Understanding information systems [electronic resource] : what they do and why we need them / Lee Ratzan.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.