RE: Citing "expired" sources

["Christensen, Kent" <lkchris -at- sandia -dot- gov>]

re:  In a document I am copy editing, the author (no longer at the
company)included a quote that was from an article posted ... . ... I check
to see if the URL works. I got the message "The
article is expired."


Possibly a useful tip regarding this dilemma is to remind that using
Internet Explorer's "file-save as" feature, one can save an entire web site,
text and graphics, to his/her workstation.  If nothing else, this could
provide the next writer with something to look at to help determine whether
to keep the reference, and could be expanded, with proper permissions of
course, to something to actually use as the reference in place of the
missing file at the external server.  In any event, it seems like a good
idea to retain copies of source material references, and to retain them
electronically when they are electronic.


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