Pathfinder -- Game Art and Design
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This bibliography is designed to guide instructors and students through the information sources in the field of Game Art and Design. It is just a guide with suggested material. Complete research is dependent upon the individual.
Tampa Library Catalog
The Tampa Library Catalog is the place to start to find materials in your library. Please limit your search to your specific campus. The following subject headings may be useful for your search:
- Computer games
- Game development
- Game theory
- Games
- Surrealist games
- Video games
Please note that you can also search by keyword. In addition, books in this subject area will be found according to the Library of Congress classifications system as follows:
- GV 1469 – Game history
- NC 760 – 780 - Drawing
- NC 1776 - animation/drawing
- QA 76.76 .C672 - Game programming and industry
- QA 76.76 .I59 – Interactive multimedia
- T 385 – Computer animation
- TR 897.5 – TR 897.7 - 3D programs of animation and modeling
Databases
Searching the following databases should produce citations, abstracts, or full-text articles for game art and design.
The following databases/informational resources are to be used by faculty, staff,
and students for educational purposes only. Please see individual database
descriptions for complete copyright and/or licensing information. FT indicates some full-text.
- Art Index Retrospective (Public Libraries)
- Arts magazines indexed 1929-1984. A local public library card is required. Password required.
- FT Grove Art Online
- Grove Art Online provides Web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with annual additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages possible with an online reference source. Username and password required.
- FT D InfoTrac OneFile (LIRN/Infotrac)
- A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Password required.
- FT ProQuest Direct (LIRN)
- Password required.
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Last updated: July 2007