Legend
- McGill users only
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
Sources for Background Information
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
- Dictionary of Information Technology (Books24x7)
- Dictionary of Library and Information Management (xreferplus)
- Multilingual dictionary of knowledge management : English-German-French-Spanish-Italian
- Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management
- Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (click on Login)
- Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
- ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - information, reference, librar?, etc.
Search tips
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. librar? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words library, libraries, librarian, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "knowledge management" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase (both words side by side in the order entered) knowledge management |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. management AND (Canada OR "United States") will retrieve catalogue records containing the word management AND either Canada OR the phrase United States |
Core Databases
- LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts
- Emerald Fulltext
- Library Literature Fulltext
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
- ABI/Inform
Selected Internet Sites
Accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
- McGill School of Information Studies
- Gotcha! - a guide to knowledge management from UC Berkeley's School of Information Management & Systems (SIMS).
- KMCentral - from ICASIT at George Mason University.
- Knowledge Management Resource Center - Their Explorer section is a good directory to other resources. Produced by IKM Corporation.
- KmWiki - "a collaborative persistent 'conversation' on all matters related to knowledge management."
- The Knowledge Management Network - WWW Virtual Library on Knowledge Management.
- KnowledgeBoard - an online discussion forum on knowledge management.
- actKM Forum - an online forum particularly geared to public sector knowledge management in Australia.
- KMCI - an international association of knowledge management practitioners.
- Knowledge Management Gateway.
- KMWorld Best Practices White Papers.