Yana, the only advantage I can think of regarding the usage of shortened URL is if you're writing an article and there is a words' limitation (as long as the limitation refers to the bibliography/footnotes as well as the article itself), as sometimes the URLs can be quite long. I think that the need to shorten texts (for twitting etc.) was the basic rational for establishing such services. Best Wishes, Sharon Haleva Amir, HCLT Fellow (PhD Candidate) Faculty of Law, University of Haifa, ISRAEL. -------------------------------------------------- http://www.coolcite.com/user/1694 http://weblaw.haifa.ac.il/en/research/resstudents/pages/sharonha.aspx -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of yana breindl Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 11:27 AM To: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Inclusion of short links in academic publications? Hello all, I was wondering what your thoughts were concerning the use of shortened URLs (e.g. tinyURL, bit.ly etc.) to reference electronic sources in a dissertation or other academic publication (along with the title, date, etc. possibly an annexe with the long URL). Has this been done already? Is it acceptable? Are there important differences between various shortening sites? Thank you, Yana --------------------- Yana BREINDL Ph.D Candidate Dépt des sciences de l'information et de la communication (SIC) Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Tél.: + 32 (0)2 650 44 46 E-mail: ybreindl@ulb.ac.be _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/