[Air-L] Internet-based sources and validity

[Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki]

Hi,

I tell my graduate students that if they want to use material from
the Internet -- either citations or as source data -- to either PDF
the page ("Print to PDF" usually works well in this situation) or
use "Scrapbook" or a similar browser-based program to capture the
page.

(If the latter, I caution them to be careful as to how many levels
they capture, and I suggest that they do not change the date/time on the 
timestamped folder.)

Then, if they reference that material in their M.A. or Ph.D. theses,
I spotcheck the source. If the source still exists, then no problem;
if it doesn't exist, then I ask to see the PDF or the timestamped
folder. If they cannot produce either to show me, then I strongly
recommend that they find another source for what they want to cite.

Good luck.

Leslie

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Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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University of Tsukuba
Email: tkach at japan.email.ne.jp
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(2012/07/31 22:37), Patricia Jeter wrote:
> I either create a PDF or JPEG screen capture of any web pages I use and save them along with all of my other references. I hope this helps.
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>> On Jul 26, 2012, at 1:22 PM, Maria Eronen wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Would anyone know what are the criteria concerning internet material's validity? Is it common that you as a researcher will be asked to prove that the material you have collected from the internet is real. Since a lot of internet data disappears everyday, mere url addresses are not enough. Even html files can be modified after saving webpages.
>>>
>>> I would appreciate if someone had time to answer.
>>>
>>> Maria
>>>
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