TY - BOOK AU - Ratzan,Lee ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Understanding information systems: what they do and why we need them AV - Z665 .R366 2004 U1 - 020 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Chicago PB - American Library Association KW - Information science KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Computer science KW - Popular works KW - Mathematics KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nird-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3001676 ER -