That's excellent, Fred. A really good suggestion, which I'm delighted
they adopted. Fritz Snyder, Univ. of Montana Law Library.
On Tue, 3 Sep
1996, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> A few weeks ago the question was asked whether the new edition of the
> Bluebook allows citation of newspaper articles from electronic sources.
> I had suggested to the Yale Law Journal, which was in charge of the rule
> for periodical materials, that they eliminate the requirement of a
> pinpoint cite for newspaper material from a page other than the first
> page of the article. I am pleased that they accepted this idea, which
> has long been favored by librarians.
>
> The new Rule 16.4 provides that the citer should "give only the first page
> of the piece and do not indicate the location of specific material."
> Furthermore, 16.4(d), which provides for citing newspaper articles from
> electronic databases, says "If the electronic database does not indicate
> the first page of the article, the page number need not be indicated."
>
> There are now no barriers to using electronic sources for newspaper
> articles.
>
> Fred Shapiro
> Associate Librarian for Public Services and Lecturer in Legal Research
> Lillian Goldman Library
> Yale Law School
> shapiro@minerva.cis.yale.edu
>
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