Webtags and Citation Webags Usage?

I’m not understanding how these are used? I would examples, explanations, anything you’ve got. Thanks!

Here is a link to a Help search for “Web Tag”

Web Tag

I see! So that takes the place of me adding the url in the citation?

Not necessarily. It depends upon your intention for putting the url in the citation. If it is solely for your benefit to show where you found the source then a web tag can substitute. If your intent is to show a second party where the source is found then a web tag would not work and you would still need to put the url in the citation.

IMHO I would not do either because all the major source players move their data around frequently enough to optimize storage and that breaks both web tags and urls in citations. I put enough information in the citation to be able to find the source and image without a url.

See this discussion about web tags and citations.

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thank you for explaining that. I have found having the information available for my reference invaluable, as sometimes I would like quick access to the information. I’ve not had any that has changed on me yet.

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