Citing treatment reports and unpublished documents

This problem is not of course limited to the conservation
discipline, and a generally satisfactory solution has been adopted
in the scientific literature at large.  Information derived from
unpublished sources whether written or verbal is cited in the
references in a book or paper as e.g. "(John Smith, personal
communication)", or "(John Smith, personal communication, 1997)".
This gives due credit to the originator, and provides the reader
with the opportunity to request further details from him.  Further
description of the nature of the source document is generally
redundant.

Nigel Seeley,
Centre for Sustainable Heritage, UCL


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                  Conservation DistList Instance 17:19
                  Distributed: Friday, August 8, 2003
                       Message Id: cdl-17-19-001
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