Integrating video game research and practice in library and information science / Jacob A. Ratliff.
Publisher: Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pa., 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2015]Description: PDFs (300 pages)Content type:- text
- electronic
- online resource
- 9781466681767
- Libraries -- Special collections -- Video games
- Video games -- Research
- Video games -- Social aspects
- Video games in education
- Information behavior
- Collection development
- Education
- Gaming spaces
- Information seeking behavior
- User centered design
- User experience
- Video game communication
- Video game culture
- 025.2/84 23
- Z692.E4215 R38 2015e
- Also available in print.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
A classification of video games and players -- Players as people -- Video game communication -- Video games and health -- Video games and society -- Video games and government -- Libraries and video games: why? -- Education and video games -- Libraries and video games: the practical -- Gaming and information behavior -- Gaming and user-centered design.
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"This book brings together video gaming culture and its unique forms of communication with information behavior research while detailing the nuances of video games and their influence"--Provided by publisher.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed 04/18/2015).