BSc Games Development

Meet your Librarian – Robin Hobbs

About Robin

Robin is the Subject Librarian responsible for the Faculty of Arts & Media. He studied English and American Literature at UEA, Women’s Studies at the University of York, and Information and Library Studies at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.

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-Friday, 9am-5pm.

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.

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 books on Discovery, the Library catalogue, here

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    Useful Sources of Information

    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:

    E-Journals
    Access: On and Off-campus

    ACM Digital Library

    BA AnimationBA Games Art and DesignBA VFXBSc Games DevelopmentBSc User Experience DesignMA Communication DesignMA Games

    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.

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    TV, Video and Sound
    Access: On and Off-campus

    Box of Broadcasts

    BA ActingBA AnimationBA Animation and Visual EffectsBA ArchitectureBA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA Interior DesignBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignBA VFXBSc Games DevelopmentBSc User Experience DesignMA ArchitectureMA Communication DesignMA CurationMA FashionMA FilmMA Fine ArtMA GamesMA Performing Arts EnterpriseMA PhotographyMA Textile DesignYear 0

    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 2 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 of 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.

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    E-Books
    Access: On and Off-campus

    eBook Central

    BA ActingBA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Fine ArtBA Games Art and DesignBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBSc Games DevelopmentBSc User Experience DesignMA Communication DesignMA CurationMA FashionMA Fine ArtYear 0

    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.

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    E-Books
    Access: On and Off-campus

    O'Reilly

    BA Animation and Visual EffectsBA ArchitectureBA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Games Art and DesignBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA Interior DesignBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignBA VFXBSc Games DevelopmentBSc User Experience DesignMA Communication DesignMA FashionMA FilmMA GamesMA Textile DesignYear 0

    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 a 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.

    You can download an O’Reilly app to enable you to save material. Information on how to download the app is available.

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    E-Journals
    Access: On and Off-campus

    SAGE Journals Online

    BA AnimationBA Animation and Visual EffectsBA Games Art and DesignBSc Games DevelopmentMA Games

    Abstracts available for all Sage journals. You can access the journals ‘Animation’ and ‘Games and Culture’ in full from this platform.

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    Publications

    Journals and magazines cannot be taken out on loan, but you are welcome to browse the latest issues and back copies held on the first floor of the Library.

    Journals and magazines are a valuable source of visual and written material to help you in your research. It’s a good idea to get to know the titles related to your course because:

    • They are up to date.
    • Often the material in them covers contemporary activity and news.
    • Young animators and designers will be covered in journals long before they are covered by books.

    Below you will find a small selection of magazines and journals related to your course.
    To see all of your course publications, use the link at the bottom of this list.

    Selected BSc Games Development publications:

    Magazine
    Access: On-Campus
    Availability: In Print
    Status: Current

    3D world

    BA AnimationBA Animation and Visual EffectsBA Games Art and DesignBSc Games DevelopmentMA FilmMA Games

    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.

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    Magazine
    Access: On-Campus
    Availability: In Print
    Status: Current

    Edge

    BA Games Art and DesignBSc Games DevelopmentMA Games

    Multi-format video game magazine

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    Journal
    Access: On and Off-campus
    Availability: In Print and Online
    Status: Current

    Games and culture: a journal of interactive media

    BA Games Art and DesignMA Games

    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.

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    Journal
    Access: Free Online
    Availability: Online
    Status: Open Access

    International Journal of film and media arts

    BA AnimationBA Animation and Visual EffectsBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Games Art and DesignMA FilmMA GamesYear 0

    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.

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    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

    You can see examples of high quality research reports from previous years’ NUA students via the link below:

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