<p>Hi guys,
Sorry this is such a stale topic but I'm writing my first college history paper (first paper this semester actually) and I need some help with citing sources. My professor asked us to use footnotes, in which I've never used before. With footnotes, do I cite specifically quotes or just any specific information that I got from a book? Also, if a source is used more than once but with different page numbers, do I use two different footnotes or the same one and notate the page number somewhere else? Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>You usually don't quote straight from sources in college, unless there's really good reason to. I would guess, reference the name of the source, page number, etc., in the proper citation format.</p>
<p>I would ask the professor or TA, because sometimes there's a specific way they want you to do it.</p>
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<p>I'll tell you how I've seen footnotes done before, at least the way my uncle did them in his college papers. I've done MLA formats but no footnotes as of yet in college.</p>
<p>You would follow the format whether MLA or APA.</p>
<p>So let me show you a way it would be used in MLA:</p>
<pre><code> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah............That’s the story of Roberto Reyes who now works for Allied Waste Services in a recycling plant (1)...... blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
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<li>Eckholm, Erik. "Experiment Will Test the Effectiveness of Post-Prison Employment Programs." New York Times 1 Oct. 2006. 14 Nov. 2006 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/us/01reentry.html?ei=5088&en=2de726a40c4acd85&ex=1317355200&partner=rsnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/us/01reentry.html?ei=5088&en=2de726a40c4acd85&ex=1317355200&partner=rsnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all</a></li>
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<p>Of course I'm using a web article. Depending on the source you are using it would change. At least that's how I look at it. Footnotes are like endnotes are like citations. If you can do citations then you shouldn't have any problems doing footnotes or endnotes (realize that endnotes are different than footnotes in that source gets cited at the end of the work not at the bottom of the page).</p>
<p>Also to read up more on footnotes check this out on wikipedia:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footnotes%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footnotes</a></p>
<p>First time:
John Smith, *How to Use Footnotes<a href="Cambridge,%20Mass.:%20MIT%20Press,%201968">/i</a>, 34.</p>
<p>Subsequent use:
Smith, How to Use Footnotes, 102. </p>
<p>If you use the same work but different pages on the same page of your paper, use "ibid."</p>
<p>John Smith, *How to Use Footnotes<a href="Cambridge,%20Mass.:%20MIT%20Press,%201968">/i</a>, 34.
Ibid., 264.</p>
<p>Do I put the Ibid next to the actual quote or in the footnotes? Thanks!</p>
<p>Ibid goes next to the footnote. </p>
<p>For example-
<a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/chem/library/infoclass/ibid.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.sas.upenn.edu/chem/library/infoclass/ibid.html</a></p>
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If you use the same work but different pages on the same page of your paper, use "ibid."
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<p>It doesn't need to be on the same page, at least for CMS.</p>
<p>Okay, thank you!</p>