Citation of Electronic Resources
Electronic data
Web publications
Further information
There is considerable variation in different styles of citation, for example the Economic History Review has a different style sheet to Historical Research. The guidelines below suggest some generic solutions to the citation of a number of different types of electronic resources.
Datasets downloaded from the various dissemination systems used by the AHDS History should always be cited in the following manner.
• name(s) of the author, known also as the Principal Investigators
• title of the resource
• type of resource (in this case a computer file)
• place of ‘publication’
• ‘publisher’
• date created
• study number
Optionally, the OAI-persistent identifier can also be used: oai:ahds.ac.uk:hds-4847
Perkin, H. J., Elites in British society since 1880 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK
Data Archive [distributor], 1979. SN: 1157.
Mancini, G. and Woodcock, P., Material renaissance: costs and consumption in Italy, 1300-1650: the Este court in the sixteenth century [computer file]. London: Arts and Humanities Data Service [distributor], April 2004. SN: 4847.
Datasets and other publications on CD should be cited similarly:
Kain, Roger J. P. and Richard Oliver, Historic parishes of England and Wales: an electronic map of boundaries before 1850. [CD-ROM] Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive, 2001.
• name(s) of the author
• title of the work
• date created
• URL
• Date of visit
Gregory, Ian, A Place in History. A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research. 2002. [http://hds.essex.ac.uk/g2gp/gis/index.asp] (3 November 2005).
For further information the following sites contain useful information.
Crouse, Maurice. ‘Citing electronic information in history papers’, 7 July 2004. <http://cas.memphis.edu/~mcrouse/elcite.html> [3 November 2005].
The MHRA style guide (downloadable from http://www.mhra.org.uk/Publications/Books/StyleGuide/download.shtml) gives some further examples.
