- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 14:34:12 PST
- To: www-talk@w3.org
RFC 1738 contains a section
APPENDIX: Recommendations for URLs in Context
that suggests enclosing URLs in angle brackets:
<URL:http://tex.org/book/>
Enclosed is another citation guide, which has different
recommendations (to which I have no objections).
> **************************************************
> * A BRIEF CITATION GUIDE FOR *
> * INTERNET SOURCES IN HISTORY AND THE HUMANITIES *
> **************************************************
> by
> Melvin E. Page
> <pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu>
>
> for
> H-AFRICA <h-africa@msu.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@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.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@acs.bu.edu]. "REPLY: Using African
> newspapers in teaching." In H-AFRICA. [h-africa@msu.edu].
> 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. [100303.100@compuserve.com]. "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@wiretap.spies.com]. "[EDTECH] EMG: Sacred Texts
> (Networked Electronic Versions)." In [alt.etext]. 4 February
> 1993.
>
> Legg, Sonya. [legg@harquebus.cgd.ucar.edu]. "African history book
> list." In [soc.culture.african]. 5 September 1994.
>
>
> E-mail Messages
> ***************
>
> Page, Mel. [pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu]. "African dance...and
> Malawi." Private e-mail message to Masankho Banda, [mbanda@igc.
> 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@acs.bu.edu], "REPLY: Using African
> newspapers in teaching," in H-AFRICA, [h-africa@msu.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, [100303.100@compuserve.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@harquebus.cgd.ucar.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@wiretap.spies.com] "[EDTECH] EMG: Sacred
> Texts (Networked Electronic Versions)," in [alt.etext], 4 February
> 1993.
>
>
> E-Mail Messages
> ***************
>
> <8> Mel Page, [pagem@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu], "African
> dance...and Malawi," private e-mail message to Masankho Banda,
> [mbanda@igc.apc.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.
>
>
> *********************************************************************
> version 1.1 30 October 1995
> *********************************************************************
> Copyright Melvin E. Page, 1995.
> This document may be reproduced and redistributed, but only in its
> entirety and with full acknowledgement of its source and authorship.
> *********************************************************************
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