DOCUMENTATION
I. FOOTNOTES/NOTES.
Footnotes (bottom of the page) and notes (separate page at the end of the text of the essay) serve several
purposes:
(a) to indicate the exact source of every quotation used;
(b) to acknowledge indebtedness to others for opinions or ideas;
(c) to give authority for a fact that the reader might be inclined to doubt;
(d) to provide additional explanations or material that might otherwise clutter the text of the
paper or interrupt the flow of argument (do not overuse).
Books in one volume;
1
John W. Shaw, My Life in Teaching; A Tragedy (Waterloo: Univ. of Waterloo Press, 1985), 6.
Second Reference to # 1 immediately following first reference;
2
Ibid., 8.
Books under the direction of an editor;
3
C. Brent Pavey, ed., Order in Chaos; Essays in Honour of J.W. Shaw (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Univ.
Press, 1997), 65.
Third reference to #1 after making a reference to another work;
4
Shaw, 64.
Articles in an Academic Journal;
5
Alan Cairns, "The Living Canadian Constitution," Canadian Journal of Political Science 10, no. 3 (June 1977),
43.
Essay found in a collection;
6
Jason Vander Meulen, "Teaching Religion in Shaw’s Shadow," in Order in Chaos; Essays in Honour of J.W.
Shaw, ed. C. Brent Pavey (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1997), 101.
Two authors or editors:
7
8
Teresa Brown and Trish Russell-Caplan, A Female Force in History (Waterloo: Univ. of Waterloo Press,
1995), 65.
Teresa Brown and Trish Russell-Caplan, eds., Essays in Honor of the Late C.B. Pavey; A Study in Tyranny
(London: Univ. of Western Ontario Press, 1998), 4.
More than two authors or editors;
9
John McCarthy et al., Why I am Not a Communist (Waterloo: WCI Press, 1997), 6.
10
Alain Gagnon et al., eds., Quebec and Confederation (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, 1990), 48.
Article in an Encyclopaedia;
11
"Sparta," Encyclopedia Britannica (1961), XVI, 170.
Newspaper/Magazine Articles;
12
"Importing Full Employment," Globe and Mail, July 27, 1997, 5.
13
l4
Jeffery Simpson, "Liberals Gamble Big," Globe and Mail, June 1, 1997, 8.
John Smith, "Tories Ahead in Polls," Maclean's. June 13, 1997, 6.
Citation at second hand (quoting something quoted by someone else);
15
John C. Marshall cited in George Washington, My Life and Times (Washington: Georgetown Press, 1901),
75.
Government Publications;
16
Canada, Department of Justice, The Amendment of the Constitution of Canada (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1965),
45.
Internet Sources (date cited is date the website was accessed);
17
Peter Limb, "Relationships between Labour and Business,"
[http://neal.ctstateu.edu/history/world_history/archives/limb1.html], May 1992.
Legal Citations;
18
R. v. Morgentaler,[1988]1 SCR 30,1988 CanLII 90(SCC),par. 17.
II. BIBLIOGRAPHY.
All books, articles and sources cited in the footnotes/notes should be listed alphabetically (by author's last
name) in the bibliography. For an annotated bibliography, a short paragraph (3-4 sentences) describing the
work and its usefulness to your essay should be included after each bibliographic entry.
Bibliography
Brown, Teresa and Trish Rusell-Caplan, eds. Essays in Honour of the Late C.B. Pavey; A Study in Tyranny.
Waterloo: Univ. of Waterloo Press, 1998.
Brown, Teresa and Trish Russell-Caplan. A Female Force in History. Waterloo: Univ. of Waterloo Press, 1995.
Cairns, Alan. "The Living Canadian Constitution." Canadian
Journal of Political Science, 10, no. 3 (June 1977), 35-58.
Canada, Department of Justice. The Amendment of the Constitution of Canada. Ottawa: Queen's Printer,
1965.
Gagnon, Alain et al, eds. Quebec and Confederation. Montreal: McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, 1990.
"Importing Full Employment," Globe and Mail, July 27, 1997, 5-7.
Limb, Peter. "Relationships Between Labour and Business."
[http://neal.ctstateu.edu/history/world_history/archives/limbl.html]. May 1992.
McCarthy, John et al. Why I am Not a Communist. Waterloo: WCI Press, 1997.
Pavey, C. Brent, ed. Order in Chaos; Essays in Honour of J.W. Shaw. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Univ.
Press, 1997.
R. v. Morgentaler,[1988]1 SCR 30,1988 CanLII 90(SCC).
Shaw, John W. My Life in Teaching; A Tragedy. Waterloo: Univ. of Waterloo Press, 1985.
Simpson, Jeffery. "Liberals Gamble Big," Globe and Mail, June 1, 1997, 8-9.
Smith, John. "Tories Ahead in Polls," Maclean's. June 13, 1997, 6. "Sparta," Encyclopaedia Britannica (1961),
XXI, 170-173.
Vander Meulen, Jason. "Teaching Religion in Shaw’s Shadow." In Order and Chaos: Essays in Honour
of J.W. Shaw, ed. C. Brent Pavey. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1997.
Washington, George. My Life and Times. Washington: Georgetown Press, 1901.