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From: Singhals <>
Subject: [GM] Re: Ibid
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:08:33 -0800
References: <bp5dc0$sgn$1@askin-17.linkpendium.com>


> > > > What does Ibid in a source mean?
> > > >
> > > > m~ Monie
> > >
> > > Here is a definition I found at this site:
> > > http://dictionary.reference.com/ when searching for the term.
> > >
> > > ibidem Audio pronunciation of ibid. ( P ) Pronunciation Key
> > > (b-dm, -bdm)
> > > adv. Abbr. ib. or ibid.
> > >
> > > In the same place. Used in footnotes and bibliographies to refer
> > > to the book, chapter, article, or page cited just before.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps you. As you can see it usually needs the
> > > structure of the footnote or bibliography list to interpret. Not
> > > sure how it would be used in a source.
> > >
> > > Brian Kelly <>
> >
> > It probably won't be used in a source in genealogy software, but
> > could be in a report produced by that software. I use Reunion on a
> > Mac, and it has preference settings for me to decide whether to let
> > it use ibid in reports.
> >
> > "Steve W. Jackson" <>
>
> Ibid is the reference used in footnoting or endnoting, to indicate
> that the citation comes from the same source as the immediately
> preceding footnote.
>
> Op. cit is used to indicate that the source is the same as one cited
> previously, but not in the immediately preceding footnote.
>
> Dear lord, the things that stay with you from high school English.
>
> http://www.sas.upenn.edu/chem/library/infoclass/ibid.html
>
> <>


And let's not forget "idem" ...

Cheryl

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