Using material from the CELL web site
Citation:
The Modern Language Association [new window] and the Modern Humanities Research Association each provide handbooks which outline the procedures for citing electronic and web publicatons. Each CELL publication includes: (1.) the date of on-line publication, which should be cited in addition to the date on which it was accessed by the individual user; (2.) a unique reference number, which should be cited alongside the url of the CELL web site, http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/, so that the paper can always be located on this site.
CELL reference numbers for e-prints:
To establish best practice it is imperative that each on-line publication is allotted a unique and meaningful reference number that can be cited by researchers. As the CELL publication archive expands, the referencing system will also enable the construction of a fully searchable catalogue. The reference number allocated to each publication consists of four elements:
- the project code (BAC = 'Francis Bacon Correspondence Project'; ERA = 'Erasmus Correspondence Project'; FOR = 'The Forum'; GUI = 'CELL Guides')
- year of on-line publication
- type of publication (01 = article; 02 = section from book or larger study; 03 = conference paper; 04 = position paper; 05 = report, description, or example)
- unique reference number
For example: our first on-line publication was Professor Lisa Jardine's paper on the Erasmus Correspondence, presented at the unFamiliar Letters conference (Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, July 2002) and available on-line with two appendices. This paper and its appendices have been allocated the following reference numbers: ERA/2002/03/001, ERA/2002/03/001.01, and ERA/2002/03/001.02. These are deciphered as follows:
- ERA = the code for the Erasmus Correspondence Project
- 2002 = the year of on-line publication
- 03 = the code for type of publication (conference paper)
- 001, 001.01, 001.02 = unique identifier. When, as in this case, a single publication has several constituent parts a decimal point it use to indicate they are a group.
Downloading papers and articles:
Papers and articles posted on the CELL web site are available in PDF form. If you do not have Adobe Acrobate Reader©, you can download it from the side-bar footer that appears on every page. For a complete list of paper posted on this site see the Index of e-prints.
Copyright and fair use of CELL materials:
The materials on the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters Projects web pages (including all texts, translations, images, descriptions, drawings etc) are provided for the personal use of students, scholars and the public. Any commercial use or publication of them without authorization is strictly prohibited. All materials are copyrighted and are not in the public domain. Copying of materials on the CELL web pages is not permitted.
Linking to CELL web pages:
You are welcome to create links to any section of the CELL web site provided you properly attribute the source of the material and provide a reference to it for the benefit of the user or reader where appropriate. However, we can only guarantee to maintain certain pages (currently, our home page). Anyone linking to any other page within the site risks the link being broken.
