Those are the dumbest citation guideline revisions I have EVER heard of. How can one possibly cite a website without a URL? What possible use is a citation without, you know, THE LOCATION OF THE SOURCE?
I KNOW. The actual guideline is that you should include the author and title of the page, and once your reader knows those, it should be easily searchable. Uhhh, except for those big websites with lots of pages that aren't necessarily titled separately, leaving your reader hunting for hours to find the damn source you used. (They do say that if it's not googlable, you should include the URL. For damn sure I'm making all my kids include it in their citations, googlable or not, because this is screaming to be abused.)
That's like saying, "Oh, we don't need author names on texts anymore. I'm sure the title will be sufficient for location purposes." UGH.
Exactly! Dear god, I hope sanity reigns in the next edition.
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Date: 2009-10-15 10:54 pm (UTC)I KNOW. The actual guideline is that you should include the author and title of the page, and once your reader knows those, it should be easily searchable. Uhhh, except for those big websites with lots of pages that aren't necessarily titled separately, leaving your reader hunting for hours to find the damn source you used. (They do say that if it's not googlable, you should include the URL. For damn sure I'm making all my kids include it in their citations, googlable or not, because this is screaming to be abused.)
That's like saying, "Oh, we don't need author names on texts anymore. I'm sure the title will be sufficient for location purposes." UGH.
Exactly! Dear god, I hope sanity reigns in the next edition.