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From: "Ken Wood" <>
Subject: [TMG] Bibliographic Entries
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 09:45:17 -0400
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Sounds great to me. I'll steal it from you.

Ken Wood

Terry Reigel wrote:


> I don't believe the difference in styles for bibliography entries is
> based on the number of citations. As I understand it, it is based on
> the nature of the source record. Sources that are "authored," be they
> books, articles, letters, or what ever, have bibliography entries
> based on the "author." Sources that are public record based, and
> likely to be available from a single location, have a bibliography
> entry based on that location.
>
> Birth records as covered by the example "Evidence!" are assumed to be
> public records, and thus the bibliography template starts with the
> repository address, which would that be the county recorder, state
> health department, or where ever those records are kept.
>
> It sounds like you, as I have, considered the certificates issued by
> those bodies to be the source, rather than a public record at a court
> house or whatever. My logic was that I never saw the court house
> record, but only saw the certificate in my possession. That approach
> requires a different bibliography entry, in my opinion. The one I use,
> with little or no basis in Mills, is:
>
> [SUBJECT] [RECORD TYPE], [AGENCY], [ADDRESS].
>
> Terry Reigel
>
>

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