Bibliographic reference : a critique of style manuals for the preparation of theses and dissertations
Amorim, Maria Jose Theresa de
Bibliographic reference : a critique of style manuals for the preparation of theses and dissertations - 193 p.
^aTese^bPh.D. Library Science
Orientador: Richomond, Phyllis A Orientador: Richomond, Phyllis A
Although the practice of quoting some previous writer is as old as authorship itself, little is known on the "how" and the "why" of citation. It is not known exactly what the many different formats of bibliographic references are, the causes, sources, and reasons behind them, why they are still used, and what fuctions they perform. A speculative anlysis was performed on the instructions for bibliographic references in forty-eight manuals addressing the problem of citing in theses and dissertations, as a heuristic procedure in order to obtain an instrument of comparison and evaluation of the different formats. A list of principles extracted by Nancy Joyce Williamsons from works on bibliography and actual bibliographies was used for seatching the principles, implicit or stated, underlying the formats. Analysis of the manuals according to the categories adpted from Williamson's evidenced a consensus around certain characteristics. The typical manuals gives as explicit reasons for citation: to establish authority: to lend credibility to the work, to substantiate statement not generally accepted as true, to illustrate a divergent point of view, to adopt a position
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Catalogação descritiva--Regras
001.811 / A524
Bibliographic reference : a critique of style manuals for the preparation of theses and dissertations - 193 p.
^aTese^bPh.D. Library Science
Orientador: Richomond, Phyllis A Orientador: Richomond, Phyllis A
Although the practice of quoting some previous writer is as old as authorship itself, little is known on the "how" and the "why" of citation. It is not known exactly what the many different formats of bibliographic references are, the causes, sources, and reasons behind them, why they are still used, and what fuctions they perform. A speculative anlysis was performed on the instructions for bibliographic references in forty-eight manuals addressing the problem of citing in theses and dissertations, as a heuristic procedure in order to obtain an instrument of comparison and evaluation of the different formats. A list of principles extracted by Nancy Joyce Williamsons from works on bibliography and actual bibliographies was used for seatching the principles, implicit or stated, underlying the formats. Analysis of the manuals according to the categories adpted from Williamson's evidenced a consensus around certain characteristics. The typical manuals gives as explicit reasons for citation: to establish authority: to lend credibility to the work, to substantiate statement not generally accepted as true, to illustrate a divergent point of view, to adopt a position
Ciência da informação
Referências bibliográficas
Catalogação descritiva--Regras
001.811 / A524
