Re: WWW referencing <this reply is long, but good>

[LaVonna Funkhouser <lffunkhouser -at- HALNET -dot- COM>]

For all who might need it, here's some info on referencing
online documents.  I'm forwarding this to the list because there
have been follow-up queries.

LaVonna
>>     Does anyone know the most accepted way to reference WWW documents in
>>     paper documentation.  I have gotten some good input from tech writers
>>     in my company, but wondered what other companies do (if anything).
>>     Please advise.
>>
>>     **********************************************************************
>>     Emily Gaucher
>>     emily -dot- gaucher -at- bsis -dot- com

>Emily, the following note from a PURTOPOI digest might help you.

>I also recommend the Li and Crane book mentioned therein.

>Regards,
>LaVonna
>+++++++++++

>>From root Fri Feb  2 23:02:00 1996
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>Topics of the day:

>  1. Net Citation Format

>----------------------------------------------------------------------

>Date:    Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:41:22 -0500
>From:    Kitty O Locker <klocker -at- MAGNUS -dot- ACS -dot- OHIO-STATE -dot- EDU>
>Subject: Net Citation Format

>Someone asked me for this, and I've lost the address, so I'm posting to the
>whole list.  Delete quickly if you've already got it!
>Kitty Locker
>locker -dot- 1 -at- osu -dot- edu

>         **************************************************
>         *           A BRIEF CITATION GUIDE FOR           *
>         * INTERNET SOURCES IN HISTORY AND THE HUMANITIES *
>         **************************************************
>                               by
>                         Melvin E. Page
>                <pagem -at- etsuarts -dot- east-tenn-st -dot- edu>

>                               for
>                    H-AFRICA <h-africa -at- msu -dot- edu>
>                        Humanities-on-Line
>                               and
>                        History Department
>                  East Tennessee State University


>The following suggestions for citations of Internet sources in
>history and the historically based humanities are derived from the
>essential principles of academic citation in Kate L. Turabian,
>*A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations,
>*5th ed. (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1987).  I have also
>draw upon suggestions from some of the works listed below.  The
>guide has been improved by the the students of my Historical
>Methods classes at East Tennessee State University and my fellow
>H-AFRICA editors whom I thank for their assistance.

>Since the Internet is an evolving institution, this guide is not
>intended to be definitive.  Corrections, additions, comments,
>suggestions, and criticisms are therefore welcome.  Please address
>them to the author at:

>                   pagem -at- etsuarts -dot- east-tenn-st -dot- edu

>When the need for revisions and updates become apparent, new versions
>of the guide will be issued.



>                       =======================
>                       Bibliographic Citations
>                       =======================


>Basic citation components and punctuation
>*****************************************

>Author's Last Name, First Name.  [author's internet address, if
>    available].  "Title of Work" or "title line of message." In
>    "Title of Complete Work" or title of list/site as appropriate.
>    [internet address].  Date, if available.

>The samples below indicate how citations of particular electronic
>sources might be made.


>Listserv Messages
>*****************

>Walsh, Gretchen. [gwalsh -at- acs -dot- bu -dot- edu] -dot-  "REPLY: Using African
>    newspapers in teaching."  In H-AFRICA.  [h-africa -at- msu -dot- edu] -dot- 
>    18 October 1995.


>World Wide Web
>**************

>Limb, Peter.  "Relationships between Labour & African Nationalist/
>    Liberation Movements in Southern Africa." [http://neal.ctstateu.
>    edu/history/world_history/archives/limb-l.html]. May 1992.


>FTP Site
>********

>Heinrich, Gregor.  [100303 -dot- 100 -at- compuserve -dot- com] -dot-   "Where There Is
>    Beauty, There is Hope: Sau Tome e Principe."  [ftp.cs.ubc.ca/
>    pub/local/FAQ/african/gen/saoep.txt].  July 1994.


>Gopher Site
>***********

>"Democratic Party Platform, 1860."  [wiretap.spies.com Wiretap Online
>    Library/civic & Historical/Political Platforms of the U.S.]
>    18 June 1860.

>Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara.  "Making Difference." [gopher.uic.edu
>    The Researcher/History/H-Net/H-Amstdy (American Studies)/Essays &
>    Discussions About American Studies].  20 July 1995.


>Usenet Group Messages
>*********************

>Dell, Thomas.  [dell -at- wiretap -dot- spies -dot- com] -dot-   "[EDTECH] EMG: Sacred Texts
>    (Networked Electronic Versions)."  In [alt.etext]. 4 February
>    1993.

>Legg, Sonya. [legg -at- harquebus -dot- cgd -dot- ucar -dot- edu] -dot-   "African history book
>    list."  In [soc.culture.african].  5 September 1994.


>E-mail Messages
>***************

>Page, Mel.  [pagem -at- etsuarts -dot- east-tenn-st -dot- edu] -dot-   "African dance...and
>    Malawi."  Private e-mail message to Masankho Banda, [mbanda -at- igc -dot- 
>    apc.org].  28 November 1994.



>                  ==============================
>                  Footnote and Endnote Citations
>                  ==============================


>Basic citation components and punctuation
>*****************************************

>    <note number> Author's First name and Last name, [author's
>internet address, if available], "Title of Work" or "title line
>of message," in "Title of Complete Work" or title of list/site as
>appropriate, [internet address], date if available.

>The examples below indicate how citations of particular electronic
>sources might be made.


>Listserv Messages
>*****************

>    <1> Gretchen Walsh, [gwalsh -at- acs -dot- bu -dot- edu], "REPLY: Using African
>newspapers in teaching," in H-AFRICA, [h-africa -at- msu -dot- edu], 18 October
>1995.


>World Wide Web
>**************

>    <2> Peter Limb, "Relationships between Labour & African
>Nationalist/Liberation Movements in Southern Africa," [http://neal.
>ctstateu.edu/history/world_history/archives/limb-l.html], May 1992.


>FTP Site
>********
>    <3> Gregor Heinrich, [100303 -dot- 100 -at- compuserve -dot- com], "Where There Is
>Beauty, There is Hope: Sao Tome e Principe," [ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/
>local/FAQ/african/gen/saoep.txt], July 1994.

>    <4> Sonya Legg, [legg -at- harquebus -dot- cgd -dot- ucar -dot- edu], "African history
>book list," in [soc.culture.african], 5 September 1994.


>Gopher Site
>***********

>    <5> "Democratic Party Platform, 1860," [wiretap.spies.com
>Wiretap Online Library/civic & Historical/Political Platforms of the
>U.S.], 18 June 1860.

>    <6> Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, "Making Difference,"
>[gopher.uic.edu The Researcher/History/H-Net/H-Amstdy (American
>Studies)/Essays & Discussions About American Studies],  20 July 1995.

>Usenet Group Messages
>*********************

>    <7>Thomas Dell, [dell -at- wiretap -dot- spies -dot- com] "[EDTECH] EMG: Sacred
>Texts (Networked Electronic Versions)," in [alt.etext], 4 February
>1993.


>E-Mail Messages
>***************

>    <8> Mel Page, [pagem -at- etsuarts -dot- east-tenn-st -dot- edu], "African
>dance...and Malawi," private e-mail message to Masankho Banda,
>[mbanda -at- igc -dot- apc -dot- org],  28 November 1994.




>================================================
>         Additional Source Material on Internet Citations

>================================================

>Dodd, Sue A.  "Bibliographic References for Computer Files in the
>    Social Sciences: A Discussion Paper."  [gopher://info.monash.
>    edu.au:70/00/handy/cites].  Revised May 1990.  {Published in
>    *IASSIST Quarterly*, 14, 2(1990): 14-17.}

>Li, Xia and Nancy Crane.  *Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing
>    Electronic Information*.  Westport: Meckler, 1993.

>University of Chicago Press *Chicago Guide to Preparing Electronic
>    Manuscripts: for Authors and Publishers*.  Chicago:  University
>    of Chicago Press, 1987.

>Walker, Janice R.  "MLA-Style Citations of Internet Sources."
>    [http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/janice.html].
>    April 1995.


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>                 Copyright Melvin E. Page, 1995.
>This document may be reproduced and redistributed, but only in its
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