BUS 415 - Management Information Systems

Vocabulary is a key to searching. Use references, textbooks or ask your professor if you don't know the terms to search for. Try to search combinations of terms like: "Knowledge base" and "information systems" and business. Or try new concept terms like "Cloud computing". Remember a word may be written as one word or two: data base or database

Reference resources may help you find terms, different disciplines may have different terms for the same topic. 

Sage eReference
Credo Reference

Blackwell encyclopedia of management: management information systems Ref HD30.15.B573 2005
Computer and information security handbook Oversize QA 76.9.A25 C66 2009
Encyclopedia of science and technology ethics Ref Q175.35.E536 2005
Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum and Integration Ref LB 1028.3.E53 2008
Organizational Studies Ref HD31.S24 2006

Scholarly journal articles - note descriptor or subject terms used for items you locate

EBSCO Megafile - search 4 databases including Business Source Premier and Academic Search Premier
Google Scholar - links to scholarly content with citing links
Ingenta - links to some full-text of scholarly content
JSTOR - archive of scholarly journals
ProQuest - psychology, sociology, education, pais links to full-text
Sage eJournals - full-text scholarly articles
ScienceDirect - scholarly/technical articles (ex: science, accounting, management) includes Journal of Strategic Information Systems      

LexisNexis Business news from around the world
ProQuest Newspapers has full-text newspapers for the Wall Street Journal

 What does citing and cited information mean for a research article?

Citing sources: Business documents may look different than most academic research papers, however citing resources is still required for this course. In business, citing your resources gives added credibility to your document. RefWorks

After graduation

RefWorks is still available for alumni, ask for the Group Code

For Minnesota residents - access ELM Electronic Library of Minnesota. Magazines and newspapers available with a Minnesota library card. Business resources include Business Source Premier which has company and industry reports.

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