Management Information Systems Research Guide

Written by Chistopher Maruca

The focus of th MIS program is on managing business information systems that support core business processes. This major develops the students' knowledge of specific managment issues as well as the core elements of business.

Management Information Systems (MIS) differs from Management Science & Information Systems (MS&IS) and Computer Science. Concisely, MS&IS concentrates on quantitative business analysis skills. Computer Science is the study of computers, software engineering, and complex computer programming disciplines. Computer scientists conceive and construct the hardware and software used to build computers and compile application software. MIS majors may be considered the liaisons that complete the communication link between business and computer science. Management Information Systems graduates focus on the application of information technology within the organization.

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Sample subjects in the CAT:

•	Application development	•	Enterprise resource management
•	Application Software	•	Information resource management
•	Business data communications	•	Information technology management
•	Business data management	•	Internet technologies
•	Business process reengineering	•	Intranets (computer networks)
•	Data warehousing	•	Management information systems
•	Electronic commerce	•	Organizational Change
•	Electronic data interchange

Databases

Articles

Safari

•	Safari is an electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals
•	It provides e-books in technology from major Information Technology publishers such as O'Reilly, Sams, and Que

Standard and Poor's Net Advantage

•	Investor information products
•	Industry Surveys
•	Company profiles and Corporation Records
•	Stock, bond and fund research

ValueLine

•	Investment advisory publication
•	Reports, articles, and company highlights

ACM Digital Library

•	Computer science database containing the full-text of journals, articles, and conference proceedings distributed by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Compendex

•	Comprehensive engineering resource with just under seven million records referencing five thousand journals and engineering conference materials
•	An exceptional tool to locate articles relating to information systems, process reverse-engineering, and Wi-Fi networks

IEEE Xplore

•	An engineering database containing full-text publications from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
•	Contains publications that concentrate on computer hardware and software

Information Science Abstracts Plus

•	Queries abstracts that are relevant to the management of information systems

ProQuest

•	Search for newspaper, magazine and journal articles. Many full-text
•	Includes the ABI/Inform database, the premier database for business periodicals

Company Information

Hoovers Online

•	Proprietary company and industry information, SEC filings, plus reports on money management, career development, news, and business travel

Mergent Online

•	Information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. Public companies
•	Detailed, standardized financial statements
•	Searchable by company name, industry codes, revenue levels, and other characteristics
•	Comparative analysis among companies
•	Access to SEC reports

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

•	Investor information products
•	Industry Surveys
•	Company profiles and Corporation Records
•	Stock, bond and fund research

SEC Filings and Forms

•	Securities and Exchange Commission maintains the EDGAR database that provides online access to corporate 10K and 10Q documents

Web/Print Resources

Reference Resources

Major Companies

Selected Websites

Electronic Journals

Selected Journals

Career Information