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Textiles: Books

Books in the Library
 
Here you can some of the books the Library has to support you if you are studying on a Textiles course at Bradford College. These can be found in the Hockney Library on the ground floor of the David Hockney building.
 
You can see some key books below, click on the cover to see the book in the Library Catalogue. You can search for books in the Library Catalogue by using the search box at the top of the screen or by following this link, findbooks.bradfordcollege.ac.uk.
 
You can read an e-book by clicking on its cover. You may need to enter your College login and password in first. For more information about e-book click on the e-book tab.
 
Open the Reading List Tab to find mend books for each module.  Choose the module to see the books in the Library.
 
These aren't all the books in the Library,  if you are interested in something else you can use the catalogue  to search  for what your are interested in. The books are arranged in the Library using Dewey Decimal Classification. This is a number sequence from 000-999, with each subject having it own number, so all the book on the same subject should be near each other.  See below to see the important numbers for Art
Key Books
Textiles of the middle east

Textiles of the middle east

Shelfmark:

 

677.0956 SUL

Digital Textile Printing

Digital Textile Printing

Shelfmark:

 

677.38 CAR

Digital Jacquard Design

Digital Jacquard Design

Shelfmark:

 

677.6160285 HOL

Embellished  - new vintage

Embellished - new vintage

Shelfmark:

 

746 NUC

Slow Stitch

Slow Stitch

Shelfmark:

 

746 WEL

Felt & Stitch

Felt & Stitch

Shelfmark:

 

746.0463 MAC

Textiles of Mankind

Textiles of Mankind

Shelfmark:

 

746.09 SCH

Woven Textile Design

Woven Textile Design

Shelfmark:

 

746.14 SHE

Machine Stitch

Machine Stitch

Shelfmark:

 

746.44028 KET

Key E-Books
Finding Books
These are the main shelf marks for books on Textiles. If you are unsure where to find a specific title you can always ask at the Library Information Desk or search the Library Catalogue.
Shelf Mark Subject

306

Culture

338.4768

Textile Industry

391

Costume

646.4

Sewing

677

Textile Science

701.85

Colour in Art

709

Art History

745.4

Principles of Design

746

Textiles

746.09-099

Textile History

746.1

Weaving

746.2 - 3

Lace & Tapestry

746.43

Knitting

746.44

Embroidery

746.46

Patchwork

746.6

Printing & Dyeing

747

Interior Decoration

748

Furniture