Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis

Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by andreasvc on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:25PM (#4610619)

But the rules of citation prescribe that you give a section or page number. Giving a URL is a neat technical solution, but it's not a proper citation.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by jterrace on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:38PM (#4610644)

You can cite a URL.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by andreasvc on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @11:09PM (#4610725)

You can if you must but you know what I mean. Typically you cite a peer reviewed work and reference it in the bibliography with author, year, publisher, etc.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by moe on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @11:32PM (#4610784)

reference it in the bibliography with author, year, publisher

Which is more than a little quaint, in 2012.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by andreasvc on Thursday October 04, 2012 @04:10PM (#4614127)

Not really. These are useful bits of bibliographic information, which can give you an idea of a source without having to consult it. And the kind of publisher gives an indication of reliability ranging from peer reviewed to self-published. Including an URL as well, when applicable, is of course very useful (given that it's a stable one).

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by jterrace on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @11:18PM (#4610751)

Sure, but that's what the PDF format exists for.

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