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7.Too Little Information

The example of the online edition of the Times and the Fisher-Stitt article given in Problem 1 is probably less frequent than its opposite: too little information. A lot of the time, it's difficult to establish the who, what, when and where of Internet documents.

Let's look at some of the gaps you are likely to find:

No author
No title
No date
No organisation or publishing body

If you can't find this information:

Question the reliability of the source. This is, however, a question about the evaluation of sources, which is another subject. If you are in doubt about how to do this, read some articles about evaluating internet sources.
Don't give up looking for information without a fight!

On the next page, you will find out ways of finding information that appears not to be there, and how to deal with gaps in a reference. Go to Too Little Information: No Author

Updated Sunday November 11, 2001 4:29 PM

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Introduction Principles Structure Additional information required Q: Too much information? A: Identify the nature of the document Q: Too little information? a)No author b) No title c) No date d) No publisher Links to other citation guides FAQs		7.Too Little Information

		The example of the online edition of the Times and the Fisher-Stitt article given in Problem 1 is probably less frequent than its opposite: too little information. A lot of the time, it's difficult to establish the who, what, when and where of Internet documents. Let's look at some of the gaps you are likely to find: No author No title No date No organisation or publishing body If you can't find this information: Question the reliability of the source. This is, however, a question about the evaluation of sources, which is another subject. If you are in doubt about how to do this, read some articles about evaluating internet sources. Don't give up looking for information without a fight! On the next page, you will find out ways of finding information that appears not to be there, and how to deal with gaps in a reference. Go to Too Little Information: No Author
	Updated Sunday November 11, 2001 4:29 PM © Jonathan Still 2001 You may quote from these pages, but if your selection includes a reference I have made to someone else's work, please make sure that the attribution is clear. By not doing so, you may implicate me in plagiarism.