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Management Information Systems |
This guide suggests resources and
strategies for research on management information
systems, which typically are computer-based, and which
are used by an organization to promote the communication
of information within and between organizations.
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Contents
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Background Information |
Facts & Figures |
Find Articles |
Find Books |
Organizations |
Web Resources
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Background Information
(Overview Sources) |
Encyclopedias and other reference
works are an excellent place to start a research project
or simply learn more about a particular topic.
They provide topic summaries, context, and
bibliographies for further reading.
| Encyclopedia of Information
Systems |
R 004 En195 |
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Facts &
Figures (Fact Sources) |
Use dictionaries, statistical
works, atlases, handbooks and similar works to find and
check facts about topics, people, or events.
| Blackwell Encyclopedic
Dictionary of Management Information Systems |
R 658.4038011
B568 |
| Careers in Electronic
Information: An Insider's Guide to the
Information Job Market |
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331.702 W633c |
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Articles |
Search indexes, abstracts, and
databases to find journal, magazine, and newspaper
articles. For a complete list of Kent Library's
online indexes and databases, see the
Find: articles page
(http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find historical/source
materials, use the following print sources:
Business Periodicals Index
To find recent articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed
articles use the following online databases:
ABI Inform
Business Source Premier
Project MUSE
Regional Business News
Westlaw Campus Research
Wilson Omnifile
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General Collection Books |
Use the
Kent
Library Catalog
(http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml) to find
books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers),
videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you
to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress
subject headings. Printed volumes of these headings are
located near the Reference Desk on the main floor.
Subject headings include:
Management Information Systems
Data warehousing
Decision support systems
Information resources management
Information technology
Management communication systems
Office information systems
Project management
System analysis
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Browse the shelves by call
number. Try the following:
004 Data processing Computer
science
005 Computer programming, programs, data
006 Special computer methods
657 Accounting
658 General management
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Organizations |
Professional organizations and/or
societies often provide very useful topic related
information.
Association of Information
Technology Professionals
http://www.aitp.org/index.jsp
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
http://www.isaca.org/
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Web
Resources |
World List of Departments
and Schools of Information Studies, Information
Management, Information Systems, etc.
http://informationr.net/wl/
Data Powers of Ten
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info/datapowers.html
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For a list of Web searching
tools, see the
Find: web searching tools page
(http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.shtml).
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page developed by
Information Services/ PW
last updated: 5/6/09 |