World Textiles covers more than four decades of information relating to developments and innovations in the textile industry. Distinguished by its international coverage of scientific, trade, technical, and economic publications, World Textiles provides data from 1970 to the present. Papers are selected, read and classified using a unique classification scheme that is versatile and updated annually to adapt coverage to current research trends. All author-provided abstracts are included and where an abstract has not been provided, one has been written by a subject specialist editor.

World Textiles features:

• Summaries of the international scientific, technical and trade literature
• Current coverage of over 340 international journals, including scientific, trade, technical and economical publications, and provides archival coverage of several hundred additional journal titles, books and reports
• More than 442,000 records from 1970 onwards
• More than 12,500 new citations and abstracts added annually
• International coverage
• 99% of records from 1996 onwards contain a concise, informative author abstract in English
• Full bibliographical details for each entry
• Powerful search functionality
• Controlled indexing vocabulary

World Textiles covers a broad range of topics including plant development, computer control, manufacturing and finishing processes, commercial development, performance of textile products and environmental concerns. It is also a source of American, British and European patents and international standards information. World Textiles delivers a uniquely comprehensive source of information for anyone involved in textiles.

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• Fibers: Manufacture and Properties
• Yarns: Manufacture and Properties
• Fabrics: Manufacture and Properties
• Chemical and Finishing Processes
• Medical Textiles (both surgical and hygiene products)
• Automotive and Industrial textiles
• Garment Construction; making-up and new fabrics
• Composites
• Recycling and Environmental Concerns
• Plant Services and Control Systems
• Analysis, Testing, Quality Control
• Polymer Science
• Management