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I asked this question of my friendly university reference librarian and
she came up with a recently published (1993) style manual entitled
_Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information_ by Xia Li &
Nancy Crane. West Port: Meckler, 1993. 0-88736-909-X.
The basic form for individual works: Author. (date). Title (edition).
Available: give information sufficient for retrieval of work from
information supplier.
e.g.:
_Kirk-Othmer online_ (3rd ed.), [Online]. (1984). Available:
Knowledge Index File: Kirk-Othmer Online (CHEM5)
or
Shakespeare, W. (No date). _Hamlet_(Arthur Bullen's Stratford Town
Edition), [Online]. Available Telnet: Library.Dartmouth.edu Directory:
Shakespeare Plays File: Hamlet
or e-mail:
Author. (date). Title. In _Source_(edition),[Type of medium]. Available
e-mail: Message:
FOR EXAMPLE:
Hammad S. (1992). Post-Gutenberg galaxy: The fourth revoution in the
means of production of knowldege. In _Directory of electronic journals,
newsletters and academic discussion lists (2nd ed.), [Online]. Available
e-mail: LISTSERV@UOTTAWA Message: Get EJOURNAL1 DIRECTRY.
-- something about reinventing the wheel?
On Mon, 6 Feb 1995, Tim Daniels wrote:
> i have a question to put to the list. what is the best way to footnote a
> source found on the internet? i was thinking:
> author ( if known), title. place found: www address, date found.
> what do you folks think? thanks for your consideration.
> tim daniels
> the appalachian cultural museum
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