Website access mentioned in citations

By mroddyn3@gmail.com on Wed, 03/20/2019 - 17:46

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Hi,

I am trying to cite several newspaper articles in one footnote.  They came from different newspaper titles in different cities.  Let's say I found all the the articles on the California Digital Newspaper Collection on the same date.  I'm struggling with how to identify the access in the citation.  It seems really long if I do

"Fred Flintstone Elected Dinosaur Catcher," Bedrock Daily Slate (Bedrock, California), 17 March 1962, p. 6, col. 3; digital image, California Digital Newspaper Collection (https://cdnc.ucr.edu/ : accessed 20 March 2019). 

and then repeat the

"digital image, California Digital Newspaper Collection (https://cdnc.ucr.edu/ : accessed 20 March 2019).

for each of the next 3 articles all accessed on the same date from various papers on the CDNC site.  

 

Should I do the first item like the full note, stopping each additional item after "...p. x, col. y."  and then have a separate sentence at the end of the note:

All items digital images from California Digital Newspaper Collection. 

and not mention access date?  Or stop even the first note after the col. y.  and then say:

"All items digital images, California Digital Newspaper Collection (https://cdnc.ucr.edu/ : accessed 20 March 2019). .

Thank you for your thoughts.

 

Submitted byEEon Wed, 03/20/2019 - 18:33

mroddyn, it depends upon how the search function works at the newspaper site. At least two situations are common:

  1. If the image number is part of the URL, EE would cite each newspaper in its own sentence and then say that the image is available at Name of Site (exact URL : date of access). After the first full reference to the site, as you add additional references, a short cite to the provider might (or might not) be possible, depending upon the complexity of the site's name and arrangement.
  2. If the image number is not part of the URL—i.e., if there's a general search page where the search must begin—EE would cite each newspaper in its own sentence, then add a sentence to say that all are imaged at, and accessible through, Name of Site (exact URL : date of access).