[DCRM-L] Citing ESTC

[Kate Moriarty]

That verdict has my support.

-Kate

Randal Brandt wrote:
> 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
>
>
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