Interactive Media

Starting your Research

Starting your Research

Encyclopedias, handbooks and subject specific dictionaries will help provide useful background information, as well as terms to use when searching the databases. For example:

Wiedemann, J. (Ed.). (2008). Web design: Interactive & games. Köln : Taschen.	Frick, T. (2008).Managing interactive media projects. Clifton Park, N.Y.: Thomson Delmar Learning.
Angel, E. (2009). Interactive computer graphics: A top-down approach using OpenGL. Boston, Mass.: Pearson/Addision Wesley.	Sanchez-Segura, M. I. (2005). Developing future interactive systems. Pennsylvania: Idea Group Pub.

E-books on this topic can be accessed from ITPro.
A GOOGLE search can also help find background information and suggestions for more keywords.

Keywords & OPAC

Keywords & OPAC

Use OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) to find books, journal titles and audio-visual materials in the Library. When searching for information, you need to use keywords. See below for some suggestions.

Content creation	Human-computer interaction	Interactive computer systems
Interactive media design	Interactive multimedia	Interface design
Multimedia technology	System design	Web site design

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Finding Articles Online

Finding Articles Online

The articles inside magazines, journals & periodicals are very useful sources of information. Articles are different from books because:

• they are much more up-to-date
• they are shorter (less to read!)
• they concentrate on topics or specific aspects of topics
• there are many articles being published all the time so you have more choice.

The library catalogue, OPAC, does NOT tell you what articles the Library has, only which journals or periodicals, so the easiest way to find articles is to use the online databases.

• Academic Search Premier

• Art Abstracts

• Business Source Premier

• Computer Source

• MAS Ultra: School Edition

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles are also very useful sources of information, and can be found in the LexisNexis Academic and the Factiva databases.

• Factiva (Dow Jones)

• LexisNexis Academic

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Click here for a list of all the databases subscribed to by TP Library.

Recommended Websites

Recommended Websites

HCI Bibliography - for lists of news and resources, as well as links to other relevant webistes, all to do with human computer interaction.

Interactive Multimedia Technology - a blog that focuses on how interactive technology can support collaboration, communication, and engaged learning. Loads of links to some very interesting applications.

IXDA - an online forum hosted by the Interaction Design Association to discuss patterns, methods, tools, research and more.

Welie.com - a pattern library for interaction design, providing valuable hints and tips on when, where and how to use patterns to meet the needs of the users.

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