Lars is quite right: the date (and any "release" or "version" data in the
case of e.g. a CD-ROM or software) is absolutely essential, and
hence is now regarded as mandatory for academic citation and referencing.

Patrick J. Boylan

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On Tue, 20 May 1997, Lars Bruzelius wrote:

> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
>   Barbara Palmer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > A suggestion:
> >
> > Should the citation give the date on which the site was accessed?  Would
> > this be useful when trying to find the site again?  At least it might give
> > you an idea that the address was still valid at a certain date.
> >
> > Should the citation take the following form?:
> >
> > Pitkow, J. And Kehoe, C. (1996). GVU's 6th WWW User Survey
> > http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/survey-10-1996 (5/16/1997)