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- The Art of Game Design: a book of lenses (2008)
- The Game Production Handbook (2006)
- Get In the Game! : careers in the game industry (2003)
- Get In the Game! : careers in the game industry (2003)
- The Animation Book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking--from flip-books to sound cartoons to 3-D animation (1998)
- Become a Digital Designer: a guide to careers in Web, video, broadcast, game, + animation design (2008)
- Challenges for Game Designers (2009)
- Challenges for Game Designers (2009)
- Game Design Workshop: a playcentric approach to creating innovative games (2008)
- Game Design Course: principles, practice, and techniques--the ultimate guide for the aspiring game designer (2007)
- Digital Storytelling: a creator's guide to interactive entertainment (2008)
- C++ For Game Designers (2007)
- The Art of the Storyboard: a filmmaker's introduction (2008)

Find Books By Topic
Browse Books by Call Number
| 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 Games Programming | GV1469; QA 76.73 C672 |
| C++ | QA 73 C153 |
| 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 |
| Calculus | QA76.76.C672 |
| 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 |
- In the Library (Printed)
- Picture Files
- Stock Photo CDs
- Online Image Resources (Digital):
- Character Animation for Games (Gnomon Workshop, 2006)
- Body Modeling for Games (Gnomon Workshop, 2005)
- Head Modeling for Games (Gnomon Workshop, 2005)
- Ipod Game (Chih-Wei Wang, 2007)
- The Animator’s Survival Kit
- Sound Effects:
- Sirocco Sound Effects CD-ROMs
- BBC Sound Effects Library CD-ROMs
- Animal trax CD-ROMs (animal sounds)
- The Designer Sound Library CD-ROMs
- Extreme Music Library CD-ROMs
- Dynamic range / Sonic Boon digital sound effects CD-ROMs
- The Historical series / The Hollywood Edge CD-ROMs
- Lost treasuers of Hanna Barbera sound FX library CD-ROMs
- Safari Technical Books are available with a San Francisco Public Library Card.
- Includes books on Game Design, Animation, Maya, Adobe Flash, 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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