Here's a belated response (I was at a conference) to the debate over referencing URLs which may disappear. It strikes me that we face the same thing in the print world, especially for conference papers, reports, less-famous newspapers, and short-lived journals. Even books may disappear (national libraries are not all comprehensive, and not all countries have one.) Nevertheless, we cite them and hope the reader can find them. Altho the probability of URLs disappearing is higher in some fields -- but probably not all -- I think the same rules apply, Give your best effort to provide the reader with a guide to where to find it. And for Internet stuff, the date accessed (or should it be the date posted to the Web, if avaiable?) A problem rarely faced in the print world, except for the Great Soviet Encylopedia. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman@chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________