Diana:

I would add that if a piece of raw information (as opposed to a thought) is not "general
knowledge" -- or appears to contradict "general knowledge" -- that source should also be
documented.  It can be a general citation with the first reference. You'll save a lot of
headaches for those who later attempt to build on or glean from your research. Good luck!

- Rosanna

>
> Date:    Sun, 14 Apr 2002 17:16:22 -0400
> From:    "Ronald L. Whitaker" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Documentation
>
> Diana:
>
> If the writing was not your original thought and you quoted word for word
> (or the main idea) from another source then you need to document it.
>
> Ron
>
> Diana Bennett wrote:
>
> > Dear Listers:
> >
> > There has been a lot of talk re documenting your source when writing. I
> > am in the midst of writing a book and don't want to slight anyone. So I
> > need to know if I need to document things I have taken from the
> > internet, i.e. Essays on the Civil War, Writings about the 1929 Crash
> > and the following Depression. If there was a name attached to the
> > writing I documented it, but I wonder about those that have no author.
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Diana Kercheval Bennett
> >
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