I forgot to mention that the G Book interface has a list of links on the left , headed: Get this book. First it lists commercial sources, and then it almost always lists: "Find this book in a library". That link takes you to the record for the book in WorldCat. You can use the necessary part directly, or:
The WorldCat interface has at the top under the search box "Cite/Export" giving a choice of formats--I usually pick Turabian. The proper reference will appear, except that you need to add the ISBN from the main record also.
Probably this can be automated.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM, David Goodmandgoodmanny@gmail.com wrote:
"1. Do we have an approved and sensible citation style for GB?
The point is that some people simply paste in the very long GB URL for a page. I tend to do the other thing, which is to treat it no differently from a book I have open in front of me."
You do both.
As I understand it , the standard way at WP of citing anything from GNews and the like, which I think applies to GBooks also, is to cite the actual published work as an ordinary book, including the page number, and then add the link as a convenience link in the for [http: whatever Google Books]. The cite books template also has a place to do it.
The rationale is that it is absolutely essential to give a source that can be used in a library by anyone to obtain the book either there or via interlibrary loan. It's also necessary though to say where you actually found the reference--hence the link to GBooks. All such refs to the Googles and similar convenience links, such as Proquest and Lexis and JSTOR ) need to be checked and if necessary upgraded.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG
gwern
WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l