On 8/1/06, David Brake <d.r.brake@lse.ac.uk> wrote: <snip>
Negroponte, N. (2006) "Ted Talk: Nicholas Negroponte". in New York, February, 2006, http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/
But that doesn't tell you it is a podcast and crucially it doesnt tell you that the part I cited is 5 minutes, 42 seconds in. This useful guide to Harvard citation http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/ using/harvard_system.html says BS:5605:1990 http://www.mamc.ac.in/ British.pdf doesnt include recommendations for electronic sources. Is there an advanced Harvard Style Lab somewhere coming up with standards for this stuff? What would you do? Should I just make up my own style?
I think that David's question worthwhile, and it comes up in citing blogs and other electronic media as well. In fact, we have earlier threads here, I believe, about whether citations to web sites should be by site, or by individual page, or some other indicator. I think what is most important about a citation is findability. So, generally, if I can find the resource at a URL, I'll list the URL. But given the capriciousness of URLs, more information is often needed as a "backup," if this original citation fails. For net resources I *expect* are likely to change, I have often considered citing a copy of the page archived by the Internet Archive, or my archived copy of the page. Or, alternatively, provide a link to a copy of the bibliography that can be automatically or manually updated. If the latter were used, it could also provide something like a trackback mechanism to do links forward. - Alex -- // // This email is // [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais // Social Architect // http://alex.halavais.net //