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There's a handy guide for citing electronic information: "Electronic
Style" by Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane, Meckler Publishing, 11 Ferry Lane
West, Westport, CT 06880. Tel: (203)226-6967; FAX: (203)454-5840. Cost of
the book is $15.
If you can give a specific instance of what you want to cite, I can look
it up for you. The book covers many kinds of databases, electronic
conferences, bulletin boards, e-mail, computer programs, etc.
Ann Amsler
University of Delaware
On Sun, 4 Sep 1994, Sering wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone can shed any light on this: if you need to cite
> a source in a report, paper, book or other publication that you received
> through an Internet posting, how do you footnote it? Is it the same
> format as an interview? The same as an excerpt from an article? Something
> else? Do you cite the list itself as the source?
> I'd appreciate any thoughts any of you might have.
