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Quicksheet Citing Online Historical Resources | 
| Author: Elizabeth Shown Mills
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
Category: Book
Buy New: $5.95
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 19463
Media: Pamphlet
Edition: 1 Revised
Pages: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.6 x 0.2
ISBN: 0806317760
Dewey Decimal Number: 929
EAN: 9780806317762
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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 Every Genealogist Should Have This on Their Desk February 10, 2006
36 out of 38 found this review helpful
This nifty laminated "Quicksheet" is packed with citation examples for a wide variety of Internet genealogy sources. If you research on the Internet, this handy guide is a must-have!
A Definite Must Have! May 22, 2007
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
Any genealogist worth his or her own salt must have this useful reference tool. In this day and age of electronic genealogy it is growing more and more important to fully document your sources found online. They can be here today and gone tomorrow. This easy to follow guide takes the guess work out of documentation. It lays a firm foundation with its basic principles and has models for common record types such as census images, census indexes & databases, digital articles & books, historical records, land-entry records, newspaper & newspaper items, passenger lists, social security death index and vital records. It gives examples of three different entry types--source list entry, full reference note, and short reference note. It is four pages long and comes laminated for long lasting use. This is something you definitely should keep at your fingertips!
 Publisher's Note for the 2007 edition by Clearfield Publishing: July 26, 2007
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
First Revised Edition with updated sample citations and style changes.
Elizabeth Mills's QuickSheet provides a template for citing historical sources on the Internet. It also lays down rules to help you judge the reliability of these sources.
Published in the form of a laminated folder, the QuickSheet contains a series of sample citations showing the correct way to identify online sources such as databases, census images, and digital books and articles.
Based on the premise that online sources are publications that have the same characteristics as printed publications, it provides rules and models for common record types such as passenger lists, vital records, and newspapers. Since a website is the online equivalent of a book, the QuickSheet shows you how to cite author/creator/owner of a website, title of the website, place (URL), date posted, and so forth.
Convenient for desktop use at home or in the library, the QuickSheet answers all those niggling questions left unanswered by the standard citation guides; it is also a perfect companion to the classic citation manual Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian and Mills's 885-page definitive guide to the citation and analysis of historical sources, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace.
 Citation review sheet - not what you really need June 1, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Elizebeth Mills is increasingly referred to as one of the main citation sources for genealogical methods and standards. While this 2 sheet laminated card does help, I wasn't thrilled when I received it.
Opening my wondeful Amazon box (with other goodies) it was "oh yeah, hmm".
The sheet is not really worth the money cause it misses some elements of citation - especially if you are international - rather than being based in the US.
But then again, for the time, effort and expense of getting your own copy laminated it might be a bad option.
Personally, I feel this double sided sheet should have been added and available for free in conjunction with her book "Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian" ISBN-10: 0806315431
Conclusion: Have a review yourself with the "Search Inside" and see whether it suits you.
genealogy January 14, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Lots of valuable information in a concise fashion. Easily transported and readily available for review. Wonderful source citing tool. Handy to carry in a notebook or file folder when doing research for review of material accessed.
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