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UMass Amherst Libraries

Video Games as Simulations

Books on Gaming etc.

Keep your research organized with a citation manager

Use a citation manager, such as Zotero to keep track of your research.

Put all your references in one place, create quick and easy bibliographies, build your knowledgebase for the rest of your career. For help, check out the online guides and webinars or Ask a Librarian. 

Some tips on using Chicago notation style with Zotero

Databases for your research topics on video games

Databases help you efficiently find good scholarly journal articles on your chosen topic.

Finding Books

To find books at UMass, you have two options.

 

1. Start with the Discovery Search, the general search box on the library home page, www.library.umass.edu.  

Advantages:

This search gives you access to books and articles and more.

 

2. Or, use the Five Colleges Library Catalog.

Advantages:

This catalog lets you search in some very specifc ways, for example, by Library of Congress Subject Heading. Be as specific as possible in your searching. Start with a subject search (use keyword if subject yields no results). Search by author, title, subject, keyword, call number, journal title, etc. For materials on a specific subject, enter your term(s) into the Subject or Keyword search boxes.

To find books outside the Five Colleges, try

1. WorldCat - The combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries. Material not owned by UMass Amherst can usually be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.

worldcat

2. Commonwealth Catalog -  Discover and request (with a UMass Amherst Libraries barcode) popular books, audio books, movies and more from a wide array of Massachusetts public and smaller academic libraries.

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