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What databases should I search for game studies?
Since games studies is very interdisciplinary, you may need to search multiple library databases depending upon your topic. Below are the "top picks." Contact your librarian for more recommendations.
- GDC Vault This link opens in a new windowGDC Vault provides access to an archive of presentation videos, and audio synced with presenter slides, from worldwide Game Developers Conferences going back 20+ years. Browse by event and year, media type, and 20 broad-ranging categories of presentation themes. Or, search the presenters’ abstracts for specific keywords and phrases.
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Journals This link opens in a new windowThis database provides full-text access to the journals, magazines, and proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Users can export citation pages in Endnote, BibTeX, and ACM Ref formats and access an author database which includes bibliometrics of many authors in the field.
- Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowIncludes the full text for more than 2,300 journals. Full-text results are provided back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. This database covers many business disciplines, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full-text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowThis database provides full-text access to journals, conference proceedings, and standards. Covers journals, transactions, letters, and magazines published by the IEEE, with select content dating back to 1884. Covers content from other journal publishers dating back to 1930. Covers conference proceedings dating back to 1988; IEEE standards dating back from 1948.
- JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection This link opens in a new windowJSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection provides full-text access to all content that the Jstor publishes. The majority of the database is archival content, and new issues are added to the collection periodically. New content may not appear in JSTOR until months or years after its initial publication date, and update frequencies for journals vary by title and publisher. Artstor content will be migrated to the Jstor platform. Artstor content can be found at https://www.jstor.org/images.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowScopus is a large abstract and citation database of research literature and patents. The database is updated daily; Scopus contains over 93 million records with over 87 million records since 1970. Scopus indexes over 26,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 7,000 publishers, including over 6,000 open access journals. Scopus also indexes nearly 200 trade publications, nearly 150,000 conferences, and over 300,000 books. Additionally, the database contains over 48 million patent records from US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), European Patent Office (EPO), Japan Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and UK Intellectual Property Office.
- Synthesis Collection This link opens in a new windowThis listing provides access to the Synthesis and Colloquium collections, which are interdisciplinary teaching and learning products covering new and emerging fields in the life sciences. The basic component of the collections is a 50 to 100-page "lecture" (a self-contained electronic book that synthesizes a research or development topic). Each lecture includes pictures, tables, and linked references to other peer reviewed articles and books. The collections and their lectures are organized b…
What are some game-related journals?
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- Animation: An interdisciplinary journal"International peer-reviewed publishing platform for animation that unites contributions from a wide range of research agendas and creative practice."
- Computer animation and virtual worldsComputer Animation & Virtual Worlds addresses the "global thematic of the Virtual Worlds... [which can be] subdivided into 6 areas: Computer animation, Embodied agents, Virtual Environments, Augmented Reality, Virtual Life, and Visualization."
- Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networkingThis journal focuses on research understanding the social, behavioral, and psychological impact of today's social networking practices, including computer games and gaming, social media, and e-commerce.
- Entertainment ComputingEntertainment Computing publishes articles on emerging technologies and tools in all aspects of digital entertainment, new media, entertainment computing, gaming, robotics, toys, and applications.
- Game Developer MagazineMagazine exposing "the art and business of video games." Published 1994-2013.
- Games and cultureInternational journal that publishes innovative theoretical and empirical research about games and culture within interactive media.
- Games for Health JournalThe Games for Health Journal is "the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the impact of game research, technologies, and applications on human health and well-being."
Please request articles from Interlibrary Loan. - Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game ResearchA cross-disciplinary journal dedicated to games research. Primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of computer games
- JMIR serious games"A multidisciplinary journal on gaming and gamification including simulation and immersive virtual reality for health education/promotion, teaching and social change."
- Journal of computer-mediated communicationJCMC "publishing social science research on communicating with computer-based media technologies."
- Journal of gaming & virtual worldsThe study of electronic games across platforms and genres as well as ludic and serious online environments.
- A Profound Waste of Time"A Profound Waste of Time is an award winning independent magazine that celebrates games as an art form. Each issue plays host to a rich variety of voices from inside and outside the videogame industry, interwoven with stunning bespoke imagery from leading illustrators and artists. Editorially discerning and beautifully designed, the magazine serves to celebrate gaming culture and discussion."
- Simulation & GamingInternational forum for the exploration and development of simulation/gaming methodologies used in education, training, consultation, and research.
- Transactions of the Digital Games Research AssociationMultidisciplinary journal dedicated to research on and practice in all aspects of games.
What are game-related organizations that host conferences/meetings?
EAE faculty serve and present at the meetings of the organizations below. These groups also publish conference proceedings.
- Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA)Conference proceedings are available on their website as ToDIGRA or Transactions of DiGRA.
- Foundations of Digital Games (FDG)Conference proceedings are available on their website and ACM Journals.
- Game Developer's Conference (GDC)View conference materials in the GDC Vault database.
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