[DCRM-L] Citing ESTC

[Randal Brandt]

 From the responses that this topic generated, it seems that the 
overwhelming preference is for the unqualified "ESTC" as the standard 
citation. SCF IV.F.2 says "When the online database is available from 
different services or sources, add a qualifier for the name of the 
bibliographic utility, information service or computer source in 
parentheses ..." Henry points out below that, while users may access the 
file from different services, the file itself is the same. Adding "online" 
does not seem necessary, and, indeed, does not actually identify the 
"bibliographic utility, information service, etc."

That being said, it is also clear that the overwhelming preference for the 
spelling of "online" is without the hyphen. We now know that hyphenated 
"on-line" is not obsolete, but the American standard is "online" and SCF is 
already using that form.

And, yes, the ISTC citation should be changed as well.

Anything else? Or can we safely say that the DCRM-L verdict is unqualified 
"ESTC"?

Randal Brandt


__________________________
Randal Brandt
Principal Cataloger
The Bancroft Library
(510) 643-2275
rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu