>referencing. If an individual makes a small precis from a cited article,
>than the article loses objectivity, and inherent factual value--unless the
>author is well known and if you agree with the author, then the article is
>useful, maybe.
>
>Yes, it is frustrating to be unable to read cited articles, but
>interlibrary loan, and all of the beekeepers on the net should allow for
>fairly good availability of cited articles to those who cannot look them up.
>The age of on-line, hypertext available documentation is not quit here yet.
>Using a library (hard copy based) is still a very valuable experience.
 
Point taken Adam, But some of us don't have all these ammenities available,
and to subscribe to all the available magazines is not econmically viable.
To quote chapter, verse,and author before the precis does not IMHO make the
article less valuable
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