Some sources of academic papers:

• Association for Computing Machinery. Research material in a variety of computing disciplines.
• Small Business Advancement Database. A large database of business research, with IS, e-commerce, etc. entries.

Some papers discussed in previous years:

• Bellotti and Rogers, From Web Press to Web Pressure. A study of the 'situated' use of IT.
• McKie, Is Democracy At the Heart of IT? An interesting 'social aspects' paper.
• Barrett et al, How to Personalise the Web. Design and implementation research paper.
• Wiesenfeld et al, Communication Patterns etc. An example of clear research design and analysis of results.
• Schroeder, Networked Worlds. Looking at social relationships in electronic communities.