footnote
(noun)
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference, etc., to a designated part of the main text.
(noun)
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page to add a comment, citation, or reference to a designated part of the main text.
(noun)
A note at the bottom of the page, corresponding to a number in a text, which gives the reader citation information.
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- Different source types require different citation information when being cited in footnotes.
- Footnotes are the preferred citation method for the Chicago/Turabian Notes and Bibliography citation style.
- When using footnotes, you create what is essentially a "mini-citation" at the bottom of the page.
- These footnotes guide the reader to the corresponding entry in your bibliography.
- List the ways to cite different source types in Chicago/Turabian footnotes
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- In Chicago/Turabian Notes and Bibliography style, use footnotes or endnotes for citing sources in text.
- One method for doing this is creating a footnote.
- An endnote is exactly like a footnote, except that endnotes appear all together at the end of the paper, while each footnote appears on the bottom of the same page as its superscripted number.
- There are two steps to creating a footnote.
- The first step to creating a footnote is place a number next to the statement that needs to be sourced.
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- In-text citations come in two forms: the parenthetical, and the footnote (or endnote).
- Footnotes include a number at the end of the sentence that directs the reader to the appropriate note at the bottom of the page.
- Endnotes are exactly like footnotes, except the notes are at the end of the paper rather than at the bottom of the page.
- Footnotes and endnotes can be used both to cite a source or to provide additional information or context about a word or concept in your text.
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- The most recent edition of The Chicago Manual of Style permits the use of both in-text citation systems ("Author–Date" style, which is usually used in the social sciences) or footnotes and endnotes (this is called "Notes and bibliography" style, which is usually used in the humanities).
- As mentioned above, the most recent editions of The Chicago Manual of Style permit the use of either in-text citation systems or footnotes and endnotes.
- It can give information about in-text citation by page number or by year of publication; it even provides for variations in styles of footnotes and endnotes, depending on whether the paper includes a full bibliography at the end.
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- The quote file can preserve quotes with their proper formatting intact, including footnotes when appropriate.