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Information Systems

AcademicInfo: Computer Science
An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
ACM, the First Society in Computing
BITCNE: Computer Networks Lecture Notes
Lecture notes and tutorials from LaTrobe University. Includes sections on e-commerce.
Business Benefit Analysis
Targeting information technology with Business Benefit Analysis ™. From IBM site
Business Recovery & Risk Analysis
Site run by the  Computer Security Association. See particularly Library for articles on such topics as security, privacy and risk management.
Business Researcher's Interests
A site well worth exploring - huge amount of information
Computer Abstracts Database
Searchable index of 200 computer journals. Although this a subscription service you can sign up for a 30 day free trial. It is also possible to browse its list of journals. From Emerald. .
Computers & Computer Science Indexes, Abstracts, Bibliographies & TOCs ****
From University of Houston Libraries. Wonderful source of Information.
Computer Security
Covers such topics as risk analysis, cryptography, database and network security. Comes from Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey USA.
Computer Security - Information Resource Portal
" The most comprehensive computer and network security resource on the Internet for Information System Security Professionals "- Says Yahoo, Jan 2000
Computing Dictionary
Searchable free online dictionary of computing
Current Cites (Digital Library SunSITE)
An annotated monthly bibliography of selected articles, books and digital documents on Information Technology. From Berkeley Digital Library. **
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Data Mining
Part of a course from UCLA. A little dated but useful for basics.
Data Warehousing Resources
Resources from 'Computer World". Sites, articles and white papers and more. 
Decision Support Systems Related Sites
Comprehensive links to decision support information, papers, newsgroups, software vendors, course work etc.
Electronic Library in Computing Science
Journals , bibliographies, conferences etc. Many available via FTP
Electronic Markets  Journal Articles by Topic
Good stuff here on electronic commerce
Emerald Computing Cool Sites
Computing sites are annotated and evaluated on five key criteria; style, structure, ease of use, quality of information and usefulness to the practitioner Every site receives a quality rating of between one and five stars
Erik Brynjolfsson's Home Page
Professor at MIT Sloane School of Management. "My research and teaching focus on how businesses can effectively use information technology (IT) in general and the Internet in particular." Sections,  with full-text papers, covered include IT & Organizations, Internet Commerce and IT and Business Value.
Foundations of Information Systems
Primarily a support site for this book by Zwass is has essays and extensive links. 
Getting Business Online
Full text of report (you will need Adobe Acrobat to read it) from the Information Industries and Online Taskforce. Expands on the policy initiates outlined in "Investing for Growth".
Global Information Economy (Goldsworthy Report)
Full text of Information Industries Taskforce report "The Global Information Economy: The Way Ahead " by the Department of Industry, Science and Tourism
Global Informing Science Education Web
It provides on-line resources for those interested in advancing the interests of IS education. Excellent site with case studies, links to  journals., syllabi, conference information, free papers
Idea Group Publishing
Publisher of information science, technology and management . They also have online abstracts of cases available
IGP Teaching Cases Collection
From Ideas Group - IT cases in various industries. There is a cost for the cases.
Information Engineering Services (IES) Web Site: 
White Papers and Articles on XML, Enterprise Portals, Data Warehousing amongst other topics.  
Information Rules
Based on the book which is a strategic guide to the  information economy. Has examples, chapters, themes  and power points for lecturers.
IS WorldNet Homepage
"We will provide information management scholars and practitioners with a single entry point to resources related to information systems technology and promote the development of an international information infrastructure that will dramatically improve the world's ability to use information systems for creating, disseminating, and applying knowledge" See particularly their Research & Scholarship section. For the Australian Section look under Countries.
Knowledge Management
This all-inclusive site features an extensive collection of research papers, articles, and interviews on topics such as data mining, complexity theory, and "the human side of knowledge management;". (Scout Report)
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Links on Objects and Components
Over 18,000 at last count
Macmillan Computer Publishing
Books, downloads and more.
Madalyn's MIS Links ***
MIS & Technology Links from the University of Delaware.
InfoSec Labs -Computer Security and Protection
Company dealing in security and disaster recover. See their articles & information section
National Office for the Information Economy
OECD-DSTI-Home Page
OECD Science Technology & Industry site. Topics include conference on Global Electronic Commerce, cryptography policy and Information Technology Outlook 1999 Also features a year 2000 manual for SMEs
Project 2000 Research - Manuscripts
A research program on marketing in computer mediated environments. Full text of documents in PDF and HTML
ResearchIndex [NEC Research Institute]
ResearchIndex is a digital library that aims to improve the dissemination, retrieval, and accessibility of scientific literature. Specific areas of focus include the effective use of web, and the use of machine learning. Software and data from the ResearchIndex project is available at no cost for non-commercial use. The ResearchIndex project encompasses many areas including the location of articles, full-text indexing of the articles, autonomous citation indexing, reference linking, information extraction, display of query-sensitive summaries, extraction of citation context, distributed error correction, related document detection, and user profiling.
RiskWorld (new 1/99)
Covering news and views on risk assessment and risk management.
School of Management Information Systems Deakin University -School Working Papers
Members of the School of MIS are actively involved in a range of research projects in the fields of Requirements Engineering and Electronic Commerce. Papers are available from 1997 in PDF format.
Shelly Cashman Series
Extension activities based on their publications.
Software Engineering Resources
R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc. has assembled over 800 software engineering resources to help you gather information on a variety of software engineering topics. Both print and electronic resources are considered
TAP:The ADA Project
Tapping internet resources for women in computer science.
Women and Computer Science
Web page run by Ellen Spertus of MIT, in the US. It includes pointers to her own writings, including a full report on Women Undergraduate Enrolment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, and those of several other women. It also has complete articles from journals, and a reasonable bibliography . (Ariadne review)
whatis.com
whatis is a knowledge exploration tool about information technology, especially about the Internet and computers. It contains over 2,000 individual encyclopaedic definition/topics and a number of quick-reference pages. The topics contain about 10,000 hyperlinked cross-references between definition-topics and to other sites for further information.
WWW8 Conference Refereed Papers
Bringing together leaders from academia, research organizations, government and industry to gain a global perspective of the issues facing the Web community. Access to past conferences is available from this page,
WWW Security FAQ
This is the World Wide Web Security Frequently Asked Question list (FAQ). It attempts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions relating to the security implications of running a Web server and using Web browsers
 
Journals
Computerworld Home
Information Research : An International Electronic Journal
PC User Online
Australia's top selling computer magazine
ZD Magazine
Australian site - news, downloads etc.
Wired
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Last updated 2nd July, 2002
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Ilona Eberle :  e-mail: eberle@usq.edu.au