External Scanning Service Protocol

The External Scanning Service of the Strategic Horizon Network will provide an online “clearinghouse” of published articles related to futuring, strategic planning, environmental forces and trends, best practices and other issues of interest to Strategic Horizon members.

To submit an article, please complete the form below and attach your article in Acrobat or Word.  If you are linking to an online publication, please enter the address of the article in the space provided.

Citations
It is suggested that article citations be formatted according to APA style.  Citation examples are shown below:

Article from a printed magazine
Peraino, K. (2006, June 26). The gangs of Gaza. Newsweek, 147, 30-33.   

Article from an online magazine
Rice, A. (2006, June 26). Big Buffet helpings. Slate. retrieved June 26, 2006 from http://www.slate.com/id/2144469 

Full-text magazine article from a database
Allen, M. (2006, June 26). Rove: Off the hook, back to battle. Time 167 (26), 16-17.  Retrieved June 27, 2006 from the Academic Search Premier database.

For other citation examples, please click here.

Article Descriptions
It is suggested that you include a short one- or two-line description of the article to help users scan for the articles of most relevance to them.

Article Formats

• Links to Online Newspapers and Magazines
  Copy the Web address of the article from the address window of your browser, and then paste the address in the form below.

Note: Publishers of online articles often move their article locations, so we cannot assume that the links will remain "live" indefinitely. An alternative is to save the article on your computer as an Acrobat file, and then upload the article as a document (see below). This will ensure that the article is always available from the Strategic Horizon site. 

• Upload Word or Acrobat Documents that are Saved on Your Computer
  Click the "Browse" button in the form to locate the file on your computer. Select the file and click "open." Click the "upload" icon in the form.
   
• Scanned Articles
  The preferred format for scanned articles is Acrobat.  However, articles may also be submitted as .jpg.  Save the scan to your computer, and then upload to the system as a document.

Other Information

• The form asks for your contact information in case we have a question about your posting.  Your information will not be posted on the site.
• The comments box is for you to suggest changes to the scanning pages or to the article-submission process. Your comments will not be posted on the site.
• If you have questions about posting an article, e-mail Shel McMahon at smcmahon@lorainccc.edu. Questions about the scanning program should be directed to Dick Alfred at ralfred@mail.umich.edu.

Please complete the form below to submit your article.