... purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Online social networks Computer systems Information systems Sustainable development Sustainable behavior...

...Helen S. Du; Xiaobo Ke; Samuel K.W. Chu; Lok Ting Chan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a statistical analysis of research into emergency management (EM) using information systems (IS) for the period 2000-2016. Design/methodology/approach In this study, research trends...

... (Davis, 1989). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 UDSS MDS Ubiquitous mobility Context awareness Absorptive capacity Perceived usefulness Decision quality Decision support systems Information systems Ubiquitous computing refers to a world where people are surrounded...

... Technology acceptance Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology Knowledge management Information systems Internet Communication systems Web based question‐answer services (WBQAS) are a platform enabling users to post their questions or to answer questions posted by others. In WBQAS...

... of their main problems is the choice of the linguistic resources to offer better coverage and to solve the translation problems in the context of the multi‐lingual information retrieval. Information retrieval Languages Software tools Information systems Databases Dictionaries Thesauri...

... of aesthetics on usability reflect the benefits that web information systems (WIS) offer. Research limitations/implications The model does not include all the relevant variables. Additional studies are required to validate these results. Practical implications This study serves to enhance the aesthetics...

... Science Reference   2010 . , ISBN: 9781605666990 2 Vols Hard cover © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Information systems Communication technologies Information management Internet These two large volumes, consisting of 35 separate essays from over 60 contributors present...

.... Originality/value This paper advances the understanding of the effects of social influence on users' perception of information system qualities as well as usage intention. Social influence exhibits strong effects on users' perception of blog platform qualities. Specifically social influence not only directly...

... focus on the distribution of search time spent using each MeshMed component. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Knowledge management Hospitals Information systems Information retrieval The complexity of medical terminology is a major challenge for consumer users searching...

... a more interactive interface with many query options. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Information systems Disasters Visual media Data handling Earthquakes Earthquakes are natural phenomena that cause numerous casualties and massive damage every year. They are still...

... in a department of a Slovenian company was conducted. Interviews, surveys and a log analysis were used for the data collection. The Delone and McLean information systems success model was the underlying theoretical approach to explore the information, systems and service quality. Findings While a wiki may...

... 2009 --> Worldwide web Internet Information systems Users of commercial websites such as Amazon.com and eBay.com are often oblivious to the complex systems that are employed in making a seamless user experience possible. Many of these websites function in a highly dynamic business...

...Rowena Cullen Edited by Nilmini   Wickramasinghe and Eliezer   Geisler . Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems . Hershey, PA : IGI Global/Medical Information Science Reference   2008 . 422 pp.   $US180.00 (hard cover); $US290.00 perpetual access; $US360.00 print...

...) is the similarity/proximity between terms x_i and x_j in the high dimensional space. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Obesity Information systems Health services United States of America Information searches Online catalogues...

...; and provide guidelines for web usability and solutions in web engineering. Chapter 9, in this section presents the specifications and characteristics of both the accessibility and usability of web‐based applications. Information systems Worldwide web Quality Over the last decade, parallel...

... Group Publishing Limited 2006 Worldwide web Reference services Information systems The two previous Savvy Searching columns discussed open access to scholarly indexing/abstracting and full‐text documents (Jacsó, 2006a, b). The open access movement actually started with the digital...

... in information systems and those conducting grounded theory research on the internet. Communication technologies Information systems Internet Manufacturing resource planning Electronic media This paper begins by examining the internet as a focus of researcher interest. It then outlines...

...Surithong Srisa‐ard This book is valuable for library and information studies instructors, library and information science students, humanities students, computer science students, and the general public. Ratzan discusses the computer, the internet, and music as information systems...

...Péter Jacsó Purpose Aims to discuss the various options for presenting the output of the search results of various online information systems. Design/methodology/approach Investigates and evaluates various methods of presenting search results employed by certain online information systems...

...Philip Barker © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Bibliographic systems Information systems Information resources management Metadata is a “sort of” linguistic notation that allows the properties and characteristics of data and information to be described in very...