Management Information Systems Research Guide

Contents:

Web-based Indexes to journal articles, newspapers and industries
Web databases & online reference
Print Indexes & Journals

CSC Business Administration Department home page

The following are some basic resources in the field of Management Information Systems and Information Management

Web-based Indexes to journal articles, newspapers and industries

Business Source Premier
Provides full text for nearly 3,800 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business, including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. The database also includes other sources of full-text information, such as country economic reports from the EIU, DRI-WEFA, ICON Group and CountryWatch, and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.

Academic Search Premier
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
Coverage: 1975 to present

ScienceDirect
Includes indexing and some fulltext for information management and management information systems topics.

Web databases & online reference

Business Plans Handbook (Online book) Click: Connect to St. Catherine Access
Ed. Lynn Pearce. Vol. 12. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Contains 20 actual business plans for various small businesses, as well as guidance, considerations and a template for those wishing to develop their own business plans.

FOLDOC Free Online Dictionary of Computing http://nightflight.com/foldoc
A free searchable dictionary of jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, standards, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, etc.

TechWeb http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
Definitions of technology terms and concepts with an emphasis on computer-related subjects.

Davis, Gordon. The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Management Information Systems. 1999. CLIC Online Book.

Salehnia, Ali. Ethical Issues of Information Systems. CLIC Online Book.

Print Indexes, Books & Journals

CLICNET has many books on Management Information Science & Information Science.

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems CSC Periodicals
Publishes research "concerning both the management of information technology and the use of information technology for managerial and organizational purposes".

McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology REF Q121.M3
Science encyclopedia covers many aspects of computing and information technology.

Information Science & Technology Abstracts REF Z 699.A1 D6
Covers the world's literature on information science - theoretical and practical, technologies, laws, and industries.