A research guide to sources of information in various aspects of costume, clothing and fashion. Divided into the following sections: Guides to the Literature, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Directories, Bibliographies, Bibliographic Indexing & Abstracting Services, Visual Sources, Primary Sources, and Networks.

Prairies and Plains is an analysis of the reference sources--encyclopedias, bibliographies, biographies, almanacs, dictionaries--that readers and researchers will need to prepare class papers, resolve queries, and develop strategies for investigating questions regarding the history and culture of the Prairies and Plains region.