About IGI Global

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Contact Us Founded in 1988, IGI Global is an international publishing company specializing in scholarly research publications and databases covering all aspects of information science technology utilization and management.

IGI Global, headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania (USA) is a leading academic publisher of books, journals, encyclopedias, teaching cases, proceedings, and databases covering the areas of education, social science, library science, healthcare, business management, public administration, and computer science. Offering premier and peer-reviewed content to international researchers, librarians, and universities, IGI Global actively publishes under five imprints — Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, Medical Information Science Reference, Engineering Science Reference and IGI Publishing.

In 2002, IGI Global began launching its series of electronic databases, including InfoSci-Journals, InfoSci-Books, InfoSci-On-Demand, InfoSci-Subject Databases and Business-Technology-Solution. These full-text electronic resources offer access to IGI Global’s entire collection of book, journal and case publications in a state-of-the-art, XML-powered platform and search engine that includes CrossRef, COUNTER compliant statistics, and a single personalized gateway. Whether an institution or consortium subscribes to individual e-books, e-journals or a premier research database, all members can take advantage of the XML-powered research content which enables a full-text searching and ranking system, enhanced search options, scaffolding to display the search pattern, and several options to refine searches with filtering.

IGI Global is partnered with the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA), an organization that supports the advancement of technology through publishing scholarly journals and holding annual awards programs for exceptional research. Through several non-profit and open access programs such as the Library Technology Collaborative and the IGI Global Online Symposium Series, the company promotes the sharing of technology-related research and academic collaboration.

Always upholding the values of outstanding service and highest quality, IGI Global is internationally recognized as a disseminator of academic excellence.

Mission

IGI Global is committed to publishing scholarly books, journals, cases, encyclopedias, handbooks of research and electronic resources of the highest quality that provide comprehensive insight into all aspects of information science, business science, medical information science and engineering science. As an internationally-recognized publisher, IGI Global seeks to facilitate the availability of academic excellence and disseminate innovative knowledge worldwide.

IGI Global Imprints

Information Science Reference
Information Science Reference (ISR), publishes high-quality, dynamic, and comprehensive reference materials in all areas of computer science and information technology. Edited by some the most notable experts in the field of computer science and information technology management, ISR offers sources of evolutionary research that are essential to the growing need for comprehensive compendiums of the most current technological discoveries and implications.

Medical Information Science Reference
Medical Information Science Reference (MISR) expands knowledge on topics related to the role of technology in biomedical and healthcare research and practice. Covering applications ranging from technological tools utilized to support high end research activities such as mining and analyzing genomic data to administrative applications such as managing patient information in medical practices, MISR titles provide comprehensive, cutting edge collections of research of vital interest to biomedical researchers, healthcare technology specialists, hospital and clinical administrators, healthcare practitioners, medical librarians, and a variety of other audiences, as well as students and educators in a range of related fields.

Business Science Reference
Business Science Reference (BSR) is the scholarly publisher of emerging publications concentrating on emerging research in business management-, administration-, and organization- focused applications of accounting, finance, education, business policy, human resources, marketing, services, operations, manufacturing, enterprises and entrepreneurship. With a breadth of publications that aim to address key Business Science topics, Business Science Reference (BSR) offers a platform for innovative research shaping the advancement of modern global business.

Engineering Science Reference
Engineering Science Reference (ESR) disseminates breakthrough research influencing the way society manufactures and operates. Designed to provide a platform for researchers and professionals interested in the evolutionary progression of civil, environmental, and industrial development, ESR titles address issues related to problem-solving technologies used in methodological planning, and the design of viable materials that apply to aerospace-, chemical-, civil-, electrical-, environmental-, mechanical-, and computer engineering.

IGI Publishing
"Publisher of Computer Science and Information Technology Management Books, Journals, and Cases Since 1988"
IGI Publishing (IGIP) is a publisher of scholarly and academic books, journals, teaching cases, and conference proceedings in all aspects of Computer Science and Information Technology Management and its application to global organizations. IGI Publishing (IGIP) offers the highest quality publications covering emerging developments in data management, IT engineering, business value solutions, knowledge management, and multimedia technologies.

IRM Press
"Creating an Understanding of the Knowledge Society"
IRM Press publishes innovative information technology titles in all aspects of IT utilization and management in modern organizations. IRM Press provides the latest research on technology and its evolutionary progressions guiding the future of human interaction, technological adoption, and virtual communities.

Information Science Publishing
"Enhancing Knowledge Through Information Science"
Information Science Publishing (InfoSci) publishes novel titles with focus on the utilization of information science for the gain and collection of knowledge. InfoSci's publications explore cutting-edge topics such as distance learning and education, Web-based teaching technologies, and how information communication technologies effect the way knowledge is acquired.CyberTech Publishing
"Information Technology Solutions for Global Progress"
CyberTech Publishing produces innovative and solution-based publications, providing IT practitioners and researchers cutting-edge IT solutions for problems and challenges in public and private organizations. CyberTech offers the most recent knowledge of technological diffusion and the application of information technology to commerce, government, and communication exchange.

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