What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a collaborative live document. Essentially it is a collection of webpages that can be edited, manipulated, and commented upon without working through a web editor and transferring files to a web server. There is a communal philosophy of allowing all users to maintain the content contained on the wiki pages.
How Do I Find a Wiki?
Below is a sampling of our own wikis, popular wikis, and a few wiki search engines:
Wikipedia: arguably the most popular wiki in the world, a virtual encyclopedia structured as a wiki
Wikitravel: a project to create a reliable and up-to-date world travel guide
wikiHow: a collaborative project with the goal of building the world's largest how-to manual
How Can I Use Wikis?
There are quite a few sites that allow you to create your own wiki for free. Here are some to start with:
Some wikis allow subscription to updated content via RSS or Atom. For more information on setting up RSS feeds, see the RSS tab.
What is a Blog?
How Do I Find a Blog?
There are many news, academic, and research blogs. You might begin your search by looking at some of these sites:
Blogs listed by the Chronicle of Higher Education
ScienceBlogs from the creators of Seed Magazine
History News Network from George Mason University
