Footnotes are a method of documenting sources for a paper with the following characteristics:
- Superscripted numbers at the points in the text where a source needs to be referenced.
- Numbers in the text are in the order of their appearance in the paper (1, 2, 3, etc.).
- Numbered citations for sources are listed at the bottom of each page, in the order of their appearance in the document.
- Specific page references are often included.
For instance:
You will want to note that Citation will create a footnote in your word processor if
the Access key is in the text of the document. If the Access key is within a footnote you
have already created, Citation will replace the Access key with the footnote reference.
This makes it possible to write a paper with textual footnotes as well as reference
footnotes with consistent numbering of the footnotes.
To write footnotes for a document:
- Prepare the word processing document, inserting Access Keys
at the citation positions in the text.
- Choose Generate, Citations for document. The
Generate Citations dialog will display.
- Click the option for Footnotes, and set the options for multiple citation separators and delimiters.
- Set the Publishing style for the footnotes and, if appropriate, the Reference List (sometimes called
a list of works cited). See the Examples below.
- Click OK to write the footnotes for your document.
Citation replaces the Access keys in the document with footnotes. If you have clicked the option
to write a Reference List, Citation also writes a Reference List for the works cited in the document.
Examples
For Turabian footnotes, with an alphabetized reference list (list of works cited), set the dialog
as illustrated here:
For MHRA footnotes, with an alphabetized reference list, set the dialog
as illustrated here:
For your citations, locate the footnote style required by your instructor or publisher in
the Publishing Style menu.
Note
Most footnote styles require that the endnote contain pinpoint references to the specific
pages in the source work containing the cited material.
To include specific page references for your footnotes, enter the specific page reference in
your Access Key, preceded by a space and a colon, like this:
{Robinson 1972: 217}
Citation will include the specific page reference in your footnotes, and include the inclusive pages
(if any) in the bibliographic citation.
