Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology

This five-volume encyclopedia includes more than 550 articles highlighting current concepts, issues and emerging technologies in fields such as: Distance Learning, Virtual Communities, Databases, Electronic Commerce, and many more. These articles are enhanced by special attention that is paid to over 5,000 technical and managerial terms with detailed definitions and over 11,500 sources of information that can be accessed by scholars, students, and researchers in the field of information science and technology.