Winter 1998 Vol. As a result, Mills found herself needing to suggest citation methods for numerous forms of electronic media, including CD-ROMs, computer software, electronic mail messages, and World Wide Web sites. Because Mills recognizes that citation formats for electronic documents are in a state of flux, and because she knows that her book cannot comprehensively cover the variety of available electronic document formats, she recommends that the reader refer to a number of specialized resources listed in the book s bibliography.
Experts Say . . .
Of course, if you are writing for publication in a scholarly journal, the journal usually dictates the method you should use to cite your sources. Given this, I ll save you a little research time by pulling together the advice of various experts, while adding my own opinions to the mix. Finding the name of the Web page author is often a challenge. If you cannot immediately find a name, there are several tricks you can try. Use your browser s ability to view the Web page s HTML source, in case the author s name appears in a comment that is not normally displayed by the browser.