Comments on: Proposal: On Closing the Set http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/01/19/proposal-on-closing-the-set Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:06:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tozier http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/01/19/proposal-on-closing-the-set#comment-314 Tozier Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:20:32 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=252#comment-314 True. In fact, there seem to be multiple <i>ways</i> that other works are mentioned, too. Imperative ("Go read this"), citation, in passing, indirectly. And various levels of certainty, as in, "Mrs. Oliphant has written extensively on...", as opposed to, "In Mrs. Oliphant's 'The Count's Daughters'...." &c True. In fact, there seem to be multiple ways that other works are mentioned, too. Imperative (”Go read this”), citation, in passing, indirectly. And various levels of certainty, as in, “Mrs. Oliphant has written extensively on…”, as opposed to, “In Mrs. Oliphant’s ‘The Count’s Daughters’….” &c

]]> By: Barbara http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/01/19/proposal-on-closing-the-set#comment-313 Barbara Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:44:19 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=252#comment-313 It seems to me that there are two types of set here, though. <i>Allibone's</i> is more of a catalogue -- it doesn't <em>cite</em> the books, it only records their existence (and sometimes gives third-party reviews of them). The other type of set is like the one in Clouston's <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16949" title="PG 16949" rel="nofollow"><i>Flowers from a Persian Garden</i></a>, where he references dozens of other books to support and expand on his topic. Just because you have a paper indexed in CiteSeer doesn't mean CiteSeer <em>cites</em> you, does it? So why would <i>Allibone's</i> be a good starting point? It seems to me that there are two types of set here, though. Allibone’s is more of a catalogue — it doesn’t cite the books, it only records their existence (and sometimes gives third-party reviews of them). The other type of set is like the one in Clouston’s Flowers from a Persian Garden, where he references dozens of other books to support and expand on his topic.

Just because you have a paper indexed in CiteSeer doesn’t mean CiteSeer cites you, does it? So why would Allibone’s be a good starting point?

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