Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger have written a new book, called Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. This book isn't written for genealogists; it is a general-purpose manual describing how to find information on the Internet and especially how to cite document sources found there. The book's Table of Contents includes:
- Glossary
- Finding Internet Sources
- Connecting to the Internet
- Ethics and Netiquette
- Choosing and Evaluating Internet Sources
- Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources
- Using APA Style to Cite and Document Sources
- Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources
- Using CBE Style to Cite and Document Sources
- Publishing on the World Wide Web
- Succeeding as an Online Student
- Appendix A: Using Other Styles to Cite and Document Sources
- Appendix B: A Directory of Internet Sources
- Index
I have not yet seen Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, but I doubt if this new book will replace Elizabeth Shown Mills' excellent Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian (published in 1997 by Genealogical Publishing Company, ISBN 0806315431). Mills' book is specific for the genealogy community, whereas the new publication by Harnack and Kleppinger addresses a much broader audience. Mills' book also discusses all genealogy source citations in great detail, whereas Harnack and Kleppinger's new book only discusses online citations. Your requirements may dictate one book or the other.
Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger has a Web site that describes the book in detail and also gives a surprising amount of information about the subject of source citations. Chapters 5 through 8 of the book are available, in their entirety, at the Web site.
My thanks to Chandra Roman for telling me about this new book.
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