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Databases to Look for Articles
Databases to Look for Articles
One of the best ways to find scholarly journal articles is to look in an article database. UCI Libraries subscribes to hundreds of them! Library databases provide access to many different resources such as peer-reviewed scholarly articles, book reviews, interviews, conference proceedings, PhD dissertations, and more, so be sure to evaluate your results and read carefully! Close analysis of what you are reading (before you read it!) helps you to become a more informed and critical researcher. Explore elements such as: the journal it is being published in, the author's credentials, the year it was published, and even the anatomy of the article. Below are the top recommended databases for this course, and if you scroll to the bottom of this page, you'll also have access to some helpful short video tutorials, too!
Try Searching these Databases as a starting point (VPN required!)
Try Searching these Databases as a starting point (VPN required!)
Scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for magazines, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
A collection of journals in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and mathematics. There is a lag time of 1-5 years between the time that an article is published and when it is placed in JSTOR.
This is a cross-searches of multiple film and media databases, such as the AFI Film Catalog, Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive, Performing Arts Periodicals, Film Index International, and FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals.
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Keep in mind that full-text access to articles is through UCI Libraries subscriptions' to many academic journals, so make sure your VPN is connected when searching! Do not pay for articles - the library can help you access them!
Academic Journals of Interest
Academic Journals of Interest
Scholarly articles on video games & film will be published across a wide variety of academic journals, not just the ones listed here. These are some good titles to consider browsing in addition to searching on the databases listed above. You can also consult the Journals Page on the Film and Media Studies Research Guide.
Promotes innovative theoretical and empirical research about games and culture within interactive media. Its scope includes the socio-cultural, political, and economic dimensions of gaming from a wide variety of perspectives.
An open-access, cross-disciplinary journal dedicated to games research. Its aim is to explore the rich cultural genre of games and to to provide an academic channel for the ongoing discussions on games and gaming.
Provides knowledgeable, well-written articles from academics and practitioners that are relevant to the games industry. It promotes research into games development and the games industry as a whole.
Convergence is an international journal that offers incredibly broad coverage of all aspects of new media, including regular attention to video games.
Publishes original research and review articles on the research and development aspects of games technology covering the range of entertainment computing + interactive digital media.
Engages in critical discussions of the key issues arising from the scale and speed of new media development, drawing on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and on both theoretical and empirical research.
Video Tutorials: Search Tips!
Video Tutorials: Search Tips!
Google Scholar: Checking Your Settings (57 seconds)
Google Scholar: Advanced Searching (1 min 38 sec)
Academic Search Complete: Search Tips (2 min 11 sec)
UC Library Search: Find Articles (2 min 26 sec)
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