Guides: RCC 200 Board Game Design: Research

Research Topics

Need inspiration? Here are some areas to investigate.

Psychology (motivation, therapeutic uses)

Economic / Political / Medical / Consumer behavior

Training Simulations / Educational Games

Game Theory / System Design

Gamification / Play-based design

Citing Board Games

Gamers Guides: CIting in APA format

Recommended Databases

BoardGameGeek.com
BGG, or just The Geek, is a massive user-generated database dedicated to board games. Resources include detailed cross-referencing of game mechanics, component photos, rules scans, community supplements, reviews, bios of publishers and designers, discussion boards, and links to external resources. Associated websites exist dedicated to both video and role playing games.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
BSP contains articles from scholarly journals, trade journals, and news sources. It covers all areas of business and management. In addition there are company profiles, SWOT analyses, industry reports, market research reports, and country reports.
Additional search help is available at: https://help.ebsco.com/interfaces/EBSCO_Guides/EBSCO_Interfaces_User_Guide
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
CMMC has full-text coverage of 230 journals in communication plus indexing for 600 additional sources. Fields include mass communications, intercultural, nonverbal, conflict resolution, journalism, speech, and film.
Additional search help is available at: https://help.ebsco.com/interfaces/EBSCO_Guides/EBSCO_Interfaces_User_Guide
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Article citations and detailed abstracts of articles from over 2,000 journals published internationally in all areas of psychology from 1872 to the present. Links to full-text articles from PsycARTICLES and Academic Search Premier.
Additional search help is available at: https://help.ebsco.com/interfaces/EBSCO_Guides/EBSCO_Interfaces_User_Guide
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
This indexes 12,500 periodicals in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Physical Sciences, Medicine and Education, with 5,400 titles in full-text. The sources are a mix of academic, professional, and popular periodicals and newspapers.
Additional search help is available at: https://solutions.cengage.com/gale-training/materials/tip-sheets/
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
A favorite for the social sciences, humanities, fine arts, medicine, and education, ASP indexes 8,200 periodicals. Full-text articles from 3,750 peer-reviewed, scholarly journals are found here, plus a number of popular sources.
Additional search help is available at: https://help.ebsco.com/interfaces/EBSCO_Guides/EBSCO_Interfaces_User_Guide

LumenPlus - Search for articles, books, media, and more...

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