- characteristics
- Features
- Format
- How to do it?
- Example
- Examples
- For professionals
- About organizations
- References
A linkography is a new term used to define the list of electronic addresses or URLs that are presented in a digital document, and that serve as sources of reference on a particular area of knowledge. URL is an acronym for the words in the English language Uniform Resource Locator (uniform resource locator).
It is a reference (an address) to a resource on the Internet. The URL contains the name of the protocol that will be used to access the resource and a resource name. The first part identifies which protocol to use and the second part refers to the name of the domain where the resource is located.
On the other hand, the word linkography is a neologism composed of the English word link ("link", "link") and the suffix of Latin origin "spelling" ("writing"). It is analogous to the term "bibliography", composed of the Greek root biblos (books) and "spelling".
Just as "bibliography" refers to a collection of written sources organized and selected according to certain criteria, a linkography is a list of recommended websites.
It is also linked to the neologism webgrafía (from English webography or webliography), used mainly to list sites that are cited in written works.
characteristics
Features
To make an approximation to the characteristics of a linkography, it is convenient to make a comparison with the functions of its analogous concept: bibliography.
In general, the bibliography has three fundamental functions. The first of these is to identify and verify the data from the sources consulted. In this way, important details such as author, year and publisher can be known.
However, a linkography does not always directly fulfill this function of identification and verification. However, a user can access the recommended posts data by viewing these links.
Second is the location function. By providing all the data of the works, an interested person can track them and consult them later. In this case, a linkography offers the opportunity to consult the material but does not require tracking, but these are available immediately.
The third and final function of a bibliography is to serve as a database of relevant and pertinent sources on a particular topic.
Unlike the previous functions, there is no difference with respect to a linkography. Both involve a registry of consultation sources organized and designed around certain criteria.
Format
In general, because it is a relatively recent practice, a linkography does not have a standardized or universal format. So, you cannot speak in a correct or incorrect way to present them.
However, what the different linkographies observed on the net have in common is that they are placed at the end of the pages or appear alone.
How to do it?
As explained above, there is no formal way to present a linkography. However, looking at some examples online, some regularities are noted.
In this sense, one of the most common presentations is to place a descriptive phrase of the topic and then the URL. This can contain one or more links for each of the topics.
Example
- Updated APA standards.
www.normasapa.com
- Royal Spanish Academy.
www.rae.es
On the other hand, some linkographies contain one or more paragraphs that describe important aspects of the subject matter (as a kind of introduction) and / or the general characteristics of the selected links.
A third group, especially within academic settings, uses more formal presentation standards such as APA (American Psychology Association), MLA (Modern Language and Arts) or Harvard.
In general, the identification elements of electronic resources are not as obvious as those of traditional documents. However, these rules try to accommodate all possibilities.
Examples
For professionals
What follows is a curated collection of the top websites for aspiring and professional, and a few others that experts have found extremely helpful.
- London Actors Center.
www.actorscentre.co.uk
- Association of Agents of Great Britain.
www.agents-uk.com
- BBC home page.
www.bbc.co.uk
- Tips on how to get a job in radio drama.
www.bbc.co.uk/soundstart
- Guild of casting directors.
www.thecdg.co.uk
- Cooperative Association of Personal Management.
wwww.cpmm.coop
- Drama UK, the new body championing quality drama training in the UK.
www.dramauk.co.uk
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
www.cdfringe.com
- Edinburgh International Festival.
www.cif.co.uk
- Equity.
www.equity.org.uk
- Home page of the Independent Theater Council with links to the websites of the member companies.
www.itc-arts.org
- Association of personal managers.
www.thepma.com
- News, information and job announcements that are updated every Thursday.
www.thestage.co.uk
About organizations
This linkography includes website / organization definitions. The listing here does not confirm that the sites will always meet their stated goals or confer any special status.
- A global movement of people campaigning for internationally recognized human rights for all.
www.amnesty.org
- Digital library of websites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
www.archive.org
- The BBC is putting some of its archive treasures online.
www.bbc.co.ulc / history
- Points of view and experiences on camera and online.
www.bbc.co.uk/Videonation
- Historian, author, announcer.
www.bettanyhughes.co.uk
- Online documentary channel.
http: //blogs.channel4.comlfourdocs
- Reviews and box office.
www.boxof fi momoio.com
- Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.
www.btselem.org
- Single window for documentaries, created especially for everyone interested in the art and crafts of documentary film.
www.dfgdocs.com
- Review of contemporary media.
www.ejumpcut.org
References
- Penn Engineering. (s / f). What is a URL? Taken from cis.upenn.edu.
- Search networking (s / f). URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Taken from searchnetworking.techtarget.com.
- I founded BBVA. (2015, March). Webgraphy, proper neologism. Taken from fundeu.es.
- Figueroa Alcántara, HA (2006). Overview of the bibliography. In HA Figueroa Alcántara and CA Ramírez Velásquez (Coords.), Bibliographic and Information Resources, pp 45-62. Mexico DF: UNAM.
- Estivill, A. and Urbano C. (1997, May 30). How to cite electronic resources. Taken from ub.edu.