Video Games and Gaming Research  Tags: ugl_subject_guide video_games computer_games gaming  

Articles are a valuable resource in any research paper or project. Articles (as opposed to books) generally possess the following characteristics:

• Shorter length
• Currency of information
• Focus on a specific aspect of a topic 

Video games
Electronic games
Computer games
Video games & children
Computer games
Internet games
Video games & children

Try different combinations of these keywords as you search for information.

Check the subject headings/descriptors for individual articles in your searches and repeat your search using these terms. Please note, subject headings are not consistent across databases.

Check the subject headings/descriptors for individual articles in your searches and repeat your search using these terms. Please note, subject headings are not consistent across databases

Recommended Article Databases:

General Interest Databases (cover a variety of subjects/topics)

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Host) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated weekly.
• Expanded Academic Index ASAP (InfoTrac) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated weekly.
• Periodical Abstracts (FirstSearch) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated weekly.

Discipline Specific Databases (focus on a specific discipline or collection of related disciplines)

• Lexis Nexis Academic - Identifies articles from newspapers, journals, and reference books.
• ComAbstracts - Identifies articles in communications including broadcasting, journalism, mass media, and public relations.
• Communication abstracts - Identifies publications in communications including international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, crisis communication and public opinions.
• Alternative Press Index - Identifies full text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals from the alternative and independent press.