Footnotes

Footnotes are inserted at the END of each sentence and then compile themselves at the bottom of your paper.  They are needed EVERY time you use a piece of your research in your paper.

Tips:

General Format:

• Author's last name (followed by a page number, if listed). Separate author and page number with a space.

  • Example: Smith

  • Example with page number: Hubbard 5

• If there is no author listed, use the first word (or words) of the article title followed by the page number.  Put the title in quotation marks.

  • Example: "Research"

  • Example with page number: "Research" 4

• Variations:

  • 2  Authors:

    • Include BOTH authors

      1. Example: Jordan and Snell

      2. Example with page numbers: Smith and Campbell 5

  • More than 3 Authors

    • Include the first author listed followed by et al.

      1. Example: Jordan et al.

      2. Example with page numbers: Stelp et al. 4

  • Information Quoted in an Article

    • Use the author of the article that YOU are using

      1. qtd. in Your Author's last name

      2. qtd. in Your Author's last name 4

To add a footnote in Docs follow these steps:

• Directly after the period, click Insert (top of the page)

• Then click Footnote

• Include the author's last name, page number(s)

• • Photographs / Pictures

    • Include the copyright symbol follow by the creator's name (use ENTIRE title of picture is no creator is listed) followed by the copyright YEAR

      • Example: 

        • © Smith, 2017

        • © "Title of Image," 2007

        • No Date: Use n.d.

          • • © Creator's Name, n.d.

            • © "Title of Image," n.d.