
In the text both footnotes and endnotes should be marked with an Arabic numeral typed slightly above the line (superscript).ģ. A footnote must begin at the bottom of the page on which it is referenced, although it may extend to the bottom of the following page if the note is long (See Turabian, sample 14.43).Ģ. Notes should be arranged in numerical order either at the foot of each page (footnotes) or at the end of the paper as a whole (endnotes). Preparing Note Entries (Footnotes/Endnotes)ġ. Spell out numbers under one-hundred and those that begin a sentence. Learn how to use the indexes to get into the information in these three types of periodicals.ġ1.

Remember that periodicals can be divided into at least three categories - newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. Know the difference between primary and secondary sources, and try to use as many primary sources as possible.ġ0. DO USE the superscript key for inserting your footnote numbers into the text.ĩ. When typing your paper on a word processor do NOT use right-hand justification. (See Turabian, Section 1.6 for details.)Ĩ. The title page should also be followed by a blank sheet of paper. Begin each paper with a title page that includes the title of your paper, your name, the department name and course number and the date of submission. Both the notes and the bibliography entries should be single-spaced within each entry and double-spaced between entries.ħ. Block quotations in the text should also be separated from the rest of the text by a blank line before and after the quotation.Ħ. Quotations of five lines or more are considered BLOCK QUOTATIONS and should be indented and single-spaced. Your text should be double-spaced with the appropriate margins (1") on both the sides and at the top and bottom of your pages. The first page of the text should be numbered at the bottom center of the page and subsequent pages in the upper right-hand corner.ĥ. The pages of your paper should be numbered, including the bibliography pages.

The first full citation should be followed by a sentence where you explain how you will short title it (e.g. In that case, the author's name and a short title must be used.

The author's name and the new page citation will suffice for subsequent citations of the same source unless you also cite another source by the same author. A complete citation (such as the following for a book - author, title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, and page(s)), as outlined in Turabian, should be used for the first citation of each individual source. Check with your professor to see whether endnotes or footnotes should be used.ģ. Use Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (15th edition) for unanswered questions.Ģ. Writer's Web: Guide to Turabian's A Manual for Writersġ.
