History 100: Global History
How to do Footnotes: A Guide
Where do footnotes go?
 After a quotation. Place the footnote after the quotation mark. Correct order is
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1. Period 2. Quotation mark, 3. Footnote Superscript Number. Or:
After paraphrased information taken from a primary or secondary source. Place the
footnote after the period. Or:
How to insert footnotes:
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Step 1: In Microsoft Word, open the “References” tab located at the top of the screen.
Step 2: In the “References” tab, click the “Insert Footnote” button. This will create two
superscript numbers.
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One of those numbers will be in the main body of the text, the other will be at the
bottom of the page, the “footer.”
The footer is automatically kept separate from the main body of the text.
Word will assign numbers to footnotes and will update these numbers if you add in
more footnotes.
Step 3: After the number in the footer, write in your citation in Chicago format, like so:
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NOTE: Chicago Style footnotes are formatted differently from bibliography
citations. Ex. First Name Last Name instead of Last name, First Name.
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If you cite the same thing a second time, use a short form for subsequent citations.
Lastname, “Title,” Page.
If you cite the same thing twice in a row after you have cited it for the first time, write
“Ibid., page number” in the footnote. Ibid always refers to the citation directly
preceding it. Ibid is short for the Latin expression “ibidem,” which means “in the
same place.”
Chicago Style Guide:
https://www.citefast.com/styleguide.php?style=Chicago&sec=inte
Relevant Entries:
Books with Several Editors
Editor Name, Second Editor Name, and Third Editor Name, eds., Book Title: Second Part of
Book Title (City of Publication: Publisher, Year), page # - page #.
Chapter or Subsection in Edited Collection
Author Name, “Section/Chapter/Document Title,” in Editor Name, Second Editor Name, and
Third Editor Name, eds., Book Title: Second Part of Book Title (City of Publication: Publisher,
Year), page # - page #.
Lecture
Lecturer Name, "Lecture Title" (lecture, University Name, Cityname, State Initials, Month, Day,
Year).