Animation & Visual Effects Subject Guide

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Topic	Call Number Area
Trick Cinematography/ Special Effects	TR858
Animation General Works	TR897.5
Computer Animation General Works	TR897.7
Computer Animation Morphing	TR897.75
Computer Science- Computer Software	QA76.5-QA 76.9
Multimedia Systems	QA76.575
Texturing & Modeling	QA76.6
Programming Languages, Operating Systems	QA76.73-QA 76.76
Interfaces, Usability	QA76.9
Drawing, Design, Illustration	NC1765-NC1766.5
Drawing for Animation, Anime, Cartoons- General Works	NC1765
Anime, History of Animation, Individual Animators, Animated Characters	NC1766
Censorship	NC1766.5.C45
Comic Books & Strips	PN6700-PN6790
Comic Books General Works	PN6710
Comics in the United States, History of Comics	PN6725
Collections of Comics	PN6726
Individual Authors or Works, Comic Books and Graphic Novels	PN6727
Comic Books and Graphic Novels from other Countries & Manga	PN6790
Motion Pictures, Animated Films	PN1993-PN1999
Film Festivals/History of Film	PN1993.5
Special Topics in Film	PN1995.9
Storyboards, Film Production	PN1995.9.P7
Screenwriting, Writing for Animation	PN1996
Filmmaker Biographies	PN1998.3
Special Corporations (such as Disney)	PN1999

Cultoons! rare, lost and strange cartoons (2008)
The animator's survival kit animated (16 discs)
The indie 50: 3D World's greatest independent animated shorts, 1997-2007 (2008)
Pixar short films collection (2007)
History of animation (2007)

Iceshed (Shora Farahani, 2009)
The fat mongoose (Lan Tang, 2008)
Fresh chicky (Jongbaum Kim, 2008)
Motivation (Chris Doerhoff, 2008)
Flower (Jong Hyun Kim, 2008)
Ayog (Morris Mozingo, 2008)
Skin (Angela Mistretta, 2008)
Once... (Yu Ying Chien, 2008)
Pore living (Saul Sandoval, 2007)
Night train (Hakjoon Lee, 2007)
Nano (Michael Raphaelovich, 2007)
Lunch Time (Erin Lehmkuhl, 2007)
Anastasia (Praveen Mathew, 2007)

Articles and Reference Resources

Online Articles Database Descriptions

Proquest
Wilson Art Full Text
Wilson OmniFile
Oxford Art Online
Wilson Cinema Image Gallery
IMDbPro (email library@academyart.edu for username and password)

Blogs

Effects Corner

Image Websites

Professional Organizations

Other Websites

The Animator’s Survival Kit
Sound Effects:
Screenplays:
- Shrek
Image Resources in the Library (Printed)
- Picture Files
- Stock Photo CDs
Safari Technical Books are available with a San Francisco Public Library Card.
- Includes books on Animation, Maya, Adobe Flash, ActionScript, and more.
- San Jose Public Library and Berkeley Public Library users (with a library card) may also access Safari Books Online through those library websites.
- For Non Bay Area Students, check out your local public library for online access to technical manuals or for technical manuals in their physical collection.

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