Citing Your Readings and Hypertext Links
Copyright "fair use" guidelines specify that accurate and complete citations including "a notice of copyright" must appear on materials when original copies are not used. Following the "standard" style guide for your discipline (e.g. ACS, APA, MLA) for this purpose is acceptable and enables library staff to quickly determine if print materials or electronic resources comply with licensing agreements, copyright law and "fair use" guidelines.
Citations for electronic resources generally are modeled after those used for printed works but include important additional elements intended to allow readers to be able to "get back to" the original item. Electronic resources typically fall into one of two categories:
B - resources, such as personally authored HTML files, professional society or company web sites, etc., that are generally accessible over the Internet.
To help your Teaching Assistants prepare class reserve lists, the minimum elements needed to identify print and electronic resources accurately are summarized below. The Libraries also provide more specific information via its Writing and Citing Guides webpage.
MINIMUM ELEMENTS FOR IDENTIFYING PRINT AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
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Article from a printed journal |
Chapter or conference paper from a book |
Full-text journal article from a database |
Other Internet resources |
| Author of article Title of article Journal Title Vol. no. Issue no. Issue date Pages Year |
Author of chapter/paper Title of chapter/paper Author/editor of book Title of book Edition Publisher Place of publication Year Pages |
Journal article data plus Database name Medium (online, cd-rom) Database vendor Date of Use |
Author/owner of resource Name of resource or file Web site name(if any) Date of creation/revision Complete URL Date of Use |
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