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Web Design & Interactive Media Research at NEiA

 

1. Getting Started
2. Explore the Stacks for Books
3. Search for Books & DVDs in our Library
4. Magazines: What's New in the Industry?
5. Articles
6. Tools

 

Getting Started

Reference materials help you:

• - Choose a topic
• - Get a quick overview
• - See how a topic is related to other topics

 

Explore the Stacks for Books

Books are organized by subject using a system of call numbers. A fun way to see what's in the library can be to go straight to the shelves! Look in three places:

• Reference stacks
• Main collection
• Oversize section

• • QA75 through QA76.95 Web site development, Web sites (Design), Computer programming, Object-oriented programming (Computer science), Interactive multimedia (including authoring programs like C++, ActionScript, Java, etc
    TK5105 through TK5105.8887 Computer networks; specific aspects of, or services on, the Internet; web authoring software; etc.
    T385 Computer graphics (including Adobe Flash, Photoshop, AfterEffects, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.)
    

    
    

Search for Books & DVDs in our Library

• Know what you want?
• Ready to get specific?
• Already have a topic in mind?

Search our catalog

Use one or two of these keywords to find books & DVDs relevant to your topic: web site development, internet, web sites, design, computer programming, interactive multimedia, computer graphics

 

Magazines: What's New in the Industry?

Stay current: grab a magazine off the shelf! For example:

• 3D World
  Computer Arts
  Computer Graphics World
  Computer Music
  DV
  Game Developer
  Games and Culture
  HDRI 3D
  In Your Face: The Best of Interactive Interface Design
  Layers: The How-To Magazine for Everything Adobe
  Macworld
  Mass High Tech
  PC Magazine
  PC World
  Step Inside Design
  Studio Monthly
  Wired

 

Articles

Looking for magazine, newspaper, or academic/ scholarly/ peer-reviewed journal articles on a certain topic? Here are some eResources that are great for Web Design & Interactive Media:

Arts & Humanities Full Text (access through the eResources page)
500 titles featuring both scholarly peer-reviewed journals and selected trade and consumer titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies.

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) (access through the eResources page)
Contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms, etc. The database is not full-text.

SIRS Renaissance (access through the eResources page)
Provides full-text articles from more than 1,200 domestic and international publications on the following topics: architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and visual arts.

 

Tools

Digital Tutors (access through the eResources page)
Online tutorials and training geared toward CG professionals featuring the current tools and techniques used to create video games, visual effects, and new media.

Virtual Training Company (access through the eResources page)
Access online tutorials for software programs, such as the Adobe Creative Suite.

Stash (access through the eResources page)
A library of animation, visual effects and motion graphics by some to today’s top artists

Gnomon (access through the eResources page)
Training from the world leader in cutting edge art and technology tutorials