Koha home

AIE Institute Library Catalogue 


The library supports students studying at AIE Institute. In the library catalogue, you will find books and online resources for all your units of study. If you require assistance, please email library@aieinstitute.edu.au



AIE Institute has access to the following journals to support you with research and assessments:

 Entertainment Computing

Entertainment Computing publishes original, peer-reviewed research articles and serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating innovative research ideas, emerging technologies, empirical investigations, state-of-the-art methods, and tools in all aspects of digital entertainment, new media, entertainment computing, gaming, robotics, toys and applications among researchers, engineers, social scientists, artists, and practitioners.



 GDC Vault

GDC Vault is a collection of in-depth design, technical and inspirational talks, and slides from the influencers of the game development industry, taken from over 20 years of the worldwide Game Developers Conferences.



 Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media

Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media is an international journal that publishes innovative theoretical and empirical research about games and culture within interactive media. The journal serves as a premiere outlet for ground-breaking work in the field of game studies.

Games and Culture's scope includes the socio-cultural, political, and economic dimensions of gaming from a wide variety of perspectives, including textual analysis, political economy, cultural studies, ethnography, critical race studies, gender studies, media studies, public policy, international relations, and communication studies.



 Cyberpsychology, Behaviour, and Social Networking

The premier peer-reviewed journal for authoritative research on understanding the social, behavioural, and psychological impact of today's social networking practices, including Twitter, Facebook, and internet gaming and commerce.



 International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

The journal provides a forum for international debate on mental health and addiction-related issues and helps make sense of the effects of mental health and addiction on individuals and societies. It reports on current information and developments in mental health and addiction-related research, policy, phenomenology, literature, and treatment.


Log in to your account:

Bachelor of Game Development Library Guide

Here is a guide of alternative resources that will help you with research and develop your skills, this guide includes resources from: 

  • Open Access Databases and Journals
  • Blogs
  • Websites 
  • Professional Associations 
  • Grey Literature 

Databases and Journals with free Open Access resources (ensure that the open access logo is showing)

Taylor and Francis 
JSTOR
ProQuest
Wiley 
IEEE Xplore

Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.

Research Gate
Access 160+ million publications and connect with 25+ million researchers (free sign up is required to access resources).

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library
The ACM Digital Library is a research, discovery, and networking platform.

Games Studies
Game Studies is a non-profit, open-access, cross disciplinary journal dedicated to games research, web-published several times a year.


Other online resources: 

Game Developer
The game industry resource for breaking news and in-depth analysis of the latest game industry tech and trends.

Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA)
IGEA is the peak industry association representing and advocating for the video games industry in Australia and New Zealand.

PC Gamer
PC Gamer is your source for exclusive reviews, demos, updates and news on all your favorite PC gaming franchises.

International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the world’s largest nonprofit membership organization serving all individuals who create games.

Kotaku
Kotaku Australia covers gaming news, reviews, and everything in-between that matter to gamers. It’s by gamers, for gamers.

Australian Centre for the Moving Image
ACMI is your museum of screen culture. Navigate the universe of film, TV, videogames, and art with us.

Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP)
Game Connect Asia Pacific is Australia's premiere game development conference, a part of Melbourne International Games Week.

Creative Bloq
The following magazines from Creative Bloq are great resources:

80 Level
A global digital content publishing network that connects video game companies, talented individuals, and creative organizations for mutual benefit.

ArtStation Magazine
ArtStation is the leading showcase platform for professional artists working in games, film, media & entertainment.


Powered by Koha

Hosted by Prosentient