The latest online edition of this core reference work “The Encyclopedia of L&IS” has just been released.

Of special note are several contributions by Drexel iSchool faculty.  Enjoy!

• Business Information and Its Users by Eileen G. Abels
• Citation Analysis by Howard D. White
• Information Visualization by Xia Lin and Yen Bui

Why would I use an information science & technology encyclopedia? Let’s recall for a minute, why we liked encyclopedias so much back in middle school.  They cover all the big topics, provide all the core concepts, are written in accessible language and, with each entry at just a few pages in length, they are quick to read. Later in high school when you learned about bibliographies, you may have recognized that encyclopedias can be handy in directing you to the central books and articles on a topic through the list of references at the end of each entry. But, you might ask, how does this work for info sci & tech topics? My advice – Try it. You’ll like it! Links follow:

Titles include the following: (each title is linked to full-text)

Encyclopedia of database technologies and applications

Encyclopedia of decision making and decision support technologies

Encyclopedia of developing regional communities with information and communication technology

Encyclopedia of digital government

Encyclopedia of distance learning

Encyclopedia of e-collaboration

Encyclopedia of e-commerce, e-government, and mobile commerce

Encyclopedia of gender and information technology

Encyclopedia of human computer interaction

Encyclopedia of information ethics and security

Encyclopedia of information technology curriculum integration

Encyclopedia of Internet technologies and applications

Encyclopedia of knowledge management

Encyclopedia of mobile computing and commerce

Encyclopedia of networked and virtual organizations

Encyclopedia of portal technologies and applications

Encyclopedia of information communication technology

Encyclopedia of artificial intelligence

Encyclopedia of human resources information systems : challenges in e-HRM

Encyclopedia of healthcare information systems

Encyclopedia of data warehousing and mining

Encyclopedia of multimedia technology and networking 2009

Encyclopedia of virtual communities and technologies

These are just the encyclopedias from the newly added collection of over 800 e-books on information systems & technology topics from the publisher IGI Global.  To see a full list of all the books, search the catalog for “igi” and choose the record for InfoSciBooks. Click on the little “i” in the circle for more information – all the new IGI books are linked from that following page.  Enjoy!