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Design Media Arts

This Library Research Guide is intended as a starting place for UCLA researchers, pointing to resources and strategies for finding information about design and media arts topics.

Game Design

Search the UCLA Library Catalog under the following Subject Headings to locate sources related to game design, games, and gaming:

Amusements
Animation (Cinematography)
Avatars
Board games
Card games
Cinematography --Special effects
Computer animation
Computer art
Computer games
Computer games --Design
Computer games --Programming
Computer graphics
Digital media --Design
Dice games
Digital art
Digital media
Educational games
Electronic games
Fantasy in art
Fantasy games
Gameboards
Games
Graphical user interface
Human-computer interaction
Indoor games
Interactive multimedia
Internet games
Motion --Computer simulation
Multimedia systems --Design
Play
Role playing
Sports
Television game shows
Television quiz shows
Video game characters
Video game characters --Design
Video game music
Video games
Video games --Authorship
Video games --Design
Video games for women
Video games in art
Video games industry
Virtual reality

Also try searching for specific games by name, followed by (Game), e.g.:

Monopoly (Game)
Dungeons and Dragons (Game)