Thanks to so many of you.
I got so many responses that it would be impossible to respond to each of =
you individually, but I am really grateful for everyone who took time from =
their busy day to answer my request. I'm not really sure that we came to =
any consensus. However, it appears that most of us seem to agree that it =
is helpful to have reference to the original site in the URL.=20
In some instances, it was felt that it would be just as easy to copy and =
paste the real URL into a bibliography as it would be to copy and paste it =
into the tiny URL site and get the shortened version. The real reason why =
this came up was because the students in our school are required to have =
notecards on actual notecards which had to follow MLS format and be turned =
in along with the bibliography. It was one thing to cut and paste into =
the typed bibliography, and quite another thing to copy the long URL onto =
a notecard.
Perhaps the best option is to use base (or root) url which would link to =
the necessary page.
Now..... after all that said, I loved Barbara's response. I tend not to =
sweat the small stuff. In the particular case which initiated this =
question, the student had a website with 60 something characters.
He was trying to put it on a notecard and his college brother showed him =
tinyurl.com/ Was the student trying to get out of work.... trying to save =
his hand, or trying to ensure that he copied the URL correctly....whichever=
..... no reason to go bald!
Thanks so much to everyone.
I guess it wasn't such a ridiculous question after all.
Readingly your,
Chris=20
Christine L. Evans, librarian
Library/Media Center
Barrington Middle School - Station
cevans@cusd220.lake.k12.il.us
847-381-0464
>>> Dan Robinson <infomaven@PATMEDIA.NET> 03/23/04 21:32 PM >>>
I'll add that the subscription databases are starting to include a
shorter permanent url in a field in a record that will always take
you back to the record... provided you have an id and password or are
coming from a known IP address. This link is usually different from
the one that you get if you copy the url in the location bar.
Dan Robinson
HW Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com
On 23 Mar 2004 at 16:49, Robert Eiffert wrote:
> I'd agree with Chris and Gary.
>
> MLA (6th) says that if URL is long and prone to error, to cite the =
site's
> search page. The rest of the information provided will allow it to be
> brought up (Section 5.9.1). That would also help with database driven =
sites
> and sites that undergo a revision of the site. The ALA site would be an
> example for both long URLs or revised site instances.
>
> And the other piece is that subscription databases are cited differently
> than a professional, organization, or personal page. You wouldn't stick =
a
> tinyurl in a cite for Ebsco, Gale, etc.
>
> Robert Eiffert, Librarian
> Pacific Middle School
> Evergreen SD 114 Vancouver WA
> beiffert at egreen.wednet.edu
> pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library
> beiffert at comcast.net
>
>
> Chris Evans <cevans@CUSD220.LAKE.K12.IL.US>:
>
> > Hi...
> > This may sound like a ridiculous question, but here goes!
> >
> > Can tiny URLs be used for bibliographical citings?
> > A student asked me this question.... and all though my instincts were
> > to =3D say it wasn't appropriate, I really couldn't give a definite
> > answer as to =3D
> > why it wouldn't be appropriate. It certainly would be easier for the =
=3D
> > kids.
> >
>
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