I have been following this discussion and have not yet seen anyone raise a question relating to the legality of using this approach to capture web pages in support of academic research, in particular those web pages that are clearly identified as being copyrighted. Are you contacting the owner of the site to ask permission to create a copy of their documents for current and future use? If not, how are you justifying using this approach to duplicating the data? Fair use laws? How are you using the data after it has been captured? Are you extracting data to support point in time studies? Longitudinal studies? I have been on both sides of the house and have concerns both as the producer of electronic documents as well as user. I am also currently conducting an Internet-based study of organization practices that are being reported on web sites. My approach to doing research is quite the opposite. I am collecting data real-time by accessing individual web sites (200-plus) and assessing the available data on a given date in support of a point in time study. I am also using this as an opportunity to advance research practices in a manner that call attention to the dynamic nature of Internet web sites and some of the inherrent issues in taking this approach to collecting data in comparison to some of the more traditional methods that might be used when working with paper documents. I am interested in getting feedback on using this approach to doing research. Gail Taylor Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign