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
fDate :
2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
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;
