RE: [tips] APA style and DOI numbers

2009-10-25 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
, without trying hard I can imagine several benefits in our digital era. Paul Bernhardt -Original Message- From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] Sent: Sun 10/25/2009 12:27 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] APA style and DOI numbers Hi

Re: [tips] APA style and DOI numbers

2009-10-25 Thread Christopher D. Green
Paul C Bernhardt wrote: APA could have several uses for DOIs. I didn't realize that there was any confusion about this. Someone from APA publishing explained it to me a couple of years ago during the question period of a talk I gave for Div 2. The reason APA decided to include DOI number is

RE: [tips] APA style and DOI numbers

2009-10-25 Thread Stuart McKelvie
: October 25, 2009 1:03 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] APA style and DOI numbers Paul C Bernhardt wrote: APA could have several uses for DOIs. I didn't realize that there was any confusion about this. Someone from APA publishing explained it to me

[tips] APA style and DOI numbers

2009-10-24 Thread Christopher D. Green
Here's some good news from those of you who were dreading having to cut and paste dozens of DOI numbers into your reference sections starting in January. It is a website that allows you to enter a list of reference, and if gives you back the references with all available DOI numbers appended:

Re: [tips] APA style and DOI numbers

2009-10-24 Thread Jim Clark
Hi If a full reference is adequate to produce a DOI, if available, then doesn't that mean that the DOI is redundant and unnecessary to find the article? The rationale for this requirement really escapes me, which leaves one in the unfortunate position of having to say to students: do it

Re: [tips] APA style and DOI numbers

2009-10-24 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Thought I might try to answer my own question about rationale of and purpose for DOIs. One planned use for DOIs would be as active links to an on-line version of the reference, as mentioned at the bottom of the following piece: