On Internet Discussion Boards And Referencing Slashdot

Posted by Cliff on Saturday May 27, 2000 @03:20AM from the gathering-halls-of-the-21st-century dept.

Sir Joltalot asks: "I'm writing an essay about the role of Internet discussion boards in our society. I'd like to quote some comments I've found in various Slashdot discussions that have occurred, and I'm just wondering if any of you have suggestions or have devised methods for referencing such quotes (giving full credit to the author, if non-anonymous) in a formal way." We have such things for formal printed publications, why not Internet publications? Have such things been determined yet or not?

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Referencing internet discussion boards by prairietoad · 2000-05-27 08:29 · Score: 2

I would refer you to the "MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th Edition" by Joseph Gibaldi. It specifically refers to "online posting" on page 200. You should include the author's name and the title of the document, in quotes, as given in the subject line, followed by the description "Online posting", the date when posted, the name of the forum, date of access and in angle brackets, the online address of the list's Internet site. Hope this helps.