Wikis as Legitimate Research Sources.

The article offers information on wikis from a content perspective. The U.S. troops in Afghanistan are using a wiki to record and pass along this new kind of vital operational information. According to the author, libraries use wikis for staff communication and collaboration, to provide information to, and invite participation from users, and as teaching tools. A survey by Janus Boye, published in his "Wiki in the Enterprise" report, finds that wikis are now ubiquitous in many organizations. Description of the health wikis NutritionPedia.com and WiserWiki is presented.