[ISLMA-Share] Easy Bib and MLA8

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Tue Nov 1 12:56:09 CDT 2016


In the handbook, date of access is included in a section called "Optional
Elements."  The paragraph at the beginning of that section says "Your
decision whether to include optional elements depends on their importance
to your use of the source."

In the "Optional Elements" section, the exact wording regarding "Date of
Access" is "Since online works typically can be changed or removed at any
time, the date on which you accessed online material is often an important
indicator of the version you consulted.  The date of access is especially
crucial if the source provides no date specifying when it was produced or
published."

So it's optional--sort of . . . maybe . . . but then it's "especially
crucial" to include if there is no publication date--it seems to come down
to your deciding for yourself how important it is.  At least that's the way
it reads to me!

Deb Bachfischer
Metamora High School

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Dear All,
> I am just trying to get up to speed with MLA 8, and I am finding that
> EasyBib seems to have some errors for the new format unless I am not
> correct. Doesn't the date accessed have to be included on websites?
> Kathy Wickline
> Unity Junior High Librarian
> Tolono, IL
> wicklinek at unity.k12.il.us
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