How to cite
The information found on this website represents years of painstaking scholarly effort. We therefore expect that all use of PESSCA content, including artworks, correspondences, and essays, be properly cited in all publications. Both printed and online. Crediting PESSCA is not just a matter of honesty, it is your legal responsibility. It is also a means for the project to gain the visibility and credibility it needs in order to continue with its mostly unfunded work, the fruits of which are completely open to the public and absolutely free of charge.
It might be thought that the correspondences found in this website do not need to be cited because they are easily available online. Or because they are mere facts you chanced upon while carrying out online research. Although we appreciate the recognition implicit in regarding our correspondences as factual and easily accesible, we would much rather be explicitly recognized for our efforts at discovery, presentation, and dissemination. Correspondences are scholarly discoveries that must be recognized and cited as such. That is why PESSCA provides full citations when it draws correspondences from other scholarly publications.
Continued use of this website implies a commitment to these views.
To cite a PESSCA artwork (say, PESSCA 1333A) you may use any one of the following formats within the body of your text. The entire PESSCA website should then be cited in your list of references as indicated below. Here and henceforth YYYY stands for the year of your citation:
- PESSCA 1333A.
- Ojeda 2005–YYYY, 1333A.
To cite a PESSCA correspondence (say, PESSCA 1333A/1992B) you may use any of the following formats within the body of your text. The entire PESSCA website should then be cited in your list of references as indicated below.
- PESSCA 1333A/1992B.
- Ojeda 2005-YYYY, 1333A/1992B.
To cite the entire PESSCA website within the body of your text, you may write Ojeda 2005–YYYY. To cite the entire PESSCA website in your list of references, you may use one of the following formats. Here and henceforth, MM/DD/YYYY represents, of course, a date format.
- MLA 8 Format: Ojeda, Almerindo. 2005-YYYY. Project for the Engraved Sources of Spanish Colonial Art (PESSCA). Website located at colonialart.org. Date Accessed: MM/DD/YYYY.
- Chicago Format: Ojeda, Almerindo. Project for the Engraved Sources of Spanish Colonial Art (PESSCA). 2005-YYYY. Website located at colonialart.org. Date Accessed: MM/DD/YYYY.
To cite an essay published in the PESSCA website (say, Ojeda 2018-YYYY) you may use any one of the following formats in your list of references.
- MLA 8 Format: Ojeda, Almerindo "Fuentes Grabadas del arte colonial: La evidencia documental." Project for the Engraved Sources of Spanish Colonial Art (PESSCA). 2018-YYYY. Available online at https://colonialart.org/essays/fuentes-grabadas-del-arte-colonial-la-evidencia-documental. Date Accessed: MM/DD/YYYY.
- Chicago Format: Ojeda, Almerindo. 2018-YYYY. "Fuentes Grabadas del arte colonial: La evidencia documental." Project for the Engraved Sources of Spanish Colonial Art (PESSCA). Available online at https://colonialart.org/essays/fuentes-grabadas-del-arte-colonial-la-evidencia-documental. Date accessed: MM/DD/YYYY.
Online publications are encouraged to make references to PESSCA clickable.
Permissions to use images in the PESSCA website do not extend automatically to other publications. Permission to use an image in the PESSCA website should be requested from the person or institution holding the copyright of the image.
