Video Game Studies
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Recommended Database Search Terms
General Search Terms
Video games
Videogames (one word)
Electronic games
Computer games
Gaming
Internet games
Online games
Game Studies Specific Terms
Video games AND History
Video games AND psychology
computer games AND psychology
Computer games AND History
Computer games AND psychological aspects
Video games AND social aspects
Computer games AND social aspects
Video games and children
Searching in Databases
For more information on what databases are, what kinds of databases the University of Michigan Library subscribes to, and how to best utilize them in your research into video game studies and other topics of interest, please see the Finding Articles article in the Essentials of Library Research guide. This article provides general facts on databases, as well as how to use some of the major databases the library subscribes to.
General Databases for Game Studies
For finding academic articles about video games and game research, we recommend using the U-M Library Articles Search (filter by 'Articles from Scholarly Journals Only' in the search results screen.)
The additional databases listed below also include links to full text articles and journals pertaining to computer and video game studies research, analysis, criticism, and other writings on the field.
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Academic OneFileProvides indexing for over 8,000 scholarly journals, industry periodicals, general interest magazines and newspapers.
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Communication & Mass Media CompleteCoverage of more than 500 full-text journals in the communication and mass media fields.
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ERIC - Education Resources Information CenterA bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million education-related citations going back to 1966.
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ERIC [ProQuest]U.S. Dept. of Education database providing extensive access to educational-related literature.
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JSTORFull-text access to the archives of 2,600+ journals and 35,000+ books in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences.
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Nexis UniFull-text access to over 15,000 sources of news, business, legal, and reference information worldwide.
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ProQuest Research LibraryIndexes over 5,000 journals and magazines, academic and popular, with full text included for over 3,600.
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PsycInfo (APA)Premier resource for surveying the literature of psychology and adjunct fields. Covers 1887-present. Produced by the APA.
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Video Game History Foundation Digital ArchivePortal for digitally preserved content from the Video Game History Foundation Library. Includes consumer magazines, E3 directories, promotional material, and developer notes and papers.