When do you use endnotes and when do you use footnotes?

i know to credit the author...and all the obvious...but when would i use a footnote over an endnote?When do you use endnotes and when do you use footnotes?
I generally don't like to use footnotes, but I think it depends on your personal likes and dislikes. Is it an essay or a story? For essays I generally use APA or MLA style, thus using end notes. For stories (novels, etc), I would do the numbers (like you would for footnotes) and then cite the sources on the last page with the corresponding numbers (rather than at the bottom of the page).When do you use endnotes and when do you use footnotes?
firstly, you should NEVER have endnotes and footnotes used together in the same document, you either use endnotes or footnotes...


generally just use what you're most comfortable with (i like footnotes so i always use footnotes), by if its an item for school and is part of your assessment, use whatever the teacher wants
this can be confusing, but it really depends on the citation style you are using.





for Chicago, you can use either endnotes or footnotes - but whichever you choose, you must be consistent. Do not use both.





for MLA, APA, etc... You use in-text citations. an end or foot note would only be used for a comment that you do not want in the body of your paper but is NOT a citation.


for example: For further information on food culture, please see Bob Smith's ';Eating your Way through China';





But remember, all citation formats require a Bibliography. this is different from end/footnotes and contains a list of all sources you have used.





I would ask your teacher what he/she requires...