On 03/10/2014 15:13, BARTON LEWIS wrote: > I checked Shown Mills and at Section 2.19, as indicated by Michelle. She > says "When citing books, film and other published film materials that > are widely available, the name of the repository at which we use the > source is not included in our formal citation" [emphasis mine]. Mills > seems to justify this by saying that "while we may wish to include the > repository at which we found the publication, simply as an aid in case > we need to reconstruct it ... a citation to the facility most convenient > to us personally would be of little value to users of our work who live > elsewhere." This overlooks the fact that is not necessary to be in > close physical proximity to a source to make use of it. For my obit > searches, I call or write libraries all the time and retrieve them that > way. Also, there is a wide variance on who holds older obits from state > to state -- including Archives, libraries, genealogical societies, or > the newspapers themselves. I prefer to list the repository. When > entering the repository in the Repository tab as Sherry directed, and > when doing so in the Master Source comment box as Tom directed, neither > show up in the Output. It would be nice if the repository could be > shown -- why force someone to start making inquiries all over the place > if they see the 1947 obit of their great aunt as a source?
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