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*Optional library or archive call number | *Optional library or archive call number | ||
*Brief preliminary evaluation comment about the source | *Brief preliminary evaluation comment about the source (optional, but surprizingly valuable) | ||
In practice the first five elements are sometimes complicated and may be hard-to-find details. For example, who is the author, what is the title, and what is the date of an untitled parish register kept over many years by several ministers? | In practice the first five elements are sometimes complicated and may be hard-to-find details. For example, who is the author, what is the title, and what is the date of an untitled parish register kept over many years by several ministers? | ||
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Most archives and libraries have already used these elements to describe the source in their catalog. So using the repository catalog helps the researcher cite the elements of the footnote in a way that will help other researchers find the same source at the same repository. | Most archives and libraries have already used these elements to describe the source in their catalog. So using the repository catalog helps the researcher cite the elements of the footnote in a way that will help other researchers find the same source at the same repository. | ||
On the other hand, as researchers rely more and more on the Internet, new questions arise about how to cite sources from a “repository” that changes so often. | On the other hand, as researchers rely more and more on the Internet, new questions arise about how to cite sources from a “repository” that changes so often. | ||
== Source Footnote Style Guides == | == Source Footnote Style Guides == | ||