6 Viewing content
6.1 Encyclopedia entry
Entries from the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion show, above the article title, the volume and the part from which the article is drawn. To the left, other articles from the same part are shown as (with the current article in context), and sub-sections within the current article are shown. All of these are links.
Images embedded within articles may be selected to produce a pop-window with a higher-quality version of the same image, together with the caption information.
6.2 Book chapter view
Chapters from eBooks show to the left the title of the book from which the content is drawn, with the current chapter placed in context within a table of contents.
The book title may be selected for bibliographic information about the title from which the chapter is drawn.
6.3 Book view
Information about a complete title is presented above a table of contents; you can select items from the table of contents to be taken to a chapter view page.
6.4 A-Z of Fashion view
Articles from the A-Z of Fashion offer a selectable table of sub-sections to the left, above a list of the cross-references embedded within the article.
6.5 Encyclopedia image view
Images from the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion in search result sets link through to a page that presents the image with its caption and credit information.
To the left is a link to the encyclopedia article from which the image is drawn.
6.6 Museum collection view
Information about a museum or gallery collection related to dress and fashion is presented as combination of directory information to the left (including a link to the collection's website), and descriptive information in the main part of the page.
If the Berg Fashion Library has images of objects in the collection these are shown in the lower part of the page. You can browse the images in the carousel by selecting the left or right arrows, and selecting the full-size image will take you to an object view page. Thumbnails may be selected to bring a full-size image into the image carousel.
6.7 Object view
Images of objects from museum collections are accompanied by descriptive information and, to the left, summary information such as date, creator and dimensions.
If more than one image for the object is available these are shown to the right of the main image, and may be selected to view the chosen image at full size.
6.8 Dictionary view
Entries from the Berg Dictionary of Fashion History show the period for which the term and definition apply, and (by means of M or F) whether the term applies to male or female dress.
