[DCRM-L] Authority work using Google Books

[Robert Maxwell]

I don't know if I've been doing it "correctly" but I don't include "via Google Books"-I use your second formulation.

And yes, it's quite a boon, indeed!

Bob

Robert L. Maxwell
Head, Special Collections and Metadata Catalog Dept.
6728 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5568

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
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I had no idea Google Books would be quite the boon it is in doing authority work for older names. It's now possible to uncover sometimes obscure sources rich in personal details.

My question is about citing a print source that was consulted through Google Books. Should we identify that as the medium in the 670? E.g.,

The gentleman's magazine, May 1855, via Google Books: p. <...>

OR

The gentleman's magazine, May 1855: p. <...>

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