Understanding information systems
Ratzan, Lee.
Understanding information systems what they do and why we need them / [electronic resource] : Lee Ratzan. - Chicago : American Library Association, 2004. - xvi, 253 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.
Describing information -- Representing information -- Organizing information -- Retrieving information -- Networking information -- Securing information -- Concealing information -- Measuring information -- Counting information -- Numbering information -- Managing information -- The computer as an information system -- The Internet as an information system -- Music as an information system -- Interpreting information : numbers as meanings -- Counter-intuitive information.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Information science.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Computer science--Popular works.
Mathematics--Popular works.
Electronic books.
Z665 / .R366 2004eb
020
Understanding information systems what they do and why we need them / [electronic resource] : Lee Ratzan. - Chicago : American Library Association, 2004. - xvi, 253 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.
Describing information -- Representing information -- Organizing information -- Retrieving information -- Networking information -- Securing information -- Concealing information -- Measuring information -- Counting information -- Numbering information -- Managing information -- The computer as an information system -- The Internet as an information system -- Music as an information system -- Interpreting information : numbers as meanings -- Counter-intuitive information.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Information science.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Computer science--Popular works.
Mathematics--Popular works.
Electronic books.
Z665 / .R366 2004eb
020