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L. Clark Sandlin (INTERNET:INTERNET:ULCSANDLIN -at- MEMSTVX1 -dot- BITNET) asks:
> I read a message that was posted here sometime ago about citing e-mail,
> BBS, and other internet sources. The message was asking for the
> standards of citing such sources, but I never saw a reply.
> I normally just use a standard "letter" citation. I am not sure whether
> this is acceptable or not. Since I use the internet for research, I
> would appreciate it if someone would clarify this for me.
I don't read everything in my mailbox, so I don't recall the original
message or any replies. However, I'd recommend _Electronic Style: A
Guide to Citing Electronic Information_ by Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane,
Meckler 1993, ISBN 0-88736-909-X. It covers citing an entire work or
a part of a work from FTP, Telnet, and e-mail sources as well as from
other electronic sources such as databases and BBSs. (BTW, it has a
pretty good index, too.)
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