I have a really of-the-wall suggestion. The way the references were given
to you, I think they came from within other documents. For example, you
have this really long statement in one of your references......" so and so
did da da da and came up with the conclusion that all des are dats.
Batty(1975) -- You can go back to the original document, and find the
references for Batty.
It's the long way, but you may find your answers.
At 04:48 PM 4/13/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Alan..I said the same thing to my husband (only much meaner)..I even told
>him it was like looking for a needle in a haystack!
>
>I went to amazon.com, looked for authors with the name and finance as
>subject..and I printed out what I found..if that aint good enough..I'm
>gonna tell him to re-write the paper to exclude those references...
>
>and when he gets this dern diploma..I'm ripping it in half and putting
>half on MY wall!!
>
>thanks for helping...
>C
>
>On Friday 4/13/01 05:55 AM, Alan S. Harrell got up on a soap box and shouted:
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >On 12 Apr 2001, at 9:23, Cherie wrote:
> >
> >> My husband has written a 20 page report compiled from SEVERAL
> >> different sources (books, magazines, Internet, on and on). He has a
> >> few references to articles within articles, within articles. We have
> >> managed to track down most of the people and who they are for the
> >> works cited page..but we can not find these people..can you guys help
> >> us??
> >>
> >> This is a paper on financial ratios, the people we can't find are:
> >>
> >> Batty (1975)
> >> Brocklington (1983)
> >> Horngren (1970)
> >> Parker (1975)
> >> Van Horne (1983)
> >>
> >> I would be forever grateful if someone could point me in the right
> >> direction.
> >
> >Yesterday I began working on this and soon realized I was looking for a
> >needle in a haystack. I only worked on Batty yesterday. I think it
> >may be a J Batty or a John Batty to which you refer, but I am not sure.
> >
> >We really could use a little more information. Do you know the first
> >names of these people? Can you cite the source where your husband
> >found their names?
> >
> >
> >Alan
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
>--Cherie--
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>
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