Database Annotations: 

Once your topic is narrowly defined, select databases to find specific articles that have been published in journals.

Key Databases: 

• EI Engineering Village
• Scopus
• Web of Science Core Collection

Additional Databases: 

• ACM Digital Library
• Factiva
• Passport
• IEEE Xplore Digital Library
• Safari Books Online
• SPIE Digital Library Database

Select Journals:

• 365 : AIGA year in design
• Alternative Press Index. Peer Review
• Animation Magazine. Peer Review
• Computer animation and virtual worlds [electronic resource].
• Computer gaming world [electronic resource]
• Computer graphics. Peer Review
• Computer graphics world [electronic resource]. Peer Review
• Computers & graphics
• Computers in entertainment [electronic resource].
• Daedalus. Peer Review
• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
• Electronic gaming monthly [electronic resource]. Peer Review
• Eludamos
• First Person Scholar: The Study of Play
• Game studies [electronic resource] : the international journal of computer game research.
• Games and culture [electronic resource]. Peer Review
• IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. Peer Review
• IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games
• International journal of computer games technology [electronic resource].
• Journal of educational multimedia and hypermedia [electronic resource]. Peer Review
• Journal of interactive learning research [electronic resource].
• Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting
• Journal of Visual Culture. Peer Review
• Loading.... [electronic resource] a journal of the Canadian Game Studies Association.
• Simulation & games.
• Simulation & Gaming. Peer Review
• The Writing center journal [electronic resource]. Peer Review

Primary Sources

• Publication Cycle (Engineering & Science): to find primary and secondary sources of information, use tertiary sources of information: dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks. When a researcher publishes material, they follow the cycle clockwise. To find primary and secondary sources, follow the cycle anti clockwise.

SEARCH TIPS

• Begin by defining exactly what you are searching for.
• Select the keywords/synonyms in your topic.
• Be specific when determining keywords/synonyms and terms to search.
• Use the advanced interface of electronic databases and Internet search engines to help narrow your search
• Limit results in electronic databases to full-text or peer reviewed journals only
• Use Boolean Operators to connect search terms (Click for a brief explanation of Boolean Operators)
• Take notes during your research to keep track of where you have been, keywords searched, what worked and what didn't, etc.
• Googlepedia [electronic resource]: the ultimate Google resource / Michael Miller.
• Google search secrets [electronic resource] / Christa Burns and Michael P. Sauers.

More Writing & Citing Resources: 

Write down or store all the references you have consulted to include them in your bibliography of your research paper (e.g., Mendeley)

Writing Help

• Advice on Research and Writing
• IEEE Citation Style Guide
• Citing Electronic Resources
• Technical Report Writing (NASA)
• Academic Writing Centre and the Writing Tutorial Service (Carleton University)
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
• The craft of editing : a guide for managers, scientists, and engineers / Michael Alley.

Literature Reviews

Internet resource:

• Selected Links to Resources on Writing a Literature Review

Print books:

• Conducting research literature reviews : from the Internet to paper / Arlene Fink.
• The literature review : a step-by-step guide for students / Diana Ridley.
• Scientific writing and communication : papers, proposals, and presentations / Angelika H. Hofmann.

Database:

• Annual Reviews Online / Authoritative, analytic reviews in 34 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. They synthesize the vast amount of primary research literature and identify the principal contributions in each field.