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Endnotes are used to give credit for any material that
you borrowed, summarized, or quoted. This includes
pictures, charts, and graphs. Footnotes give your
reader a reference to the exact page of the material
you used in your research. The material you used
should also be in your Bibliography.
Footnotes are placed in
number order at the bottom of the same page where the
quote or borrowed material is found in your paper.
Endnotes are placed in number order at the end of your
paper on a separate page called Endnotes. Your teacher
will tell you which method to use – footnotes or
endnotes.
In Microsoft
Word on the toolbar
there is an Insert choice called Footnote.
This will place a small (superscript) number right
after your quote or borrowed material. It will also
create a space at the bottom of the paper where you
can type the footnote information after the same
number. Number your footnotes in order in your paper.
The Footnote choice will automatically number
them for you if you choose that option.
Footnotes are written in a
different order than bibliographic citations. Here are
two examples for the same book.
Bibliographic Example:
Rowling, J. K. Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. New York:
Scholastic Books, 1999.
Footnote Example:
"Harry Potter was a
highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he
hated the summer holidays more than any other time of
year. For another, he really wanted to do his homework
but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of
night. And he also happened to be a wizard." 1
The first time you use a
reference for a footnote you must make a full or
complete footnote entry. The second time you may
shorten your footnote entry to just the author’s
last name and page.
1 J. K.
Rowling, The Prisoner of Azkaban (New York:
Scholastic Books, 1999)
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