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research resources for students

Below are some pointers for students interested in CMC, games studies, internet studies, etc. This is by no means a complete list but meant to be a jumping off point. ITU students should also visit the library on the ground floor of the building for further lit assistance.

Search Tools & Evaluation

Seven Commandments of Highly Effective Web Searching
Evaluating Web Pages
Critical Thinking About What You See On The Web
The Ethics and Politics of Search Engines
Google Scholar (do not use Google Scholar as a substitute for searching comprehensive academic journal databases. Consult your reference librarian for help.)

Citation Practices

Citing Sources
IT University of Copenhagen policy on academic integrity
APA Style Guide
MLA Style Guide
Chicago Style Guide

Ethics and Netiquette

AoIR Ethics Report (pdf)
The RESPECT Project
Core Rules of Netiquette

Academic Peer-reviewed Journals on Net/Games/CMC/New Media

Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
Game Studies Journal
First Monday
Sociological Research Online (sometimes carries new media articles)
DiGRA and AoIR conference proceedings
Games & Culture (print)
Convergence (print)
New Media & Society (print)
Information, Communication, & Society (print)

Game News, Blogs
(Note: This is a very small sampling of what is available. Rather than list everything possible please refer to these sites for additional links. Also, please keep in mind that the articles/posts on these cites are generally not peer-reviewed in the academic sense, though they may link to such studies.)

Terra Nova
Gamasutra
Game Research
WaterCoolerGames
GrandTextAuto
WomenGamers
How They Got Game
Biting the Hand (no longer in publication but excellent library of articles), also Skotos
Gay Gamer
Moby Games
Slashdot Games
The Escapist