Wednesday, January 6, 2010

How to properly use footnotes?

This is my article:





In order to strengthen the message he introduced the censorship system: “You could only read, see, and hear, what the Nazis wanted you to read, see and hear.” (Trueman)





I am supposed to use a footnote in citation, so where would the quote go, in the foot note? How about the author? Can someone show me how it should look properly formatted? Thanks in advance.How to properly use footnotes?
If it's a history class you want to follow the chicago style, essentially just insert a footnote next to the quote (it will show up at the bottom of the page) then the authors name in the footnote and all the normal info in yer bibliography.





*edit* Specifically if you're using Microsoft Word after the quote you are citing select 'Insert' from the top, then select 'Reference' and lastly 'Footnote', in the field for the footnot just enter in a limited bibliographic entry, author/title etc. Just don't forget, even with footnotes you still need a proper bibliography.





Course, no one is expected to memorize all the rules so be sure to read through the official site http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tool…

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