Works Cited - Bibliographic Citation

  Various citation formats have been recommended for the citing of online resources. Currently, the discipline of linguistics does not seem to have reached a consensus about the best format. However, the following examples and websites may be helpful.

  LANGUAGE Style
  Cohen, Elizabeth. 2001. Preservation of audio. Folk heritage collections in crisis. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources and the Library of Congress. Online:
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub106/sound.html

DCMI. 1999. Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, version 1.1: Reference description. Online:
http://dublincore.org/documents/1999/07/02/dces/

- These citation formats are taken from Seven Dimensions of Portability for Language Documentation and Description, Steven Bird & Gary Simons, published in Language vol 79, number 3, September 2003.

  APA Style
  Endangered Data vs Enduring Practice: Creating Linguistic Resources That Last. (2004). E-MELD Website. Retrieved March 10, 2004, from http://emeld.org/events/lsa_symposium.cfm

LINGUIST List Issue 15.812. (2004). The LINGUIST List. Retrieved March 10, 2004, from
http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-812.html

- These citation formats are based on the APA style, for more information visit the APA website.

  Some helpful websites
  APA Citation Format
http://www.plattsburgh.edu/library/instruction/files/apa_citation_format.pdf

APA Style Electronic Formats
http://www.westwords.com/guffey/apa.html

Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/citation/index.cfm#Int

Columbia University Press
http://teses.mediateca.pt/apoio/html/cgos/idx_basic.html

ISO 690-2 - Bibliographic references - Part 2: Electronic documents or parts thereof
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/standard/690-2e.htm

Language Style Sheet
http://www.lsadc.org/language/langstyl.html

Library & Information Science: Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm

Online! A Reference Guide to using Internet Sources
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/

SIL Electronic Working Papers Citation Format
http://www.sil.org/silewp/citation.html

 


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