Interactive Media Informatics

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:

Dong, J. (2007). Communicating Network dictionary. Saragota, Calif.: Jawin Technologies.	Ballard, P. & Moncur, M. (2009). Sams teach yourself Ajax, JavaScript and PHP all in one. Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams Pub.
Ng, K. & Nesi, P (Ed.). (2008). Interactive multimedia music technologies. Hershey, Pa.: Information Science Reference.	Freeman, J. (2008). 500 simple website hints, tips, and techniques : The easy, all-in-one guide to those inside secrets for building better websites. Hove: RotoVision.

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.

Computer animation	Computer graphics	Digital graphics
Human computer interaction/HCI	Interactive multimedia	Internet programming
Multimedia systems	Three-dimensional display systems	User interfaces (computer systems)
Virtual reality	Visual communication – Digital techniques	Web servers
Web site design	Web site development

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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

• Computer Source

• ProQuest Science Journals

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

Internet World - daily news, information and development topics related to the Internet.

ITtoolbox - find the latest C& news, articles, press releases, jobs, events and much more.

Java World - each weekly issue includes a variety of articles, from Java's use in the real world to reviews of Java software tools and tutorials. Most technical articles include live Java applets and code examples. Java World also provides very useful Question and Answer, and Tips sections.

WebDeveloper.com - online information resource for Web developers and designers to learn how to design web pages. Resources include daily news, how-to articles, product reviews, and downloads of special interest to Web developers.

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