GAME ART & DESIGN / VISUAL GAME PROGRAMMING PROGRAM RESOURCES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library carries many resources that cover a variety of topics such as Maya, concept design, programming, level design, mathematics and much much more. Search the Voyager Library Catalogue to see what resources are available.

See also Program Resources for:

• EVALUATING INFORMATION - Books, Web, & Journals
• RESEARCH, WRITING & COPYRIGHT
• BUSINESS & MARKET RESEARCH RESOURCES

The Art Institute of Vancouver Library uses Library of Congress classification call numbers. Game books are generally found in the call number range as follows:

Complete, up-dated information on the magazine collection can be found on the Voyager Library catalogue and a full list of titles can be found HERE.

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The Art Institute of Vancouver Library is proud to offer a collection of excellent online database resources that will aid in almost all of your Game inquires. These resources are available for all Art Institute of Vancouver staff, student, and faculty member and can be accessed both on campus and remotely from your home.  Brief descriptions of each resource along with the access web links are included below, along with various "how-to" user guides and manuals (indicated in dark red) that will help you use these databases. 

**Please note that you must obtain the necessary Access USER IDs & Passwords from the library to use these resources.  Please drop by at any Art Institute of Vancouver Library location, call, or email the library staff to obtain the necessary information.**

• H. W. WilsonWeb Omnifile Full Text Select
  Periodical database that provides full-text articles with their accompanying indexing and abstracts on topics in the arts, applied and pure sciences, social science, education, humanities, legal and business fields. Contains full text of articles from over 2500 publications, some back to 1982.

• Proquest Bigchalk Electric Library
  ELibrary offers a broad range of full-text and multimedia content, including a digital archive of information sources of more than 2700 full-text periodicals, international newswires, classic books, maps, photographs, and major literary, art, and reference titles.

• Proquest “Big Bundle"
  Proquest Guide (PDF)
  One stop access to THOUSANDS of periodical magazine, newspaper, trade and scholarly publications including Proquest Research Library; ABI Complete which covers business, economics, product and competitive info, corporate and management techniques and strategies; National Newspapers 27 which provides articles from major regional dailies; and Proquest Psychology which encompasses a range of topics from over 500 leading psychology publications

• Safari Technical E-Books
  Sample Searches Search Guide (PDF)
  An electronic library collection of over 7800 e-books in a fully searchable database from Addison-Wesley, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, and many other top technology publishers, covering Adobe, Maya, Photoshop, and much more.

• VTC (Virtual Training Company)
  VTC Technical FAQs (PDF)
  VTC provides online streaming access to over 81,000+ Flash and Quicktime video tutorials covering Animation & 3D, Audio, Business Applications, Graphics & Layout, Internet & Web Design, Multimedia & Film, and MORE!

Do you know of any other resources? Having trouble finding the information that you need? Need the user access codes for these databases? Please contact the Library for help, or if you have any comments or resource suggestions.

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