 | Information Modeling and Relational Databases: From Conceptual Analysis to Logical Design (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) by Terry Halpin
Buy new: $76.95 / Used from: $18.85 ORM in my opinion is the most natural way to model data, and in my opinion also, data modeling is the single most important thing in Information Systems
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 | Practical Issues in Database Management: A Reference for the Thinking Practitioner by Fabian Pascal
Buy new: $33.96 / Used from: $16.42 Elaborate on many DB issues you need to know, and the book is fairly sized
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 | The Object Primer: Agile Model-Driven Development with UML 2.0 by Scott W. Ambler
Buy new: $36.40 / Used from: $31.99 I like this book because it introduced to me the notion of requirement classification, plus it discuss many more interesting analysis and desing points
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 | About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper
Buy used from: $3.46 You need pointers on UI design to be a real expert
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 | Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design by Jenifer Tidwell
Buy new: $29.97 / Used from: $24.59 I normally recommend more than one point of view on any issue
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 | Discrete Structures, Logic, and Computability, Second Edition (Jones & Bartlett Computer Science) by James L. Hein
Buy new: $93.05 / Used from: $54.50 You do need to learn the theory behind computers, mainly for curiosity and because as Infromation Systems specialist, you may go into arguments where knowing this stuff can help you!
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 | Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective by Randal E. Bryant
Buy new: $97.02 / Used from: $80.00 You definitly need to learn how computer works (froma developer perspective), this book will also help have stronger arguments!
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 | Essential System Administration, Third Edition by Æleen Frisch
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $14.66 You need to learn as much as you can about administration, and the most popular platforms are windows and linux (you can lookup admin book on other platforms as needed!)
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 | Microsoft Windows Internals (4th Edition): Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 by Mark E. Russinovich
Buy new: $37.79 / Used from: $22.75 Most recommended book to learn Windows internals
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 | Assessing Network Security (Pro-One-Offs) by Kevin Lam
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $13.99 You also definitly need to learn a thing or two about security!
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 | Open Source Security Tools: Practical Guide to Security Applications, A (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series) by Tony Howlett
Buy new: $42.49 / Used from: $21.90 Also learn the Open Source side of security
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 | The Internet and Its Protocols: A Comparative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking) by Adrian Farrel
Buy new: $57.95 / Used from: $39.94 Before you learn about networking you will need to learn about networking
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 | Linux(R) Quick Fix Notebook (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series) by Peter Harrison
Buy new: $33.99 / Used from: $23.72 This is a good book that will introduce you to some of networking basics and how to setup you own services on a linux platform, very nice book
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 | Database Administration: The Complete Guide to Practices and Procedures by Craig S. Mullins
Buy new: $43.19 / Used from: $26.00 DB Admin will aslo be essential
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 | Programming Perl by Larry Wall
Buy used from: $0.03 You need to be a competant programmer and I recommend Perl
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 | Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk (4th Edition) by Brent Welch
Buy new: $49.90 / Used from: $41.08 I also recommend Tcl/Tk
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 | C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition) by Samuel P. Harbison
Buy new: $30.60 / Used from: $24.98 I definitly recommend C, mainly because see is so ubiquitous and you need to learn to realize your full potential
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 | Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming Third Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) by Joe Celko
Buy new: $36.51 / Used from: $34.49 Sql is a must for an Information Systems professional
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 | XML 1.1 Bible by Elliotte Rusty Harold
Buy new: $23.99 / Used from: $5.80 You will also need to learn about XML
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 | XML and Perl by Mark Riehl
Buy new: $31.19 / Used from: $7.49 And how to program with XML
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 | DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model by Jeremy Keith
Buy new: $24.35 / Used from: $15.00 I added this book because it represent the more recent trends in web development and desgin
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 | JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $24.00 Javascript is now more popular than ever! (mainly thanks to AJAX)
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 | Mastering VBA (Mastering) by Guy Hart-Davis
Buy new: $33.99 / Used from: $21.93 Believe it or not, programming office may turn out to be the most suitable solution for some problems
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 | DocBook: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly XML) by Norman Walsh
Buy used from: $20.00 You will need something like thise for your documentation
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 | Word 2003 Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents (Wordware Applications Library) by Scott Driza
Buy new: $26.97 / Used from: $18.95 Or maybe just use Word!
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