Correct Footnote Usage

Footnotes give the source of facts you have obtained from outside sources

Why Footnote?

“This is necessary for one reason only: your reader may want to consult the same text or document, for whatever reason, and so you must specify it.”

A Students Guide: Research – Footnotes

Footnote Used Correctly• An example of a footnote is:

A footnote is a note of reference, explanation or comment that is placed below printed text. It may also be a table or a chart.1 It shows where the information came from. The citation on the bottom of the page looks like this:

1. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, (1986) s.v. "footnote."

Another Correctly Used Footnote

Correct Footnote, Labeled

Incorrect Footnote

Lets Review ….Correct Footnote Incorrect Footnote

References• “Tacoma Community College – Library –

Tutorials – Computer Tips for Paper Writing”. 21 Oct. 2008. www.tacomacc.edu/library/tutorials/computertipsforpaperwriting/creatingfootnotesorendnotes.aspx

• “Mediation Clauses”. 21 Oct. 2008. http://www.settlenow.org/MediationClauses.html

• “Research Resources”. 21 Oct. 2008. http://turnitin.com/research_site/footnote_example.html

• “A Students Guide: Research – Footnotes”. 21 Oct. 2008. http://www.historyguide.org/guide/footnotes.html