[Air-l] Citation Style Query (Threaded Discussion Groups)

[HangRyeol Na]

From the website http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html, I found out that there are several ways to cite a posting to a web discussion forum. Each has its own citation style of providing information as follows.

1. MLA style
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2003) by Joseph Gibaldi

- Author's name 
- Title of posting, in quotation marks 
- Phrase 'online posting'
- Date of posting 
- Name of forum 
- Date of access 
- URL, in angle brackets 

* Colleen. "Climbing Questions." Online posting. 20 Mar. 1999. Climbing Forum. 27 May 1999 <http://www2.gorp.com/forums/ Index.cfm?CFApp=55&Message_ID=18596>. 

* Marcy, Bob. "Think They'll Find Any Evidence of Mallory & Irvine?" Online posting. 30 Apr. 1999. Mt. Everest >99 Forum. 28 May 1999 
< http://everest.mountainzone.com/99/forum>. 

2. APA style
The fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001)

- Author's name 
- Date of posting, in parentheses 
- Title of posting 
- Posting statement 

* Abeles, T. (1999, May 21). Technology and the future of higher education. Formal discussion initiation. Message posted to http://ifets.gmd.de/past_archives/archiv_150499_250899/0107.html

* Marcy, B. (1999, April 3). Think they'll find any evidence of Mallory & Irvine? Message posted to http://everest.mountainzone.com/99/forum

3. Chicago style
The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993). 

- Author's name 
- Title of posting, in quotation marks 
- Date of posting 
- URL, in angle brackets 
- Date of access, in parentheses 

* 1. Daniel LaLiberte, "HyperNews Instructions," 23 May 1996, <http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ HyperNews/get/hypernews /instructions.html> (24 May 1996). 

* 2. Art Saffran, "It's Not That Hard," 5 January 1996, <http://union. nsca.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/hypernews/instructions/90/1/1.html> (24 May 1996). 

4. CBE style
the sixth edition of Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, published by the Council of Biology Editors (now the Council of Science Editors) in 1994

- Author's name 
- Date of posting 
- Title of posting 
- URL, in angle brackets 
- Date of access 

*1LaLiberte D. 1996 May 23. HyperNews instructions. <http://union. ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/hypernews/instructions.html>. Accessed 1996 May 24.
 
*2Saffran A. 1996 Jan 5. It's not that hard. < http://union.ncsa.uiuc .edu/HyperNews/get/hypernews/instructions /90/1/1.html>. Accessed 1996 May 24. 

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Hang Ryeol Na
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APII Cooperation Center,
International IT Cooperation Division,
Korea Information Strategy Development Institute (KISDI)
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Subject: [Air-l] Citation Style Query (Threaded Discussion Groups)


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> I am currently putting the finishing touches on a journal manuscript and need to know the "correct" style for citing on-line discussion group posts.  This is terra incognita for the editors and I suspect I can be creative in this regard.  However, I would appreciate it if anyone out there in AOIR land has any experience with this issue, both in terms of bibliography as well as in text citation and quotes.
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> Thanks,
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> Andrew Herman
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