Br. Fidelis Leddy Center for Learning Resources (CLR) News

The Br. Fidelis Leddy Center for Learning Resources is pleased to inform the Community that we have trial access to ebook titles in the Bloomsbury Fashion Central platform until 14 April 2022 only.  The trial is composed of the following 2 collections:

BERG FASHION LIBRARY

Interdisciplinary in nature, with great visual and integrated content, this collection is invaluable for researchers in the areas of fashion, museum studies, cultural studies, anthropology, and more.

Content highlights:

• Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, consisting of 2,000 images and more than 800 in-depth articles, explores the dressed and adorned body cultures and throughout history. Cross cultural and multidisciplinary in approach, it provides readers with an appreciation of the richness and complexity of global dress.
• Reference Works - besides the Encyclopedia, our reference works also include Classic and Modern Writings on Fashion, the A-Z of Fashion, and The Dictionary of Fashion History
• 150+ academic eBooks that cover important classic and modern writings on fashion
• Museum Exhibitions from museums around the world, including the Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology and Somerset House
• Image partnerships - over 17,000 color images from prestigious partners such as the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Mode Museum, and the Commercial Pattern Archive
• Teaching and Learning Resources including lesson plans and bibliographic guides

FAIRCHILD BOOKS LIBRARY

Offering everything a person needs to know to enter—and thrive—in the fashion industry, this etextbook collection provides content that covers a full spectrum of topics in fashion including construction, draping, fashion business management, history, illustration, journalism, marketing, promotion, theory, pattern making, styling, product development, sustainable fashion, textiles, and more.

Many titles contain STUDIO content for fashion students. STUDIO content extends the textbook experience by helping students learn more effectively with online features including:

• self-assessment quizzes with scored results
• vocabulary and image flashcards with definitions and identifications
• videos
• case studies
• timelines
• extra projects and activities
• and downloadable files

To access Bloomsbury Fashion Central, please follow this link: clr.benilde.edu.ph/bloomsburyfashion 

We would like to hear from you! Kindly accomplish this online form if you have any feedback regarding our online resources on trial. 

For inquiries, please contact us through the following channels: email us at clr@benilde.edu.ph ; follow our social media pages in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube ; or engage us in a live chat through our widget in our website at clr.benilde.edu.ph (Monday to Friday, 8:00AM to 5:00PM). 

Thank you and keep safe!