I have recently tried to get my brain around using a Firefox extension called Zotero, it basically lets me save a book of a site like amazon, and it gathers all the relevant bibliography information. I attempted to just do a little research and see how it works; these are the results that i got that are relevant to my course:
Busby, J., Parrish, Z. & Wilson, J., 2009. Mastering Unreal Technology: v. 1: Introduction to Level Design with Unreal Engine 3: A Beginner’s Guide to Level Design in Unreal Engine 3 1st ed., Sams.
Autodesk, 2009. Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 Foundation for Games, Focal Press.
Susaeta, H. et al., 2010. From MMORPG to a Classroom Multiplayer Presential Role Playing Game. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 13(3), pp.257-269.
Schrader, P. & McCreery, M., 2008. The acquisition of skill and expertise in massively multiplayer online games. Educational Technology Research & Development, 56(5/6), pp.557-574.
I find this programe extreamly over complicated, or perhaps its just the way that the ui is setup, from the way that me and my peers have been talking - everyone seems to dislike this piece of software, not because it isnt very good, but because it has a very long winded way of doing things.
Although, however complicated it is, i think it is going to be extreamly useful in the future when i am required to build a bibliography of my own, even with the awkward learning curve it will save me a lot of time stumbling in the dark.
One you have Zotero set up and have got into the habit of using it, it actually saves a lot of time and effort (and, of course, you will always have your research materials to hand in the Zotero database).
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the task again, you'll see it asks for two full length books, to contribution to a book and two journal articles.
Have a look at my bibliography for an example of what you're aiming for:
http://criticalgamesblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/bibliography-via-zotero.html
Hi Stefan,
ReplyDeleteYou could probably use the bibliographical material for the essay for the bibiographical task -- two full length books and two contributions to books -- together with the journal articles you have here.