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The author examines contemporary books on costume and fashion history, focusing on how the field incorporates the meaning of dress within popular culture and gender theory. The article presents an evaluation of books on the social and cultural meanings of clothing.

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The article describes the development of the online orientation game called HML-IQ, created by a group of librarians, staff, and students at the Henry Madden Library at California State University (CSU)-Fresno for students with the intention of familiarizing them with library resources and services. The developers used personal home page (PHP) programming after open source components failed to work during the process of planning the game. The game play ran with the themes of orientation to the library building, library services, information literacy, and music and media library. For publicity of the game, the group posted fliers, used social media tools, and announcement in Blackboard sent to students in Blackboard courses. Feedback were obtained via weekly discussion boards and a survey.

The article features the Assignment Research Calculator (ARC) designed by members of the California State University in Fresno, California. Unlike the original ARC created by the University of Minnesota, the new ARC is designed to effectively meet the needs of students and staff when using the library. It informs them of the library's role in information literacy. It specifically assists students in writing term papers, developing speeches or working on other assignments requiring research. Considering the new ARC's capabilities, the university believes that students will be better equipped with higher quality education.

Focuses on Internet sites that cover many aspects of fashion and costume history that will be of interest to both the serious scholar and those interested in fashion for fun. Includes Angel of Fashion; FashionWorld.net; Apparel.net: The Online Guide for the Apparel Industry; Fashion Click: The Online Fashion and Style Management.

Discusses the popularity of online bookstores with specific information on the Web site Amazon.com in the United States. Why customers prefer this type of service; Benefits available to librarians; Identification of services provided by Amazon.com; Search engines provided by the bookstore. INSET: Virtual bookstores.

Reviews the Internet site `Fashion Net,' created and written by Linda Stretton, a former buyer.