Information: A Fundamental Construct by Robert B. Allen (rba@drexel.edu). This is a broad overview of information science and systems.

Notice: The text is still under development. Some sections are nearing completion while others need extensive revision. There will be frequent updates at this site. All comments, questions, corrections, and suggestions are welcome.

Introductory Material, pdf

Chapter 1 Information, pdf, ppt

Chapter 2 Knowledge Representation, pdf, ppt

Chapter 3 Documents and Metadata, pdf, ppt

Chapter 4 Tasks and Activities, pdf, ppt

Chapter 5 Human Cognition, Affect, and HCI, pdf, ppt

Chapter 6 Social Interaction and Education, pdf, ppt

Chapter 7 Natural Language, pdf, ppt

Chapter 8 Information Services, pdf, ppt

Chapter 9 Society, Economics, and Business, pdf, ppt

Chapter 10 Scholarship, Science, and Domain Informatics, pdf, ppt

Chapter 11 Text and Human Language Technologies, pdf, ppt

Chapter 12 Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Simulation, pdf, ppt

Appendix, pdf

Index, pdf

Complete text in one file (13.5 MB), pdf