[Air-l] "Validity” of citing internet sources ?

[Suzana Sukovic]

Hello,
I'd be very interested to hear what other people think, particularly people 
who don't see themselves as Internet researchers. Perceived problems with 
citing Internet sources in academic papers seem to go beyond dead links.
Cheers,
Suzana

At 02:19 PM 3/05/2007, joseph at gelfer.net wrote:
>Hello list members
>
>Can anyone point me in the direction of any peer-reviewed papers which argue
>for the "validity" of citing internet sources as complements to regular
>print sources?
>
>Here's the context: I work in the area of Religious Studies. I like to cite
>church and religious organisation websites as an indicator of their
>positions on various contemporary issues. I also like to cite blogs of
>religious leaders who have significant public and publishing profiles, as
>these often contain some pretty impassioned content that may not make it
>through to "official" outlets.
>
>Now I know some folks find using such online sources as unscholarly, even if
>alongside all the traditional print sources. So what I'm after are papers
>from reputable journals which make a good case for the use of such online
>sources. Having had a look around the only papers I can find in the general
>subject area are concerned with dead links/the percentage of URL references
>which can no longer be verified.
>
>Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Joseph Gelfer.
>
>www.gelfer.net
>
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Suzana Sukovic
PhD Candidate
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Information & Knowledge Management
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Technology, Sydney

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