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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Information science. Information storage and retrieval systems. Computer science--Popular works. Mathematics--Popular works.