Information Technology

Locate Articles in Periodicals

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ABI Inform. 1970-
Location: ALADIN
This covers hundreds of economics, management, and information systems technology periodicals, providing the full text for many of the articles indexed. There is a subject thesaurus available online by clicking on Browse Topics and then on thesaurus. Some useful subject headings are: artificial intelligence, decision support systems, electronic commerce, executive information systems, expert systems, information management, information retrieval, information storage, information systems, information technology, internet, mis, open systems, systems design, systems development, systems management.

ACM Digital Library. 1991 -
Location: ALADIN
Full text of journals and proceedings of the Association of Computing Machinery. Coupling genterm:management with other relevant words is a useful approach.

Business Source Premier
Location: ALADIN
Similar to ABI Inform (above). Some useful subject headings are: information technology, information resources management, and management information systems.

IEEE/IEE Electronic Library. 1988 -
Location: ALADIN
Covers journals and conference proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Institution of Electrical Engineers. While there is no thesaurus, it is possible to search by subject heading, in basic search, by selecting "index terms" in the boxes to the right of the search boxes or, in advanced search, by typing "<in de>" after the term (e.g. information management <in de>). Good index terms to use are, for example, information management, management information systems, and, systems management.

INSPEC. 1969-
Location: ALADIN
This covers journals in information technology, telecommunications, computer science, electrical engineering, and related disciplines, providing abstracts of the articles indexed, though not the full text. There is an online thesaurus of subject headings used in this index. (This can be used by clicking on the box saying, "Map term to subject heading," and typing in a word or phrase. It will then take you to that word or phrase if it is a subject heading, or similar ones, and show what related subject headings also exist, if any). Some useful subject headings are database management systems, decision support systems, expert systems, information retrieval system evaluation, information retrieval systems, information technology, information systems, knowledge based systems, management information systems.

Locate Books

Use the catalogue
Location: Gelman Library Home Page (Click on ALADIN Catalog more search options)
Two useful subejct headings are information technology management and information resources management. Books listing the subject headings used in the catalogue are in the reference area in the library.

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