Library Guides: ECET 380: Entertainment Technology: Library and Online Resources

Welcome!

This guide will help you locate Entertainment Technology resources as they relate to patents by entertainment companies. If you need help with research, I am happy to help!

Recommended Journals

Leonardo
International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and technology.
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law
"Dedicated to the expanding nexus of entertainment, technology, and law in an increasingly connected world."
Wired Magazine
Emerging technologies and their effect on culture, economy, and politics.

Research Resources

Recommended Patent Resources

The below is from Professor Dave Zwicky's Libguide.

Google Patents

This database features Google's easy-to-use search interface, but Google's search algorithm can be inconsistent when dealing with legal-technical patent language. You can use it for doing a first pass when patentability searching, but make sure to use other resources as well.

Please read for further information or to ask for additional patent help.

Patent Lens

This free and open database of international patents has a modern search interface and offers some unique patent searching tools.

Derwent Innovations Index

This database covers international patents and rewrites the titles in easier-to-read language. Most topics go back to the 1960s. This is a subscription database for Purdue users, and not open to the general public. Derwent is recommended for researchers and students, but is not the best choice for a formal patentability search.