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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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

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	R 331.702 W633c

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
 

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

 

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
 

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/

 

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

 

For a list of Web searching tools, see the Find: web searching tools page (http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.shtml).