Joan, I was offering to send you a book. I wasn't being condescending. It's not only courtesy. It's self protection. If you know where you got your document or your information, you will be able to go back later if you have conflicting data, and be able to fix it. When you use someone else's work, you are also leading the reader to believe that you did it yourself, which is misinformation. As I stated earlier, I wouldn't trust your work. Debbie In a message dated 7/23/2006 6:03:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, RoverLSmith@aol.com writes: Would you like me to send you a book about how to cite sources? I could probably find a web site or two. Thanks for the condescending tone above. Can we not disagree without becoming disagreeable? For the record, I am quite capable of sourcing my research. But I do not confuse sourcing with courtesy. Nowhere have I ever condoned rudeness or lack of courtesy. And now I'm completely done with this discussion--I promise--no further comments. A source is how you know the information--and if you have a document, no matter how you obtained it, that is your source. Thanking a person for supplying a document is another matter entirely. Joan