Video Game Development and Animation Research Guide

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Background Information

Search for a person, technology, game, or company.
Carrot2 Search Engine This is a search results clustering engine that helps you find subtopics under your main search topics. Try searching on a person, company, or game, and see what categories it suggests. Try clicking the “Treemap” or “Pie-Chart” tabs on the far right to see a visual representation of your results.
International Directory of Company Histories Choose “Search Within” under “Filter Your Results” to find your company’s history.
Statista This portal serves up a wealth of data compiled from a number of business and government sources. Try it for questions like sales data and market share. Try searching ‘Game Console Sales’ and see what results you can find.
Encyclopedia of Adolescence
Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
Credo

Finding Articles and Books

Browzine -Browse through journals such as Computer Graphics Forum, The Visual Computer, and the Journal of Konbin for inspiration.
Finding Scholarly Articles – Learn how to use the “filter” option in Sorin to target your research.
Enter a phrase that relates to your research into the Sorin search bar and choose the “Subject” filter.
Board Games
Computer Games
Computer games industry
Electronic Games
Fantasy Games
Games
Games — Social Aspects
Internet games
Motion pictures and video games
Role Playing
Three-dimensional display systems
Video Games
Video games and children
Video games in art
Video games industry
Video Games — History
Video Games –Psychological Aspects
Video Games — Social Aspects
Video games — Law and legislation
Virtual reality

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Background Information

Finding Articles and Books

Recommended Books

Websites

Associations