Presearch

 Presearch helped to refine my topic and broaden it because my specific topic was to narrow so therefore I had to broaden it and I also narrowed the countries I have chosen to do research on, which are Paris, Japan, Africa, and of course the United States. I still need to broaden my topic because it does not answer some of the 'who, what, when, why, or how'. I am not exactly sure what my exact topic is any ore but I will definitely have the same research. One of the books that I have chosen to check is called Paris Fashion. Call # GT887.S74 1988

Process of Research

      The research process has different because during class I do research on the Galileo site and the other academic research engines. During class I try take advantage of the exclusive search engines because I'm not able retrieve them on my own and because they have lots of valuable information. One thing that I am confused about is Special Collection section, it is hard to use because are not many different collections to use in my research. Also, being able differentiate between a credible and non-credible source. But other than that everything is pretty clear. I wish we would talk more about how to use the research what you have found,like dissecting the information.

Special Collections

    I might be able to use special collections in my research because may be different cultures have a conflict with different things to where such as third world countries where women have to cover their faces. Within the  Special Collection I will search for collections that have things that deal with the history of fashion,  cultures that have rules of what to wear, where different styles are derived from, etc. I know for sure I will use Special Collections for papers that I will have to write in my US History class and my English class. I feel as though I will definitely be using Special Collections for any history paper that I have to write in the future. I think that the Special Collections part of the research process is important because you could have actual information no one ever knew about the topic. There could be really detailed info that will make your project interesting. It would only be an advantage!

Refined Research

     My narrow topic that I have chosen is Fashion around the world. The question I chose to research is 'How do other countries exhibit their fashion?' I feel like this a good question because there are many points that I can mention and go into many details about the different countries. As far as the different aspects of fashion in the cities and countries of my research. Keywords that I choose to search for books were fashion, fashion worldwide, fashion in different cultures, and cultural fashion. The keyword fashion in different cultures didn't really work to well, I didn't get a lot of feedback. An example of a primary source that I will us for my project are popular fashion magazines as stated in my other blog post.

Helpful Sources

     Different information sources that I may use for my research topic would mainly be magazines because I know a lot of fashion comments and opinions are in different magazines such as Instyle, Glamour, Vogue, FASHION, and Cosmopolitan. Using these magazines will have many articles on certain countries that I chose to research. I will also try to use sources such as scholary journals and databases. The databases will help me to see how certain people, authors, and bloggers think about fashion around the word. I'm not too sure what disciples might have an interest in my topic. There are plenty of groups that might have an opinion on my topic such as modeling agencies, stylist, and fashion bloggers. I'm sure fashion bloggers would have a lot to say about fashion all around the world because they probably have more inspiration for fashion overseas. Modeling agencies are always wondering what type of styles should be shown on the runway, whether its clothes from or made in India or Malaysia. I know there are various things that I could look into to get great information.

FASHION

      Key words that I have choose to research are fashion world wide, fashion in different countries, and interesting countries with fashion. These key words or phrases that I chose narrowed down my search which made it better for me to work with. The countries and cities that I chose to research are Bangladesh, Paris, Australia, Brazil, Japan, and America. I thought that these cities and countries would be cool and interesting to compare and to see how they dress and style their clothes. I'm not too sure of my research question but I have been thinking on the lines of something like 'How do other cities and countries exhibit fashion?' That question might take some revising. Today's class helped me to go in depth with actual key points to focus on such as the countries and cities I have chosen. This was very helpful for me!

Two Researching Topics

     For my final project I was thinking about researching fashion and nursing. I know those topics are at the opposite ends of the spectrum but these topics are things I take interest in.  I've always been into fashion ever since high school, I love to dress. I like putting different things together and making it work. Of course I have some type of interest in Nursing because it is my major. I love being hands-on, helpful, and caring towards people. For this project I would like to identify fashion all around the world and how other countries dress. Also, I know that other countries wear different clothing depending on their culture. Maybe I can choose about ten different countries and research their clothing and how they feel about fashion. I would most definitely choose Paris because it is the fashion capitol, somewhere like Bangladesh, and other cool countries. With the topic of nursing I would do the aspects of different nurses because I know most people say they want to be a pediatric nurse be cause that is all they know. Therefore, would like to just throw out of couple of other nursing positions.