BSc Games Development
Meet your Librarian – Lindsey Crush
About Lindsey
Lindsey is the Subject Librarian responsible for courses in the programmes of Film & Performing Arts, Computer Arts & Technology and Fine Art & Photography.
How can I help you?
You can book one to one tutorials with me to help you with your research or referencing, please contact me via email or you can drop into the library office (DS103) to have a chat!
I work Monday to Friday
As a team, we also provide research and referencing drop-in sessions to assist you in the run-up to written work hand-ins, keep an eye on Instagram (@norwichuni_library) for times and dates.
Useful Information for BSc Games Development
Print Books
Games Development books are shelved in several areas of the library.
With the exception of short loan books, everything can be borrowed for three weeks.
Find out how to search for library catalogue books on Discovery.
Online Resources
As well as printed materials, the Library also has a wide selection of online resources to help you with your research.
Useful online resources for BSc Games Development
Resource Type
E-JournalsLocation:
Off-campus On-campusACM Digital Library
Search here for access to all Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) publications, including journals, conference proceedings, and papers of special interest groups. The search interface is easy to use and will bring back results across all the ACM content we have access to.
Key titles available from ACM include: ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems; Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques; Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics.
Resource Type
TV, Video and SoundLocation:
Off-campus On-campusBox of Broadcasts
BoB is an up to date television streaming service available to all students and staff. BoB allows you to view recently aired programmes from over 65 channels and there is a searchable archive of 3.3 million broadcasts. You can also record programmes aired in the last 30 days which will be stored on the service permanently, meaning you can watch them again and again. Best of all, you do not need a TV license to use this service.
This service is not available outside the UK. You will need to register with BoB when you first try and access it.
Video resources to support accessing and using BoB are available on the VLE.
Resource Type
E-BooksLocation:
Off-campus On-campuseBook Central
Search our huge database of titles covering a wide variety of topics. All titles are available so you can start reading straight away. A great source for research and learning more about historical and cultural contexts. You can read e-books online, or you can download them to Adobe Digital Editions (PC/Mac) or Bluefire (iOS/Android).
Information on how to download from eBook Central (opens in a new window)
Resource Type
E-BooksLocation:
Off-campus On-campusO’Reilly
Access to over 21,000 technical e-books and videos to assist with IT and programming needs. Other areas include art and design with publishers like Laurence King included and books about well being too. Aimed specifically at Higher Education users with an interface that allows for personalising and comes with an app which is free to download.
Short videos on how to access and use O’Reilly are available on the VLE.
Further guides on using O’Reilly are available on their webpages (opens in a new window).
You can download an O’Reilly app to enable you to save material. Information on how to download the app is available (opens in a new window).
Resource Type
E-JournalsLocation:
Off-campus On-campusSAGE Journals Online
Abstracts available for all Sage journals. You can access the journals ‘Animation’ and ‘Games and Culture’ in full from this platform.
Publications
Publications, also known as magazines, journals or periodicals, are regularly published with up to date articles, images, and editorials. These can be available in print and online.
Useful online publications for BSc Games Development
Resource Type
MagazineLocation:
On-campusWhere to access:
PrintStatus:
Current3D world
3D World is designed for all CG artists, covering animation, VFX, games and arch-viz. Every month enjoy new tutorials written by leading CG creatives.
Resource Type
MagazineLocation:
On-campusWhere to access:
PrintStatus:
CurrentEdge
Multi-format video game magazine
Resource Type
JournalLocation:
Off-campus On-campusWhere to access:
Print OnlineStatus:
CurrentGames and culture: a journal of interactive media
Quarterly peer reviewed international journal that publishes innovative theoretical and empirical research about games and culture within interactive media. The journal serves as a premiere outlet for ground-breaking work in the field of game studies.
Resource Type
JournalLocation:
Free OnlineWhere to access:
OnlineStatus:
Open AccessInternational Journal of film and media arts
The International Journal of Film and Media Arts is an open access, subsidized by the Film and Media Arts Department of Lusófona University, Lisboa, Portugal. IJFMA is a semiannual publication focusing on all areas of film and media arts research and critique, namely animation, television, media arts and videogames, and their varied social and cultural forms of expression and materialization.
Research Reports
For the BA3a unit you are required to produce a Research Report.
The Research Report gives you the chance to explore an area of interest to you and your practice. It should build on the ideas you laid out in the Research Report Proposal you handed in as part of the BA2b unit.
The guidelines for all courses are available on the intranet: Research Report Guidelines (opens in a new window)
You can see examples of high quality research reports from previous years’ Norwich University of the Arts students via the link below: