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Home Furnishings Merchandising
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Books
To Find Books on Home Furnishings, use the Library of Congress subject heading, House Furnishings. Do a subject search in the Library Catalog on House Furnishings. To do a subject search, be sure to click on the Subject tab from the catalog.
Other subject searches can be done using these terms:
Candlesticks
Carpets
Clocks and Watches
Cushions
Decoration and Ornament
Furniture
Glassware
Household Appliances
Interior Decoration
Lamps
Pottery
Rugs
To find books on textiles:
In the Library Catalog do a subject search on :
Textile Fabrics
Other terms for a subject search include:
Bogolan cloth
Brocade
Carpets
Corduroy
Crease-resistant fabrics
Elastic fabrics
Filter cloth
Fammable fabrics
Household linens
Huckaback
Industrial fabrics
Knit goods
Laminated fabrics
Linen
Metal cloth
Mixed media textiles
Nonwoven fabrics
Ribbons
Rugs
Satin
Shaker textile fabrics
Silk
Stretch woven fabrics
Synthetic fabrics
Tapa
Tapestry
Textile fibers
Cotton
Flax
Hemp
Textured woven fabrics
Twill
Yarn
Articles
To find articles try using search terms such as home furnishings, house furnishings, household furnishings, interior decoration and furniture in the following databases:
Business and Comparny Resource Center
You can use the advanced search feature of these databases to combine different concepts such as furniture industry and sales in order to find articles that cover both concepts.
Journals
We have subscriptions to several journals that are about home furnishings. All our journals can be located using the Library Catalog and doing a subject search on Interior Decoration Periodicals. This will provide a list of both print and electronic journals we subscribe to.
To find electronic journals only, go to Eletronic Resources and click on the link for E-Journals at the top right of the page. In the search box change the drop down to read "title containing all words" and type in search terms such as furniture or furnishings. This will list the electronic journals we have that contain the word furniture or funishings in the title.
Here are some journals for Home Furnishings:
Accessory Merchandising
Clothing and textiles research journal
Draperies and window coverings
Garden Decor
Gifts and Decorative Accessories
Kitchen and Bath Business
National association of housing cooperatives membership
Textile: Canadian textile journal
Web Sites
Associations
Trade associations can be found using Associations Unlimited. You can do a keyword search on home furnishings or furniture. Often trade associations have a website and a publication. You can search the Library Catalog by Journal Title (click the tab labeled Journal Title from inside the catalog) to see if we subscribe to the publication for an association.
NAICS codes
NAICS codes are numeric classifications used by the Economic Census to categorize information by industry. These codes can be used to search most of the databases listed under the Articles section of this subject guide. Following is a list of NAICS codes from the U.S. Census:
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/02numlist/337.pdf
To search for other NAICS codes by keyword:
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
Databases
In addition to the databases listed under the Articles section of this subject guide, the following databases can also be used for researching Home Furnishings:
Reference USA (use to locate companies by geographical area)
Ulrichsweb (use to determine if a periodical is a scholarly journal or a trade publication)
Historic Furniture Information
Illustrated History of Furniture (from Gutenberg.org)
History of Furniture (from MSN Encarta)
Historic Furniture Images
Images can be found using ArtSTOR and Academic Search Complete:
Professional Trade Assocations
American Home Furnishings Alliance
American Society of Furniture Designers (publication: ASFD Bulletin)
International Textile and Apparel Association