On Jul 4, 2:29=A0pm, lostcoo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> As I used to explain to my college students, the point is for another
> person to be able to retrace the researcher's steps. While it may be
> convenient to develop one's own methods of citation or criteria for
> determining which items to cite if you never plan to share your
> research, other researchers will always want to know how they, too,
> can find what you found. They may wish to corroborate your work &
> express their agreement; they may wish to cite contradictory evidence;
> they may wish to simply see it for themselves & have the original
> wording; or they may wish to see what other information may be found
> that relates to your work but does not necessarily duplicate it
> exactly. Making up your own methods with the expectation of sharing
> your work with others is a bit like changing the rules of a baseball
> game in mid-swing. God help me, I used a s****ts analogy.
> Don't tell my husband. Best, Bronwen
Rest assured that I don't know your husband. Thanks for your
feedback. :)
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