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Journal Articles

• Art Full Text and Art Retrospective: References to journal articles, yearbooks and museum bulletins. Its focus is on painting, sculpture, drawing and architecture - the "fine arts".
• Australian Public Affairs (APA) - Full text on Informit: Index to thousands of social sciences and humanities articles, includes full text articles from 320 journal titles.
• AustLit - Australian Literature Index: Index to Australian literature including poems, plays, novels and short stories.
• Design and Applied Arts Index: An international index to current design and applied artt journals

Electronic Journals

Costume

• Dress
• Folklore: Available online through Swinburne Library
• Harpers Bazaar
• Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management
• Marie Claire: (US Edition)

Theatre

• Theatre Journals: List from Artslynx
• Theatre Journal: Available online through Swinburne Library

Performing Arts Subject Gateways

• Arts Law Centre of Australia: Provides legal advice for Artists and arts organisations
• Arts Victoria
• AusStage: Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts
• Australian Council for the Arts
• Live Performance Australia: Australia Entertainment Industry Association
• Australian Performing Arts Venues and Theatre Companies
• Australian Stoaries: Over 200 articles about Australia's history and culture
• International Index to the Performing Arts
• International Society for the Performing Arts
• Performing Arts and Artists Worldwide
• Performing Arts Links
• Performing Arts Online
• The Space: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's gateway to Arts and Culture

Theatre Subject Gateways

• Artslynx International Theatre Resources
• Australian Music Theatre
• CATHS Cinema and Theatre Historical Society: (Australian)
• History of American Theatre
• Justin's Drama and Theatre Links: over 5000 links
• Ken Mc Coy's Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
• La Mama Theatre, Melbourne
• Melbourne Theatre Company
• New York Times Theatre Reviews
• Playbox Theatre
• The Internet Theatre Database
• Theatre Australia
• Theatre Award Databases
• Theatre and Dance Resources on the Internet
• Theatre and Drama WWW: Virtual Library - hundreds of resources including
  • Theatre Companies Worldwide
  • Theatre Image Collections Online
• TheatreHistory.com
• Theatre History Resources
• Theatre History Sites on the WWW
• Theatre Reviews London
• UK Theatre Web
• Variety: Entertainment news and analysis

Costume Subject Gateways

• Australian Costumers Guild - internet links
• Clothing and Costume Links
• Costume Australia: Newsgroup
• Costume-Connections: Official site of Costume-Con Conferences
• The Costume Gallery Research Library
• The Costume Gallery-Online Costume Ball
• Costume History & Research Resources from Artslynx: Links to 100's of resources
• The Costumers Manifest
• The Costume Page : Costuming resources online
• The Costume Source: Online source for materials, books, accessories etc.
• La Couturiere Parisienne: Contains patterns for period costumes and over 4000 images
• Elizabethan Costuming Page
• Farthingales: Mail order patterns and supplies
• The History of Costume
• Trimmings 'n' Remnants: Online suppliers

Makeup Subject Gateways

• MakeUp Artist Magazine
• Makeup Artists Network
• The Makeup Artists webring
• The Makeup Gallery: Over 5000 images
• Makeup links: The Costumer's Manifesto
• Makeup-FX: Excellent resources by Lars Carlsson a Swedish makeup artist
• Makeup-FX internet links
• Masks Theme Page
• .A.P.S.E.M.A:. Society of Amateur and Professional Special Effects Makeup Artists.
• Stage Supply: (U.S. supplier)

Organisations

• Australian Costumers' Guild
• Costume Designers Guild
• Costume Society of America
• International Costumers Guild
• International Federation for Theatre Research

Museums and Collections

Costumes

• Centre National du Costume: (Montréal, Québec - in French)
• The Costume Institute: (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)
• Costume Museum of Canada
• Museum of Costuming, Britain
• National Art Library: (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

Theatre

• British Theatre Museum
• Harvard Theatre Collection
• League of Historic American Theatres
• Manchester Theatre Collection
• Museums Australia: Performing Arts Special Interest Group
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• Performing Arts Multimedia Library: Via the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
• Victorian Arts Centre Performing Arts Museum

Conferences

• RMIT Intermesh Symposium
  Exchanges in Fashion and Textiles