How do you write a footnote on a research paper?

is it like this





(Weller, p.12) or like this (Weller, Scott p.12)How do you write a footnote on a research paper?
Not really trying to duck the question, but it really depends on the style required by your instructor. There are two or three major styles that are commonly used and the footnotes are different in each style.





If you will state the required style, it will make it easier to answer your question.





DocHow do you write a footnote on a research paper?
Here is some information. There are several common styles, but generally you should provide complete information on the first instance, and then only enough information to uniquely identify the reference on subsequent instances.





The Footnote citations must be added at the foot or bottom of the SAME page where you have cited the sources. All first Footnote references must be cited in full. Subsequent references of the same work may be shortened to include only the author's last name and page number. If the source cited has no author stated, use whatever minimal information is needed to identify the same work previously cited, e.g. short title and page number. Formerly, the Latin terms ibid. and op. cit. were used but they are no longer preferred.


It is recommended that you use Endnotes in place of Footnotes.





Sample Footnotes in MLA Style


http://www.aresearchguide.com/samplefoot鈥?/a>





Using the Chicago Manual of Style,';


http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/his鈥?/a>