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Overview

The Berg Fashion Library is an online resource to provide access to interdisciplinary and integrated text, image, and journal content on world dress and fashion.  The resource offers users cross-searchable access to an expanding range of essential resources in this discipline of growing importance and relevance and will be of use to anyone working in, researching, or studying fashion, anthropology, art history, history, museum studies, and cultural studies.

Provider: 
Oxford University Press [1]
Posted: 
Jul 22, 2013 6:39pm
Updated: 
Nov 26, 2013 4:23pm
Source
Information has been sourced from a JISC catalog [2] entry, with additional edits by CRL.
Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas: 
Arts and Humanities
Resource Types: 
Dataset
Digital images
Reference books

Specifications

Full Text Linking

This resource is compliant with the OpenURL standard.

Federated Searching

Berg Fashion Library can currently be accessed by federated search software via HTTP request and supports the METHOD="GET" which sends the request using the following base URL: http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/search?q= [3]

This is followed by text=X (X standing here for your search term). Multiple search terms should separated with the ‘+’ sign. For example: if search query contains the terms Dior New Look, use: http://bfl-live.ifactory.com/search?q=dior+new+look [4]

Metadata Standards

MARC [5] records are provided for all ebooks within BFL. These are created by BDS based on our Onix metadata; our research suggested they provide high quality records suitable for institutional libraries.

Marc Records

MARC21 [5] Records are provided.

Search Options

Simple and advanced searching is available, including full text, biographies, bibliographies, ISBN, publication date, links, contributors, and designers.

Post Search Options

Users can choose to cite articles and images in BFL in APA, MLA, or Chicago formats in Endnote, ProCite, ReferenceManager, or RefWorks. They can also email search results to themselves or save to their “My Stuff” account.

Usage Statistics

The Berg Fashion Library will offer usage statistics conforming to the latest version of the COUNTER [6] specification.

Authentication

Authentication is provided via the UK Access Management Federation, Athens, username and password.

Terms and Provider Details

Provider: 
Oxford University Press [1]
Main Address: 
Oxford University Press
198 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
United States
CRL Review

Sources

Additional Reviews in Other Sources: 

Scigliano, Marisa. "Berg Fashion Library." The Charleston Advisor. April 2013. pp.39-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.14.4.39 [7] Accessed November 26, 2013.

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Source URL: https://edesiderata.crl.edu/resources/berg-fashion-library

Links
[1] https://edesiderata.crl.edu/providers/oxford-university-press
[2] http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk
[3] http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/search?q=
[4] http://bfl-live.ifactory.com/search?q=dior+new+look
[5] http://www.loc.gov/marc/
[6] http://www.projectcounter.org/
[7] http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.14.4.39