Understanding Information Systems : What They Do and Why We Need Them.
Title:
Understanding Information Systems : What They Do and Why We Need Them.
Author:
Ratzan, Lee.
ISBN:
9780838998625
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (271 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Describing Information -- Chapter 2 - Representing Information -- Chapter 3 - Organizing Information -- Chapter 4 - Retrieving Information -- Chapter 5 - Networking Information -- Chapter 6 - Securing Information -- Chapter 7 - Concealing Information -- Chapter 8 - Measuring Information -- Chapter 9 - Counting Information -- Chapter 10 - Numbering Information -- Chapter 11 - Managing Information -- Chapter 12 - The Computer as an Information System -- Chapter 13 - The Internet as an Information System -- Chapter 14 - Music as an Information System -- Chapter 15 - Interpreting Information -- Chapter 16 - Counterintuitive Information -- Appendix A - Which Librarian Has the Server? -- Appendix B - The Square Root of Two Is Irrational -- Appendix C - Who's on First? -- Answers to Selected Exercises -- References -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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