LibGuides: Animation and Game Arts: Home

Welcome!

This guide was created to support the Animation and Game Arts students and faculty at Seneca College. It showcases articles, documents, websites, and other resources of interest to your programs.

This guide supports the following programs: Animation Arts (ANI), 3D Animation (DAN), Game Art and Animation (GAA), Interactive Media Design (INM), Visual Effects for Film and Television (VFT)

Collaborators:

I would like to thank the following Seneca Faculty for their ongoing support and contributions to this Subject Guide:

Joe Raasch

Make a Research Appointment

Contact your Librarian

Elyse Hill
Teaching & Collections Liaison Librarian

elyse.hill@senecacollege.ca

`START HERE FOR DATABASES`

To find articles (newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.), search the following databases:

ACM Digital Library
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)) Provides research, trade and education information pertaining to computer science and information technology.

Details and Terms of Use
Applied Science and Technology Source
(EBSCO) Provides comprehensive research, recent projects and case studies, and news information in all areas of applied science and technology.

Details and Terms of Use
Computer Database
(Gale) Provides access to research, reviews and career information pertaining to the telecommunication, electronic, IT and robotic industries.

Details and Terms of Use
Safari Books Online (also known as OReilly for Higher Education)
(ProQuest / O'Reilly) Provides full-text access to thousands of e-books and videos in IT, Business, Math, Engineering, Design, and other topics.
This is an unlimited-user platform as of January 2019. If prompted for your 'Academic email' while in the Safari platform, enter your full Seneca College e-mail address. If it does not work the first time, enter it a second time. If still unsuccessful, try a different browser.

Details and Terms of Use
Skillsoft Books (formerly known as Books24x7)
(SkillSoft) Provides access to thousands of e-books in the fields of computer and information technology, business, and engineering (ITPro, BusinessPro, FinancePro, and EngineeringPro, respectively), as well as "Leadership Channel" videos.

(NOTE: Only selected content from titles' companion CDs is available: "If a title has CD content available, a link to the content will be in the Table of Contents, as well as in appropriate chapters. Also, a direct link to any companion websites is available via the Companion Website tool for applicable titles.")
Details and Terms of Use
EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection
(EBSCO) Provides access to a large collection of e-audiobooks and e-books, in art, business, computer science, education, history, literature, health and medicine, law, and the humanities and social sciences.
Titles may be single-user or multiple-user. Within the EBSCO platform itself, click into a title and check the information in the "Concurrent User Level" field.

Users must set up their own "My EBSCOhost" account (free of charge) and also have Adobe Digital Editions (free download) and a personal Adobe account in order to check out e-book titles for extended use. Many titles in this collection are one-copy/one-user-at-a-time titles that may be "signed out" for up to 7 days. Users may place a request for titles that are currently checked out by other users.
Details and Terms of Use

Citation and Academic Integrity Tools

APA Citation Guide

Use the Seneca Libraries APA Citation Guide to support integration of sources in your academic work. The Citation Guide will help you avoid plagiarism, create in-text citations, and citations for your References page.

MLA Citation Guide

Use the Seneca Libraries MLA Citation Guide to support integration of sources in your academic work. The Citation Guide will help you avoid plagiarism, create in-text citations, and citations for your Works Cited page.

Destination Academic Integrity

Complete this interactive module to discover the supports and services that will help you understand and practice academic integrity at Seneca.

Assignment Calculator
Use the Assignment Calculator to help you with time management of your project. This tool is simple to use, just identify the start and end dates, choose your assignment type, and you will be given a customized timeline of your work.

Video Tutorials - LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
(LinkedIn) Online video training tutorials on various topics, applications, and software packages including audio and video production, 3D animation, AutoCAD, Maya, web design, computer programming, and business and office applications.
Seneca students, faculty, and staff must first register to use this service by creating a separate LinkedIn Learning account through the "LOG IN TO LinkedIn Learning" link on the http://www.senecacollege.ca/mylearning website. This product was acquired and licensed by Continuing Education, not Seneca Libraries. It is only on our site as a courtesy and research convenience.

Details and Terms of Use

Please enter dates correctly
Date you will begin the assignment:
Date the assignment is due:
Type of assignment: