Paula, I only add in the library details as a repository for microfilm, not when I access a a site using their PCs.
Jenny, wrt your question, I see your point but think that I would omit the library references. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 "Paula Ryburn" <[email protected]> wrote: >Jenny, >I had been getting my census images from Heritage Quest via my library... same >thing. But I've never even considered including information about the library >in the citation...! ;) > --Paula in Texas > > > >________________________________ >From: Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thu, September 27, 2012 9:25:52 AM >Subject: [LegacyUG] Tricky citation > >I use SourceWriter but am not sure how to handle this one. > >Through my membership of a particular library I am able to access the >archives of 3 different newspapers. I have to log into the library's >website and then log into ProQuest from there, using my library member's >number. > >The Newspapers>online images (issued by unrelated content provider) >template seems appropriate and fairly straightforward, but at the Master >level it asks only for State & City (presumably where the newspaper was >originally published), the title of the paper and the format. At Detail >level, in addition to details of the particular article, it has fields >for website title, URL and Collection. That's where it gets tricky! > >Do I name the Library's homepage in Website title or more specifically >the URL for the "online content" page or even more specifically the URL >for the ProQuest-accessed-via-a-library log-on page? (The latter is >long and complex.) Or do I ignore the Library part altogether and just >cite ProQuest as the Source and use their "direct access" log-on URL? >Another alternative would be give ProQuest as the website title and omit >the URL altogether! > >I'm not absolutely hung up on using exactly the right template and >filling all the available fields with exactly what they ask for, but I >do like to try and get my citations to be accurate, consistent and >reasonably professional-looking. >-- >Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
