LibGuides: Management Information Systems: Discovering the Literature

Main Journal Article Databases

ABI/Inform Complete This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive business database containing thousands of journals. The combination of products forms a business database package that offers full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window An online collection of all ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) journals and magazines, including all Transactions. Includes current issues and archives of back issues from the 1950s forward (where available).
Computer Source This link opens in a new window Contains nearly 300 full text journals and magazines covering topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software.
Computing This link opens in a new window The premium resource for those who need access to comprehensive coverage of computer topics. The database includes over 430 titles, with over 350 available in full text.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Provides access to data on over 15,000 active and inactive U.S. public and 20,000 international companies. Searchable by corporate information, executives, financials, ratios, industry codes and pricing. Builder Reports available in Word, Excel, HTML or PDF. Country profiles provide industry, economic, and demographic indicators.

Supplementary Journal Databases

Research Library This link opens in a new window Provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects and includes full-text access for thousands of titles, including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.

E-Books

Book Collection - Nonfiction This link opens in a new window A cross-curricular research database that contains abstracts and searchable full text for more than 4,000 popular nonfiction books for youth on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills, and more.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window From a single interface, researchers can access over 810,000 ebooks and 1,350 imprints from more than 650 publishers. On average, 100,000 newly published titles are added each year from leading publishers to help libraries build dynamic collections that meet the unique needs of their community of researchers.
Ebooks on EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window Provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online.

O'Reilly Open Books Project
Provides access to computer science books published by O'Reilly that are not under copyright.

Websites

CiteSeer: Scientific Literature Digital Library
A scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science.
Brint
Resource for business technology management.
Pew Research Center: Internet and Technology
Webopaedia
Contains definitions of computer and Internet terms.

Government Information

NTIS: National Technical Information Service
Provides access to the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today.
American FactFinder
American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract of the United States is an aggregate of statistics from various sources. It is easily searchable by subject and has tables covering most common statistical questions.
Census Bureau: Business & Industry: Economic Statistics
The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau in years ending in 7 and 12. Much of the information is also available via American Factfinder.