSearch)
WorldCat is the world's largest database of bibliographic information. It offers more than 43 million bibliographic records representing books all over the world. Use this catalog to supplement IO. Very easy to make interlibrary loan requests online.

WestCat


WestCat
An online catalog of the University Libraries’ books, periodicals and other library materials. Searchable from the library homepage (http://www.wiu.edu/libraries). If WestCat does not have what you need, search I-Share, a catalog of 76 libraries, mostly academic, in Illinois. WestCat, I-Share, and WorldCat all use Library of Congress Subject Headings.
 

I-Share
I-Share has changed. To use I-Share, create an account. Though a pain at first, having an account will make the book borrowing process much easier than in the past.

Google Books

Consider using Google Books to find the full text of books published years ago.

Call Number Ranges

  • TX 900s (hospitality)
  • TS 1445 (textiles/fibers)
  • TT 500s & 600s (fashion)
  • RM 210s (Dietectics)
  • GN 400s (cosume history/material culture)
  • GT 500s (fashion)