Our Collection of e-books about textiles continues to grow.
The titles below are just a sample.
Luckily, a search in ALICE or OhioLink will bring up SPECIFIC CHAPTERS on your topic.
( I'm finding unique things in OhioLink, so I recommend doing both.)
For example, Because I didn't know which book to look in for my topic of breathable textiles, I did a search on breath* and apparel in OhioLInk, and discovered this chapter:
The Geox: The Shoe That Breathes is a chapter in the book, Product Innovation in the Global Fashion Industry
Because it is e-available you can use that chapter for your research.
Great stuff.
Functional Textiles and Clothing by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9789811377204Publication Date: 2019Search OhioLink to uncover lots of good articles in this book.
" The book covers the recent scientific developments, cutting edge technologies, innovations, trends, challenges and opportunities in the field of functional and smart textiles and clothing."
High Performance Technical Textiles by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9781119325055Publication Date: 2019Once you open the book, go to the chapter and click PDF (above the summary) to get to the text. "Recent advancements of all the main areas of technical textiles . . . . from household to space textiles.
Spacewear by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9781350000346Publication Date: 2019"Today, we are living in the New Space Age, where mass commercial space travel is almost within our grasp. This otherworldly possibility has opened up new cultural images of space, both real and fictional, and has caused fashion design and spacesuit engineering to intersect in new, exciting ways. Spacewear traverses this uncharted territory. . . "
Stories of Fashion, Textiles, and Place: Evolving sustainable supply Chains by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781350136359Publication Date: 2022
Sustainable Textile and Fashion Value Chains by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9783030220174Publication Date: 2020"This book . . . approaches sustainability-related issues in the textile and fashion value chain from an interdisciplinary and holistic viewpoint, with each contribution linking questions on the textile and fashion value chain to various drivers, indicators and concepts of sustainability."
Digital Methods in Developing Textile Products for People with Locomotor Disabilities by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781644901557Publication Date: 2021In the United States, there are 3-4 million wheelchair users, with the number steadily increasing. This book focuses upon the design of garments for wheelchair-users by considering the shape of the body while in the sitting position, the needs of the user (functionality, fashionability, ease-of-use, affordability, safety), as well as the characteristics and properties of the materials used.
Innovative and Emerging Technologies for Textile Dyeing and Finishing by ISBN: 9781119710141Publication Date: 2021"With the public enhanced awareness towards eco-preservation, eco-safety and health concerns, environmentally benign, nontoxic and sustainable bioresource materials produced mainly from non-food crops have revolutionized all industrial sectors particularly textile industry"
Chapters on flame retardant & oleophobic finishes, UV Protection, and colored nanofibers.
Self-Powered Smart Fabrics for Wearable Technologies by ISBN: 9783031064807Publication Date: 2022"This book presents an innovative methodology to fabricate nanostructured piezoelectric composite fibers with wearable technologies application as an energy generator and/or sensors."
