Video Games and Gaming Research  Tags: ugl_subject_guide video_games computer_games gaming  

Books are another valuable resource in any research paper or project. Books (as opposed to articles) generally possess the following characteristics:

• Longer in length
• Good sources of background and historical information
• Often contain footnotes and lengthy bibliographies

Suggested subject headings for this topic:

Video games
Video games and children
Video games--history
Video games--psychological aspects
Video games--social aspects
Video games--United States
Electronic games
Computer games
Internet games

Book Catalogs:

• UIUC Online Catalog - Searches for items in the UIUC libraries.
• ILLINET Online - Searches for items in 65 academic libraries in Illinois.
• WorldCat - Searches for items in libraries throughout the world.