學術論文引文格式對於學術資料庫電子文獻規範之探討：以APA、MLA、Chicago/Turabian爲例

Referencing Styles for Citing Scientific Databases: A Study on APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian Formats

邱炯友(Jeong-Yeou Chiu) ； 蔡孟倫(Meng-Lun Tsai)

《圖書資訊學研究》 4卷2期 (2010/06) Pp. 41-64

摘要

本研究以APA、MLA、Chicago/Turabian學術論文引文格式之規範為前導探討議題，就期刊、學位論文等電子資源引用規範進行觀察，其間對於此三大引文格式涉及被引用資料庫電子文獻是否涵列資料庫名稱、網址等，提出分析報告。研究發現學術資料庫業者已挾電子文獻流通之優勢，定位自身的「引文規範」與謀取學術市場利基，逐漸影響研究者之引文格式取用習慣。寫作手冊規範之編輯政策勢必因勢利導，否則將導致引文規範在理論與實務應用中脫軌，損害原典規範的權威性。

關鍵字

引文格式 ； 電子文獻 ； 全文資料庫 ； 學術規範 ； 學術出版

並列摘要

To cite online documents, using databases and following standard referencing styles have become a disciplinary need of scholars. In journal articles, theses, and dissertations especially, it has become a common practice to cite databases. This study examined how three major referencing styles handle the citation of electronic documents obtained from databases, focusing on the citation elements such as the database name, URL, the descriptive phrase or record locator, etc. The study found that the APA, MLA, Chicago & Turabian formats have been developed with less effort and concern about database related citation guidelines than database providers have done. Database providers have dominated the circulation of research literatures in the market and gradually gained control over the right of annotation for citation format to some extent. To sustain the authority of the standard referencing styles, the original institutions responsible for the citation formats should amend their rules for citing scholarly electronic databases in a clear and timely manner.

並列關鍵字

Referencing Style ； Electronic Document ； Fulltext Database ； Academic Discipline ； Scholarly Publishing

參考文獻

Berners-Lee, T., Masinter, L., & McCahill, M. (n.d.). Uniform resource locators: Recommendations. Retrieved August 14, 2008, from http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/4_Recommentations.html

Modern Language Association. (n.d.). What is MLA style. Retrieved March 10, 2007, from http://www.mla.org/style

Paskin, N. (2008). Digital object identifier (DOI®) system. Retrieved August 15, 2008, from http://www.doi.org/overview/080625DOI-ELIS-Paskin.pdf

The Chicago Manual of Style Online. (n.d.). Q & A. Retrieved March 17, 2007, from http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/URLs/URLs02.html

The International DOI Foundation. (n.d.). Welcome to the DOI system. Retrieved April 8, 2008, from http://www.doi.org/