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Black ENL 110 The Multi-Genre Project

Spring 2023

Step One: Clarifying the Topic: 20-Year Fashion Cycles

  • My initial searches for fashion cycles in Academic Search Complete were unfruitful.
  • I tried various terms - fashion trends, clothing trends, etc.. Nothing worked.
  • So, I went to Google to find more information about this topic. 
    • This will help me choose better search terms.

Step Two: Scanning Google Results for Ideas

  • This article covered exactly what I was looking for: why clothes from 2000 are coming back in 2023:
  • These Early 2000s Trends Are Back For 2022 — For Better Or Worse
  • This article is from Forbes.
  • Though the Berry Library carries this magazine, I could not find the article in it. This means that the online version is not the same as the print edition.
  • However, my search led me to other business journals and trade magazines for this topic.
  • Instead of searching Academic Search Complete, we will focus on Business Search Premier.
  • Ha!

 

Step Three: Searching for 20-Year Fashion Cycle in Business Source Complete

Find Business Source Complete in the Alphabetical List of Databases:

  • There are three versions of the database. All will work. I chose Business Source Complete for this example.
  • This screen shot shows what I found: