Documentation: A History and Critique of Attribution, Commentary, Glosses, Marginalia, Notes, Bibliographies, Works-Cited Lists, and Citation Indexing and Analysis »

Robert Hauptman is professor emeritus of St. Cloud State University and editor of the Journal of Information Ethics. He is also the author of Ethics and Librarianship (2002) and coauthor of Ethics, Information and Technology (1998).

This work examines and critiques the history, use, and abuse of various literary documentation systems. Throughout history, such systems have been employed in different ways and through various applications in order to comment, translate, reference, or otherwise remark tangentially on a primary text. The work studies all forms of documentation used in the Western world—from ancient Biblical commentaries, to the medieval gloss, to the current systems used by researchers in the humanities and sciences. Topics include the historical development of documentation; the specific advantages and disadvantages of Chicago, APA, MLA, and other current styles; and the common misuses or intentional deceptions within modern documentation practices.

Foreword David Henige Henige, David 1

Preface 5

1 Purpose 7

2 Development 14

3 Commentary 35

4 Marginalia 71

5 Footnotes 112

6 Illustration 128

7 The Major Systems 148

8 Errors 168

9 Misconduct 179

10 Citation Indexing and Analysis 189

11 Conclusion 200

Notes 205

Bibliography 209

Index 223