These subject headings can help you search for a topic in the library’s catalog, Voyager. These terms might also be helpful in an Internet search.

• 3D Studio
• 3DS Max
• Active server pages (used for "ASP")
• Animated films
• Animated television programs
• Animation (Cinematography)
• Animators
• Anime
• Caricatures & cartoons
• Cartooning
• Clay animation films
• Comic strips, Cartoons, etc.
• Computer adventure games
• Computer animation - Computer programs
• Computer animation - Software
• Computer art
• Computer drawing
• Computer graphics
• Electronic games industry
• Games - Design
• Graphic arts
• Illustrators
• Interactive arts
• Internet games
• Fantasy in art
• Interactive multimedia
• Models & modelmaking
• Motion pictures - Production & direction
• Motion pictures - Special effects
• Multimedia
• Multimedia systems
• Object-oriented programming
• Real-time programming
• Sounds (used for Sound effects)
• Storyboards
• Three-dimensional display systems
• Video game characters
• Video recordings - Production & direction
• Video tapes - Editing Computer programs
• Web sites - Authoring programs
• Web sites - Design
• Web sites - Publishing

The following Call Numbers relate to this program.

These items may be found in the main book shelves, as well as in the Directory (DIR), OVERSIZE, Ready Reference (RREF), Reference (REF), and SMALL BOOKS sections. Please ask at the Circulation Desk for Videos, DVDs and CDs.

• GV 1469 - Video & computer games, fantasy games
• KF 2765 - Copyright, Licensing & Media law
• NC 765-825 - Drawing figures, Anatomy
• NC 1320-1428 - Cartooning techniques
• NC 1765-1766 - Traditional cartoon animation, animated films, animators, animation art
• PN 6710-6736 - Cartoons & comics, particular characters (e.g. The Simpsons, superheroes) & artists (Robert Crumb, Charles Schulz), history of comics (Marvel comics)
• QA 76 - Nature of computers or how-to books for various software programs, Programming, Multimedia systems (e.g. Director, Lingo, Javascript, CGI/Perl, VB, C++)
• T 385 - Computer graphics & how-to guides (e.g. Photoshop, Fireworks)
• TK 5105.888 - Web animation (e.g. GoLive, Dreamweaver); Web basics
• TR 897 - Computer animation history & how-to guides, including program guides (e.g. 3D Studio, Flash, Live Motion, Softimage, Maya Character Studio), Web animation, motion graphics

Library Collection

The AiS Library

Find what you're looking for in the great collection on our shelves!

Voyager Voyager is the library catalog - use this to find materials in the library.

Hot Topics

Resources put together by our librarians on popular subjects.

	Graphic Novels These hefty volumes of sequential art are first in line for motion picture development.
	Sustainability Learn about the movement that's reshaping consumer culture.
	Street Art From the hugely influential Banksy to the anonymous graffiti artis; they ruin buildings as they shape our perceptions.
	Multimedia Stand on the shoulders of giants by using our vast collection of stock images, sound clips, tutorials and more.

Research

Articles

Power tools for research papers that meet scholarly standards.

	Proquest Full-text articles from ABI Complete, National Newspapers 27, and Proquest Psychology.
	WilsonWeb Full text of over 2,000 popular, trade & scholarly magazines.
	eLibrary Full text magazine, newspaper & encyclopedia articles, images and more
	Oxford Reference Library Online reference access to encyclopedias and dictionaries.
	Oxford Art Online 34 volume Dictionary of Art.

Business

Head into the business world armed with quality information.

	First Research via Proquest Market analyses for more than 700 industries, from Ad Agencies to Wineries & Vineyards, and everything in between.
	Marketline On-Campus Access Off-Campus Access Economic and demographic information on companies, industries and countries.

Manuals & Tutorials

Tech Manuals & Online Tutorials

No need to buy expensive software manuals. Read them here. Or fill in the gaps with quality video tutorials

	Safari Books Online Thousands of online technical manuals and streaming video tutorials.
	Virtual Training Company (VTC) Over 60,000 streaming software tutorials.
	Gnomon Workshop Streaming tutorials for visual effects artists. Also, we have more than 200 Gnomon DVDs for checkout in the library.
	Digital-Tutors Online training for emerging CG and digital artists. Email the AiS Library to request login instructions. Plus, we have a collection of Digital-Tutors DVDs for checkout in the library.

Audio, Images & Video

Audio

Raw material for your mix and clips for your multimedia projects.

FirstCom Music Downloadable sound files of compositions in a variety of styles, genres, and instrumentations.

Images & Video

Professional images and stock footage for your creative projects.

	Camio Images High-res images of art from around the world, from a variety of prominent museums.
	Getty Images & Footage Stock image and footage collection for use by students and faculty. To sign up, fill out this User Agreement Form. We'll email the username, password, and instructions within 24 hours (longer on weekends).
	Reuters - DVDs available for checkout Copyright-free news footage from the archives of European news agents ITN and Reuters.
	Footage Firm - DVDs available for checkout Broadcast quality, royalty free, stock footage clips from around the world, many in high-definition.

The library has over 300 magazine and newspaper titles.

A selection of current issues is displayed near the library’s computer lab and does not circulate. Back issues are located in the last three book shelves and may be checked out for one week. If you’re looking for a specific article, please talk to a librarian about using a subscription database.

• 3D Artist
• 3D World
• Animation Magazine
• Anime Insider
• Automobile
• Cartoonist profiles
• Cinefex
• Comics Journal
• Computer Arts
• Computer Graphics World
• Digital Content Producer
• Digital Media World
• Electronic Gaming Monthly
• Game Developer
• GamePro
• Games for Windows
• Giant Robot
• Hi-Fructose
• Hollywood Reporter
• Imagine FX
• Juxtapoz
• Lurzer's International TV Archive
• Mac|Life
• Macworld
• Mangajin
• .Net
• PC Gamer
• PC world
• Penstuff
• Photoshop User
• PSM
• Ranger Rick
• Student Filmmaker
• Toyfare
• Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Magazine
• Wired
• Wizard
• Your Big Backyard
• Zoobooks

Possibly helpful, always interesting sites:

Send us your links!

• Blueprints : 3/4/5-view drawings, templates and blueprints for a lot of objects.
• CG Textures : Enormous, organized archive of FREE textures.
• Creative Commons : Free licenses and other legal tools for creative work.
• Digital Media Net : Tons of news & info for all things digital.
• Eyebeam : Exposing the world to new technologies and media arts.
• fxguide : Special effects compositing and imagery.
• Internet Archive : Permanent access to digital historical collections.
• Matte Painting : Gallery & forum for CG art.
• Rhizome : Emerging artistic practices that engage technology.

Have you read Eat, Pray, Love or seen the movie? Want to talk about it? Join us in NC515, Sept. 9th at 4:00pm. Snacks inspired by the book and prepared by the culinary club will be served.