[WEB4LIB] citing URLs

[Roy Tennant]

To further pick nits, the *real* URL is this:

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2432.html

The URL below goes through a "checkpoint" first for tracking purposes and
then is forwarded on to the final destination.
Roy 

On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, JQ Johnson wrote:

> >   was published 8/17/98 at  URL:
> >chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/adem2fpf/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_2432.html
> 
> I'm not a cataloger, so I suppose I don't really have the qualifications
> to pick such nits, but the above is not a URL.  It does not include the
> "access method" and associated punctuation (presumably in this case
> http://, but perhaps ftp:// or https:// or something else).  As a
> practical matter, not including the FULL URL in your messages means that
> people with web-enabled email systems normally can't just click on the
> link in your message.  As a style matter, it's important to provide all
> the citation information people may need, which includes the access
> method.
> 
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