Media and English blog - Library Guides at University of Sunderland

an open book surrounded by fairy lights Let's have a look at some of our books on gaming design:

Bang (2016) Picture this: how pictures work
Barker, Smith and Attwood (2021) Watching Game of Thrones: how audiences engage with dark television
Galuzin (2016) Preproduction blueprint: how to plan game environments and level designs
Lemarchand (2021) A playful production process: for game designers (and everyone)
Lengyel (2016) Foundations of game engine development. Volume 1 - Mathematics
Lengyel (2019) Foundations of game engine development. Volume 2 - Rendering
Rogers (2019) Understanding esports: an introduction to the global phenomenon

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Did you know you can get subject updates from the Library?

Your Academic Liaison Librarian - Suzie Williams - regularly writes blog posts for this Media and English Library Subject Guide. The posts cover a wide range of topics including details about new books we have bought for you to use, promoting key resources in your subject and much more. You can sign up to get an email alert to any new posts - there are a couple of posts each month so you won't be inundated with emails, and you can choose to unsubscribe at any time. Just go to the Media and English blog page and enter your email address where it says "Subscribe." Happy reading! ...

Media and English Library Subject Guide

As you're starting to get into your assignments, now is a great time to explore the Media and English Library Subject Guide, designed especially for you. This guide has been designed by Suzie Williams, your Academic Liaison Librarian, to bring together all the key library resources for your subjects (print and online) with help and advice on how to develop your research skills. As you read it, think about the modules you are doing at the moment, and think about how these resources can help with your assignment research. ...

Settling in? Get stuck into the Library Essentials Guide

I hope you’re settling into the academic year well. Through the Library we have lots of lovely resources to help you with your studies and research. An excellent place to start is to explore our Library Essentials Guide. Here you can find all the basics about the library including things like booking yourself onto a library tour to explore our facilities, how to do printing, learning how to use books, ebooks and journals, and so much more. How about sitting down with a cuppa and reading up on all we have to get you off to a good start for this academic year. ...

Welcome to all new and rerturning students

Welcome - I’m Suzie Williams and I am your Academic Liaison Librarian. I work with your lecturers to ensure we have the right resources for you in the University Library (in print and online) and help you to develop the skills to use these resources when doing research for your assignments. We have lots of help and support available to you whatever your experience has been of using libraries elsewhere. Here are 3 things you can do to get started with using the library. Pop into our library buildings to have a look around to explore our great study spaces. Most of the print resources for your subjects are in the Library@DavidGoldman and St Peter's Library so I recommend you start exploring there. Book yourself onto a library tour with one of our friendly staff/ Explore your Library Subject Guide, specially designed for you - Art and Design Library Subject Guide. I am looking forward to meeting you - do say hello if you see me on campus! ...

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