Computer Art, 3D Animation & Visual Effects: Home
MFA Computer Art Department Representative
Library Resources
- Prism CatalogSearch for books, ebooks, movies, articles, magazines, images and more in the SVA Library.
- A-Z DatabasesFind millions of articles and images using our e-resources.
- Research Tools & Information LiteracyA guide to doing research, evaluating sources, writing, citing, plagiarism, and copyright.
Related Guides
Books
The library owns many "art of" books for video games and animated films. Browse titles in our catalog:
- SVA Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Search for physical items, like books, DVDs, Blurays, comics, and magazines in the SVA Library.
- Anatomy for 3D Artists byPublication Date: 2015
- The Animator's Survival Kit byPublication Date: 2001
- The Art and Science of Digital Compositing byPublication Date: 2008
- The Art of Film Magic byPublication Date: 2014
- Art of Nekro byPublication Date: 2015
- The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniv byPublication Date: 2011
- Creativity, Inc byPublication Date: 2014
- Digital Lighting and Rendering byPublication Date: 2013
- The Digital Matte Painting Handbook byPublication Date: 2011
- Matchmoving byPublication Date: 2006
- Production Pipeline Fundamentals for Film and Games byPublication Date: 2014
- The Art of Titanfall 2 byPublication Date: 2016
- The Art of Video Games byPublication Date: 2012
- Physics for Game Developers byPublication Date: 2002
- Videogames and Art byPublication Date: 2007
- 21st Century Game Design byPublication Date: 2006
- Inside Game Design byPublication Date: 2007
- The VES Handbook of Visual Effects byPublication Date: 2015
- The Visual Effects Producer byPublication Date: 2010
- Maya Visual Effects the Innovator's Guide byPublication Date: 2013
- The Complete Guide to Photorealism for Visual Effects Visualization and Games byPublication Date: 2021
- Introducing Autodesk Maya 2016 byPublication Date: 2015
- Mastering Autodesk Maya 2016 byPublication Date: 2016
- Practical Maya programming with Python byPublication Date: 2014
- The Art of Maya byPublication Date: 2007
- Introducing ZBrush byPublication Date: 2012
- ZBrush Characters and Creatures byPublication Date: 2015
- Pro tools 101: an Introduction to Pro tools 12 byPublication Date: 2015
- Processing for Visual Artists byPublication Date: 2010
- Web Animation Using JavaScript byPublication Date: 2015
- The History of Motion Graphics byPublication Date: 2013
- Ars Electronica 1979-2004 byPublication Date: 2004
- Code: The Language of Our Time: Ars Electronica 2003 byPublication Date: 2003
- Telematic Embrace: Visionary Theories of Art, Technology, and Consciousness byPublication Date: 2003
Computer Art Journals
- 3D WorldCurrent plus last 4 years in print; 2016-present digitally in Flipster.
- Animation MagazineFall 1988-present in print; 2016-present digitally in Flipster.
- AspectPrint: no.1(2003)- present
- CinefexPrint: no.14(1983:Oct.)-no.51(1992:Aug.) (incomplete)
no.61(1995:Mar.)- present (incomplete)
Current plus last 6 issues located in Periodicals Display area. - Computer ArtsSeptember 2010 - present in print; 2016-2020 digitally in Flipster.
- Computer Graphics WorldFull-text access: 1988 to present
Print: Library retains current plus last 4 years only. - Journal of Digital ImagingPubMed Central (PMC) Open Access 1997 to present (Embargo: 1 year)
- LeonardoFull-text access: 1997 to one year ago
Print: v.21:no.1(1988)-v.24:no.5(1991)
v.26:no.1(1993)- - PostLibrary retains current plus last 3 years.
- Stashno.58(2009)- After issue 67, issues released online. See record for link.
- Step Inside DesignPrint: v.18:no.4(2002:July/Aug.)-v. 25, no. 2 (2009 Mar-Apr)
- WiredMay/June 1993 - present in print; 2015 - present digitally in Flipster.
Databases
Full-text Articles & Ebooks:
- Oxford Grove Art Online This link opens in a new window
Grove Art is the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, offering global coverage of visual culture, composed and expanded regularly in collaboration with thousands of scholars and specialists around the world.
- Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Formerly Art Source. Offers broad coverage of art topics, including painting, photography, sculpture advertising art, art history, film, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design archaeology, architecture, decorative arts, folk art, textiles and more. Full text access to over 630 art and design journals with coverage from 1929 to the present.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full text scholarly database of 2,800 multidisciplinary journal titles focused on the arts, humanities and social sciences. **Artstor has moved to the JSTOR platform as of August 1, 2024** Artstor images document artistic traditions across many time periods and cultures including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Digital images come from museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. The collection is over 2+ million images. Users must create a personal account.
- Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Provides access to over 12,000 periodicals with millions of articles available in full-text covering the arts, sciences and humanities.
- Flipster This link opens in a new window
Flipster is a web and app solution for reading complete digital surrogates of magazines. The SVA Library subscribes to 25 current titles in Flipster: 3D World, American Craft, Animation, Aperture, ArtAsiaPacific, Art in America, Artforum International, The Atlantic, Bon Appetit, Ceramics: Art & Perception, Communication Arts, Cuartoscuro, Diva, Edge, Elle, Frame, ImagineFX, Juxtapoz, National Geographic, New American Paintings, New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, Poets and Writers, Rolling Stone, Thrasher.
Images & Sounds:
- Artstor on JSTOR This link opens in a new window
**Artstor has moved to the JSTOR platform as of August 1, 2024** Documents artistic traditions across many time periods and cultures including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Digital images come from museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. The collection is over 2+ million images. Users must create a personal account.
- Colourbox This link opens in a new window
Stock image source with hundreds of thousands of royalty-free photographs, vector images, and videos for use in your projects. Create an account with your SVA email address. Contact library@sva.edu for the current educational key.
- Westar Music & Sound Ideas This link opens in a new window
Westar Music allows you to download over 300,000 tracks of Production Music, Production Elements and Sound Ideas sound effects in your choice of mp3 and Broadcast WAV files. All new releases are immediately posted on the site and we release thousands of new tracks every year.
Sound Ideas offers sound effects and production elements for television, film sound design, game development, post-production, interactive media and any other professional or educational audio production use you can imagine.
Film & Video:
- Swank This link opens in a new window
Swank is a streaming film platform with a curated list of available films from major motion picture studios.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is a streaming video platform with a "Netflix-like" user experience and a broad, curated selection of documentaries, indie movies, classics, feature films and training videos. Films can be watched from anywhere, anytime by current students, faculty, and staff.
- EAI Educational Streaming This link opens in a new window
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) is a nonprofit arts organization that is a leading international resource for video and media art. Full-length streaming videos are available for over 60 artists, with more being added.
- LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
Thousands of video courses for software, creative, and business skills.