da82a299560e0c49c6f05fc8deec6e4299a76e84
lrnassar
  Wed Aug 7 09:22:10 2019 -0700
Adding line on cite.html to encourage people to create sessions instead of copy links refs #20912

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 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <!--#set var="TITLE" value="UCSC Genome Browser: Citing Us" -->
 <!--#set var="ROOT" value="." -->
 
 <!-- Relative paths to support mirror sites with non-standard GB docs install -->
 <!--#include virtual="$ROOT/inc/gbPageStart.html" -->
 
 <h1>Citing the UCSC Browser in a Publication or Web Page</h1>
 <p>
 Follow these citation guidelines when using applications from the Genome Browser tool suite or 
 data from the UCSC Genome Browser database in a research work that will be published in a journal or
 on the Internet.  In addition to the relevant paper, please include a reference to the Genome 
 Browser website in your manuscript: <a href="index.html" 
 target="_blank">http://genome.ucsc.edu/</a>. Be sure to mention the release date of the genome 
-assembly used in your work to facilitate the examination of your data by reviewers and the readers. 
-Please do <strong>not</strong> include references to our development servers (such as 
-genome-test.soe.ucsc.edu) in published links or URLs.</p>
+assembly used in your work to facilitate the examination of your data by reviewers and the readers.</p>
+<p> 
+If you would like to add a URL to the Genome Browser displaying a specific location or 
+configuration, please use a <a 
+href="goldenPath/help/hgSessionHelp.html#Introduction">session URL</a>. This will ensure 
+all data and settings remain fixed. Please do <strong>not</strong> include references 
+to our development servers (such as genome-test.soe.ucsc.edu) in published links or URLs.</p>
 <p>
 For an extended list of publications produced by the UCSC Genome Bioinformatics group, see our 
 <a href="goldenPath/pubs.html">Publications</a> page.</p>
 
 <a name="ref"></a>
 <p>
 <h2>Genome Browser software and website</h2>
 <p>
 <strong>UCSC Genome Browser:</strong>
 Kent WJ, Sugnet CW, Furey TS, Roskin KM, Pringle TH, Zahler AM, Haussler D.  
 <a href="http://www.genome.org/cgi/content/abstract/12/6/996" target="_blank">The human genome 
 browser at UCSC</a>. 
 <em>Genome Res.</em> 2002 Jun;12(6):996-1006.</p>
 
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