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CIS 700: Emerging Technologies

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3. Factiva
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1. Business Insights
2. Faulkner's Advisory for IT Studies
3. Gartner IntraWeb
4. Forrester Research
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5. InfoTech Trends

1. Safari Tech Books Online
2. Patent Sources
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1. Engineering and Computer Science Databases
   
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   2. ACM Digital Library
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   3. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
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3. Multidisciplinary Databses
   
   1. Scopus

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2. Subject Headings
   Here are a few headings under which you can find relevant books in our catalog:
   
   • Electronic commerce
   • Electronic voting--United States
   • Information technology--Technological innovations
   • Internet
   • Internet--Technological innovations
   • Semantic web
   • Virtual reality

1. Citizendium Citation Guidelines
2. PLoS Biology Guidelines
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3. The DOI System
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