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Pathfinder: Computer Gaming
Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Electronic Resources|Periodicals, Journals &
Trade Publications|Web
Sites
SCOPE:
This
pathfinder will focus on computer gaming and game
technology. It is not intended as a comprehensive
listing of sources, but as a selective sampling of
library resources available on this topic. This is
intended as a guideline for students in locating library
materials on this topic.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books that
deal with the topic of Computer Gaming are listed in the
Library's on-line catalog under the following subject
headings:
Computer games
Computer games--programming
Computer games--psychological aspects
Video Games
Computer Graphics
OVERVIEW SOURCES
(located in the Reference Collection)
REF QA
76.575.E5368 2003 Encyclopedia of New Media
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Some
representative books from the Circulating Collection are
located upstairs in the library:
Bennahum,
David S.
Extra Life: Coming of Age in Cyberspace. New York,
NY: Basic Books, 1998.
Danaher,
Simon.
Digital 3D Design. New York: Watson-Guptill
Publications, 2001.
Eberly, David
H.
3D Game Engine Design: A Practical Approach to Real-Time
Computer Graphics. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann,
2001.
Garrelts, Nate.
Digital Gameplay: Essays on the Nexus of Game and Gamer.
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2005.
Gee, James
Paul.
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and
Literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Wolf, Mark
J.P.
The Medium of the Video Game. Austin: University of
Texas Press, 2001.
ELECTRONIC
RESOURCES
Some
representative books from our
Safari Tech E-Book Collection:
LaMothe,
André.
Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus.
Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams, 2002.
Rucker, Rudy
v. B.
Software Engineering and Computer Games. New York:
Addison Wesley, 2002.
Some of the
specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that
focus on the topic of Computer Gaming are:
PERIODICALS,
JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
WEB SITES
Entertainment Software Association
http://www.theesa.com
Updated
02/15/2007
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