> > I note with interest, not necessarily approval, that these citations > > begin with the author's given name, not the surname. > > > > Is that name-reversal common these days? > > > > Cheryl Singhals <[email protected]> > > I'm a librarian in a public library and deal with students of all > ages who are doing research. There are many different styles for > citing sources (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc), but ALL of the books show > the lastname, firstname format. I have never seen anything official > list given name first and think that would be very confusing. > > Kim <[email protected]> I thought it was odd enough to question, at least. (g) Cheryl