Turabian / Chicago Style - History

FORMATTING FOOTNOTES

Footnotes come at the bottom of each page, separated from the text with a typed line, 1 and ½ inches long.

When you want to show where you got information in your paper, put a little number (superscript) after the sentence that uses a quote, paraphrase, or summary. Like this:¹ Don't add any punctuation after the number.

In the footnote, use the same number. The notes are close together, and the first line of each note is indented five spaces.

If one paragraph in your paper has a bunch of information from the same author, you can use just one number at the end of the paragraph to show where it all came from.

SETTING UP FOOTNOTES IN MICROSOFT WORD
 

You can save yourself a lot of time and effort if you use the features within Microsoft Word to automatically number and structure your footnotes.

When you are ready to cite your first source in your paper, end your sentence and punctuation. Then, click the References tab on the Word toolbar. Click Insert Footnote. This will automatically add a superscript number at the end of your sentence, and it will also create a place at the bottom of the page for you to type the footnote. Repeat this process every time you cite a source in your paper.

Check the samples of footnotes. Please notice the order of the items in each note as well as the punctuation. The first time a work is cited, full information is given (author, title, volume, publication information, page, etc.).