In the sportsfield the knowledge on materials and textile technology plays extremely important role. For your technical research you can find a lot of information written by both fibre producers and the textile and clothing companies. For the latest relevant information on textile glossary and brand names provided with the summaries of the main properties you will find through the Internet. Below there is a list of web addresses where you can receive more information on fibres and fabrics, textile dictionaries and glossaries which include general textile materials as well as specific materials for technical sportswear. More web sites can be found using different kind of search names, e.g. sportswear, activewear, sportswear fabrics, textile materials, textile dictionary.

The updated information on sportswear fibres and fabrics is also available twice a year at the Première Vision fair in Paris. Sport Première Magazine publishes TechStyle, the guide to activewear fibres and fabrics, which includes articles about the technical development of fibres and fabrics and the textile glossary. The glossary gives you technical properties of each fibre or fabric but also some general characteristics as well as some specific comments.