Vanishing Act: The Erosion of Online Footnotes and Implications for Scholarship in the Digital Age
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| Title: | Vanishing Act: The Erosion of Online Footnotes and Implications for Scholarship in the Digital Age |
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| Description: | A decade ago, most research was done in the library rather than through its Web site, and scholars, editors, graduate directors and librarians were meticulous about the integrity of footnotes. They knew that citation was the backbone of research, from agronomy to zoology in the sciences and from art history to Zen studies in the humanities. The footnote upheld standards because it allowed others to test hypotheses or replicate experiments. In sum, the footnote safeguarded scientific method and peer review upon which academe is based, from papers by first-year and transfer students to books by postdoc and professor. |
| Authors: | Bugeja, Michael, Dimitrova, Daniela |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Citation of electronic information resources--Evaluation |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Editing & Proofreading, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Style Manuals |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | A decade ago, most research was done in the library rather than through its Web site, and scholars, editors, graduate directors and librarians were meticulous about the integrity of footnotes. They knew that citation was the backbone of research, from agronomy to zoology in the sciences and from art history to Zen studies in the humanities. The footnote upheld standards because it allowed others to test hypotheses or replicate experiments. In sum, the footnote safeguarded scientific method and peer review upon which academe is based, from papers by first-year and transfer students to books by postdoc and professor. |
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| ISBN: | 9781936117147 9781936117475 |
