Research Guides: Design and Development of Information Tools: Background

Background and Overview

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Encyclopedia of communication and information by Jorge Reina Schement
ISBN: 9780028658872
Publication Date: 2003-12-01
Designed for the non-specialist, this is a complete reference covering finance and banking, accounting, marketing, management and information systems. Drawing on practical expertise and current scholarship, the contributors include executives, scholrs and government administrators.

Encyclopedia of geographic information science
Articles about GIS topics.
Encyclopedia of information ethics and security
Topics include education, the workplace, health, privacy, intellectual property, identity, computer crime, cyber terrorism, equity and access, banking, shopping, publishing, legal and political issues, censorship, artificial intelligence, the environment, communication.