DocumentCode
1434615
Title
Persistence of Web references in scientific research
Author
Lawrence, Steve ; Pennock, David M. ; Flake, Gary William ; Krovetz, Robert ; Coetzee, Frans M. ; Glover, Eric ; Nielsen, Finn Årup ; Kruger, Andries ; Giles, C. Lee
Author_Institution
NEC Res. Inst., Princeton, NJ, USA
Volume
34
Issue
2
fYear
2001
fDate
2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
26
Lastpage
31
Abstract
The lack of persistence of Web references has called into question the increasingly common practice of citing URLs in scientific papers. It is argued that although few critical resources have been lost to date, new strategies to manage Internet resources and improved citation practices are necessary to minimize the future loss of information
Keywords
Internet; information resources; Internet resources; URLs; Web references persistence; citation practices; scientific research; Computer science; Data mining; Databases; Internet; Materials reliability; National electric code; Page description languages; Publishing; Resource management; Uniform resource locators;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/2.901164
Filename
901164
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