Game Studies

Books and e-books can be found through UC Library's OneSearch, which you can access from the library homepage or in the search box below. After you've put in your keywords and clicked Search, your OneSearch results will appear. You can log in with your UC info to get more custom results and limit your results under the Tweak Your Results panel on the left.

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

Books in the library have subject headings. Subject headings are like hashtags - they describe the content of the item and help point you to resources on a specific topic. 

• Video games -- History
• Video games -- Psychological aspects
• Computer games -- History
• Computer games -- Psychological aspects
• Video games -- Social aspects

Tips for finding subject headings

• Start with a keyword search, using words/phrases that describe your topic.
• Browse the results; choose 2 or 3 that are relevant.
• Look at the Subject or Description field and note the terms used (write them down).
• Redo your search using those terms.
• Your results will be more precise than your initial keyword search.