On 12/19/06, Sarah slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
I don't mean that we should only use sources that are *easily* available, because that would be very limiting, but they must be reasonably available in the English-speaking world. I can't be precise about what I mean by "reasonable," but broadly speaking the man in the street should not have to move mountains, or pay a great deal of money, to obtain the material if he's determined to find it, and the source must be a published, citable one, not something circulated within a limited group of people.
Is the December 18, 1857 morning edition of [[The New York Times]] an acceptable source? It's rather hard to find a copy of it these days. How about the [[ISO 9000]] standard? The International Standards Organization charges thousands of dollars for access to it.