Link With
Alpha-Numeric Code
Number each bibliographic card with a numeral or letter of the alphabet.
Then, put this number or letter on each note card taken from that source.
In this example, if you decide to use the material from Dr. Hall's article, you could write: "According to Dr. Jeremy Hall (2001), 'One reason Hot Dog"¦'"
Without the link, it would be easy to forget that this information came from Dr. Hall's article and, as a result, you would not be able to use the information in your paper without being guilty of plagiarism.
Currency of Research
The date of a publication can be very important in evaluating its credibility. If a publication is too old, it lacks currency.
When Dr. Hall published "Hot Dog Pro: An Excellent HTML Editor" in 2001, what he wrote was accurate. At the time, I was using this software and was very pleased with it. Unfortunately, a couple of years later, Sausage Software went into a decline and they stopped answering e-mails and supporting their HTML editor. Because of this, I switched to Coffee Cup's HTML editor; the editor which I am currently using to write this website. When I last checked Sausage Software's website on 26 May 2019, I discovered that the last time they updated their website was 2005. Even if you properly cited Dr. Hall's article, you would still be wrong if you claimed that Hot Dog Pro is currently a quality HTML editor.
For more information about credibility, please consult Evaluating Research: Date of Publication in which I argue that Harriet E. Wilson's Our Nig which was published in 1859 can still be considered current. Publication dates must be considered in context. There is no magic time period that defines currency.
