It’s now been eight years since the first edition of Evidence Explained, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, was published. The book proved to be the definitive guide to citation and analysis. This guide left nothing to chance. As time went on, a second edition was required. And now the Bible of genealogical citation has come out in a much-anticipated new third edition.
Advances in genealogy and history research, changes at major repositories and online information providers, and the ever-evolving electronic world have generated new citation and analysis challenges for researchers. While countless websites now suggest ways to identify their offerings, few of those address the analytical needs of a researcher concerned with the nature and provenance of web material, whose numerous incarnations and transformations often affect the reliability of their content.
As with the previous two editions of Evidence Explained, the third edition explains citation principles for both traditional and nontraditional sources; includes 1,000 citation models for virtually every source type; and shows readers where to go to find their sources and how to describe and evaluate them. It contains many new citation models, updates to websites, and descriptions and evaluations of numerous contemporary materials not included in earlier editions.
Highlights of the new Evidence Explained, Third Edition include:
- QuickStart Guide
- Expanded “3×3” Evidence Analysis Process Model
- Expanded coverage for genetic citations
- Expanded coverage of layered citations
- Latest Concepts in evidence analysis
- Coverage of latest media and delivery systems
- Expanded glossary
- Handling of cached materials at Wayback Machine and elsewhere
- Privacy standards for genetic research
- Updates in National Archives citations after changes at NARA and TNG
- Updates for major online providers after acquisitions and mergers
- When to cite DOIs vs. URLs
- When to cite Stable URLs vs. paths and keywords
- Your 4 Basic Rules for Citing websites
- And many other issues raised by users of past editions of Evidence Explained
This volume is 892 pages in length, indexed and in hardcover. It was just published in May of 2015. ISBN 978-08063-2017-5. Item #: GPC3878D. Normally selling for $59.95 plus p&h, FRPC is marketing it online for 15% off, making it just $50.96, through June 16, 2015. Click here to order.
