"knowledge management"
Internet Websites
Using your favorite search engine, a search for "knowledge management" will produce many results. Below you will find a sample of the types of websites and information that is freely available online.
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From Information Today, the KMWorld website (<http://www.kmworld.com/>) provides online access to KMWorld Magazine, news links, white papers and more. Some areas of this site may require registration (e.g. White Papers Archives), but this is free.
Brint Institute (<http://www.brint.org/>) provides a gateway to knowledge management information: <http://www.brint.com/km/>. (There is a bit of advertising on this page, if you scroll down you will find information about the site and the various services.
dmoz (<http://www.dmoz.org>) Open Directory Project is (from their about page) "... the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors." Within the Reference area of this site there are pages devoted to Knowledge Management. Here you will find links to relevant material: <http://www.dmoz.org/
The KNOW Network: <http://www.knowledgebusiness.
This site is another portal to knowledge management information. Like some of the other sites mentioned above, some areas of the site are freely accessible. Registration is required for other areas.
Google Directory provides a number of links on various topics: <http://www.google.com/Top/
Knowledge Management Professional Society (KMPro): <http://www.kmpro.org/>. There are areas of this site that are available for "Registered Users" and it appears that registration is free. There are other areas of the site that are available to "Members Only" and there is a $50.00 (USD) fee for membership.
Manageabililty.org provides a list of open source knowledge management solutions: <http://www.manageability.org/
Journals
The journal publications listed below may be accessible from the Internet or through a subscription database. Links have been provided when applicable and database providers have been noted. Check with your University library to see if they provide access to the particular database.
Knowledge Management for Development is an open access, peer-reviewed, community journal on knowledge management in development - for and by development practitioners and researchers: <http://www.km4dev.org/
Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management (EJKM): <http://www.ejkm.com/>
Nr Reading, England : Academic Conferences International, 2003-
"The Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management aims to publish perspectives on topics relevant to the study, implementation and management of knowledge management."
International journal of knowledge management
Hershey, Pa. : Idea Group Pub.
Available from ProQuest
Journal of knowledge management.
West Yorkshire, England : MCB University Press
Available from Emerald Library & ABI/INFORM Global
Knowledge management review
Chicago, IL : Melcrum Pub., c1998-
Available from ABI/INFORM Global & Academic Search Premier
There are many other journals on this topic. It is possible your university may subscribe to various databases that may have some of these and other titles. We encourage you to check with the university librarians for further information.
Books
You may also find it useful to access some of the published material (books) on this topic. Here are a few subject search terms that will be useful for searching your university library catalog:
Knowledge Management.
Knowledge management--Bibliography.
Knowledge management--Case studies.
Knowledge Management--(select location, for example: Asia)
If you are focusing on knowledge management for a particular discipline, you may want to try title keyword searches as well. For example: health care knowledge management.
Here is a sample of some of the recent titles on knowledge management:
Becoming virtual : knowledge management and transformation of the distributed organization / Jane E. Klobas, Paul D. Jackson, editors. New York, NY : Physica-Verlag, c2008.
LC Call Number: HD30.2122 .B43 2008
LC Catalog Record: <http://lccn.loc.gov/
Knowledge management, organizational memory, and transfer behavior : global approaches and advancements / Murray E. Jennex, editor. Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2009.
LC Call Number: HD30.2 .K63767 2009
LC Catalog Record: <http://lccn.loc.gov/
Strategic knowledge management in multinational organizations / Kevin O’Sullivan [editor]. Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2008.
LC Call Number: HD30.2 .S7885 2008
LC Catalog Record: <http://lccn.loc.gov/
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