Management Information Systems Research Guide

This guide is the starting point for identifying, locating, using, and evaluating  materials relating to Management Information Systems in the Carmichael Library and on Internet.  If you need additional assistance, please Ask the Librarian or contact Jason Cooper, Technical Services Librarian, at cooperjd@montevallo.edu or 665-6114.

Finding Library Materials     
Library Catalog
The Library Catalog is often the best place to begin research. Search by author, title, subject, keyword, or a variety of other specialized searches.

Several examples of standard Management Information Systems subject headings appropriate for use in the Main Catalog when searching for Management Information Systems materials are:

• Database management
• Database management -- Computer programs (Subject heading DATABASE MANAGEMENT and the Subdivision COMPUTER PROGRAMS)
• Electronic commerce
• Electronic data interchange (Narrower topic for ELECTRONIC COMMERCE)
• Programming (electronic computers)
• Computer algorithms (Broader topic for PROGRAMMING)
• System analysis
• Telecommunication 

To obtain an authoritative list of subject headings check the Library of Congress Subject Headings, near the Ask Here desk.

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Call Numbers
Carmichael Library uses the Library of Congress system to organize its materials.  Management Information Systems materials, and other related subjects, can be found in these call number ranges:

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Journals and Periodicals
Journals and periodicals are published at regular intervals in print and electronically.

Print Management Information Systems periodicals available in the Carmichael Library include the following:

• Computerworld
• Information Resources Management Journal (new for 2005)
• Journal of Computer Information Systems
• Journal of Information Systems Education
• PC Magazine
• PC World

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Electronic Resources
Databases
Electronic access to journal articles is available from the Databases page.  Most databases can be searched using author, title or subject in either basic or advanced search formats. The results of a search will include either a citation, a citation and abstract, or a citation, abstract and full text of the article depending on the database searched.

Listed below are databases you could use to locate information about MIS.  You can access these, and other databases, from the Databases by name page or the Databases by subject page.

• Business and Management Practices Full Text 

Includes over 2,000 full-text titles, which cover all aspects of business practice, including technology. Coverage starts in 1995.

• Business Full Text Full Text

Includes nearly 850 titles, some with links to full text. Coverage of technology and other business disciplines

• MathSciNet  Index and Abstract

Coverage of some 1,800 journals starting in 1940. Includes several programming and computer science journals

• Academic Search Elite Full Text

Full text for nearly 3,180 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study, this database offers full text information dating as far back as 1985.

Additional information about specific databases is available at each database site. 

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Internet Links
Several recognized Management Information Systems sites are listed below:

• BusinessJournalism.org - Business tools and news from American Press Institute

• CNET - Internet and technology news; reviews of software, hardware and electronics; and software downloads.

• Glossary of Internet Terms - Compiled by Matisse Enzer

• Human-Computer Interaction Bibliography - Links to web standards, computing news, and developer resources compiled by Gary Perlman

• InternetNews - From Internet.com, up to the minute business and e-commerce headlines

• useit.com - From usability expert, Jakob Nielson. Includes a Web usability column, reports, and links to articles about usability and design

• Virtual Computer Library - Hosted by University of Texas

• Web Developer's Virtual Library

• World Wide Web Consortium - Formed in 1994 to form common protocols, which ensure the proper functioning of the Web

• Yale Web Style Guide

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Additional Resources
Associations
Associations provide a forum for the exchange of ideas within a profession.  Listed below are the names of a few Management Information Systems associations.

• Association of Computing Machinery - Formed in 1947, ACM is comprised of 78,000 information professionals

• IEEE Computer Society - Formed in 1946, this is the largest division of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) with 100,000 members 

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Additional Research Guides
Additional Research Guides worth reviewing include the following:

• Internet Resources in Business & Economics - e-Commerce (U. of California, Berkeley Thomas J. Long Business & Economics Library)

• Research Guide: Electronic Commerce (Rutgers University Libraries)

• Internet Resources in Business & Economics - High Technology Companies and Industries (UC Berkeley Long Business & Econ. Library)

• Computer Engineering/Computer Science Research Guide  (University Library at California State U. Library, Long Beach)

• Management Information Systems Research Guide (University of Alberta, Winspear Business Reference Library)

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Compiled by Jason Cooper 3-05