[PW] Crediting Google Books or Amazon Search Inside as sources?

[Bristow, Barbara]

People don't cite Reader's Guide when they list their articles as sources; it seems to me the same principle applies.

Barbara Bristow
Editor, OmniFile
H. W. Wilson Company 

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The reference desk has been inundated with high
schoolers (and even eighth-graders)doing research
projects on rather obscure topics. The teachers
are requiring at least two book sources. In
several cases, the only sources I can find are
pages I've dug up in Google Books and in Amazon,
using the Search Inside feature. 

I'm assuming (I know, never assume) that I can
print these out and offer them to the patrons
under Fair Use; or I can show them how to use the
features. However, can the students just cite the
book itself as a source, or should they also
credit Google or Amazon? and how should these
sources be credited? They're not "Internet
sources" per se, so the guidelines on citing
websites wouldn't apply, I think.

Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!

Barb





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