referencing a pdf

[james438]

I am looking for suggestions in regards to referencing pdf files for the news section of my site. The following is one example:



"Some statement here."

Chief Judge James Loken
p.12
Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning (http://ads.omaha.com/media/maps/pdfs/0512initiative.pdf)

Does this seem about right or should the order of lines be changed or something added? I have found that adding the page number has been helpful, so even though that is not standard I am going to leave that in place.

[bernie1227]

I am looking for suggestions in regards to referencing pdf files for the news section of my site. The following is one example:




Does this seem about right or should the order of lines be changed or something added? I have found that adding the page number has been helpful, so even though that is not standard I am going to leave that in place.


Personally, I find that the best way to reference files are with the Harvard system of referefncing which goes something like this:
For websites, it usually contains:

author (the person or organization that wrote the article)
year (date created or last updated)
accessed day month year (the date you viewed the site)
URL or Internet address (between <>)
Page number (if applicable)

Usually out of those however, it's not really necessary to have the date accessed. So basically, it doesn't matter that much what order their in.
So I'd end up with something like:

"some statement"

Chief judge James Loken,
P12, 5/12/2005,
<http://ads.omaha.com/media/maps/pdfs/0512initiative.pdf>

That kind of thing.

[james438]

Very nice, thank you.

I will list the author first, then the year, a href link (internet links can get longish otherwise), and then finally the page number where the quote was found. The date written was a big oversight even though it may be listed elsewhere in the news post.

This is just for my own use and not for a research paper, so I feel I have a bit more wiggle room than your average news digest. I also don't want to be guilty of any copyright infringement, although that is not really a concern. Primarily I want news items to be short, readable, pertinent, and well referenced. If or someone go through archived news items I want to be able to know where I got my information and any other surrounding variables that may be necessary.

[bernie1227]

Very nice, thank you.

I will list the author first, then the year, a href link (internet links can get longish otherwise), and then finally the page number where the quote was found. The date written was a big oversight even though it may be listed elsewhere in the news post.

This is just for my own use and not for a research paper, so I feel I have a bit more wiggle room than your average news digest. I also don't want to be guilty of any copyright infringement, although that is not really a concern. Primarily I want news items to be short, readable, pertinent, and well referenced. If or someone go through archived news items I want to be able to know where I got my information and any other surrounding variables that may be necessary.

sounds good, really, as long as you have some kind of reference, it's fine, it's just good form to put a little more in there :)

[james438]

Good form as in the date or listing the spelled out address?

[bernie1227]

Good form as in the date or listing the spelled out address?

erm, I just meant good form as in good practise :p but it is good practise to put that kind of information in.