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2024 Fall: Global I Research Project: Footnotes

Chicago Style Footnotes

 

Historians use Chicago Style Footnotes to cite sources.

To cite a source, insert a footnote at the end of the sentence.

MLA Parenthetical Citations

 

In English, you will use MLA parenthetical citations.

 

Full citations appear at the end of your paper in a work cited list.

Creating Footnotes

CREATING A FOOTNOTE IN NOODLETOOLS

Don't forget a page #

 

FOOTNOTES: GOOGLE DOCS

Place your cursor at the end of the sentence you want to cite, after all punctuation.

The first time you cite a source, use the full footnote. After you have cited it once, you can use the short form.

 

 

Make sure you put in a page number. You should not have [Page #] in your footnote!

Incorrect: "Britain Orders Freedom for Gandhi," Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, IL), January 26, 1931, [Page #], https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/britain-orders-freedom-gandhi/docview/181227003/se-2?accountid=13992.

Correct: "Britain Orders Freedom for Gandhi," Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, IL), January 26, 1931, 1, https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/britain-orders-freedom-gandhi/docview/181227003/se-2?accountid=13992.