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Quilts & Quilting – Select Bibliography
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Books and Media

Use the Library Catalog http://sirsi.palomar.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/49 to find books, periodicals, and media on quilting.  You can enter keywords of your own choosing, or you can identify the specific subject headings that the library catalog uses to group related materials together. 

Suggested Subject Headings
Quilts
Quilting

Selected Call Numbers
TT835

Selected Books
All books listed below can be found in the San Marcos library, 3rd floor “Stacks”

 NK9112 .A74 1983
    Artist & the Quilt, The.  Ed., Charlotte Robinson.  New York: Knopf, 1983.

TT835 .B6123 1997
    Bonesteel, Georgia.  Georgia Bonesteel’s Patchwork Potpourri.  Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997.

TT835 .E38
    Edwards, Phoebe.   Anyone Can Quilt.  New York: Benjamin Co., 1975.

N6538 .N5 R58 1991
    Faith Ringgold [video recording]  The Last Story Quilt.  Chappaqua, NY: L&S Video Enterprises, 1991.

HQ1418 .F47 1987
    Ferrero, Pat.  Hearts and Hands: The Influence of Women & Quilts on American Society.  San Francisco: Quilt Digest Press, 1987.

TT835 .G82 1994
    Guerrier, Katharine.  The Encyclopedia of Quilting Techniques.  Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 1994.

TT835 .H3
    Hall, Carrie A.  The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America.  New York, Bonanza Books.

NK9112 .H63
    Holstein, Jonathan.  The Pieced Quilt: An American Design Tradition.  Greenwich, Conn., New York Graphic Society, 1973.

TT835 .I24
    Ickis, Marguerite.  The Standard Book of Quilt Making and Collecting.  New York, Dover.

PZ7 .K6293 CAN 1992
    Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie.  The Canada Geese Quilt.  New York: Dell, 1992.

TT835 .L47 1990
    Levie, Eleanor.  Great Little Quilts: 45 Antique Crib and Doll-Size Quilts with Patterns and Directions.  New York: Abrams, 1990.

TT835 .M2715 1993
    Magaret, Pat Maixner.  Watercolor Quilts.  Bothell, WA: That Patchwork Place, 1993.

PS3565 .T795 H6 1991
    Otto, Whitney.  How to Make an American Quilt.  New York: Villard Books, 1991.

NK9112 .Q5 1995
    Quilt National: Contemporary Designs in Fabric.  Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1995.

PZ7 .W6553 MO 1987
    Willard, Nancy.  The Mountains of Quilt.  San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987.

Articles

Articles about quilting and other crafts can be identified by using online research databases or printed indexes.  Printed indexes are especially helpful for older material.  Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles can supply the latest information on a topic and often contain details not available elsewhere.

·         EBSCOhost http://prozy.palomar.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web

·         EBSCOhost provides access to several databases including magazine, journal and newspaper articles.  For a guide on how to search EBSCOhost, go to Using EBSCOhost at http://www.palomar.edu/library/OnlineDatabases/ebsco.htm

Internet

Basic internet Search Strategies - Use a directory, subject portal, or search engine to focus your Internet search.   To find an appropriate search tool, go to http://www.palomar.edu/library/subjects.htm. Information on evaluating websites can be found at http://www.palomar.edu/library/ResearchAids/SelfHelp.htm#websearching.

Information on Citation Styles – In order to create a bibliography for your research paper, you will need to follow the rules of a specific style.  For a list of styles and information on how to use them, go to http://www.palomar.edu/library/ResearchAids/SubjectGuides/WritingStyles.htm 

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