Footnotes can also be used if you want to show another line of argument on the topic, or you want to show the differences between your work and others. You may choose to add a footnote when you want to clarify a point or justify a point of view. Writers choose to add a footnote when the information would be distracting if it appeared in the main text. If you are curious about footnotes in APA style, see APA footnotes.) What is a footnote?Ī footnote is additional information that is added at the bottom of the page and indicated with a superscript number. In those cases, you can use footnotes in MLA Style.
This additional information also may not work as a parenthetical citation. Below the example, detailed instructions guide you through special cases and other modifications that may be necessary depending on the rest of the sentence and the other entries in your source list.Sometimes when writing a paper, you have additional information that you want to include, but it won’t work well in the main text of your paper. Important note: Example in-text citations (or footnotes) are not available for sources where you have created the citation via QuickCite (i.e., copied and pasted a preformatted citation). When you click to create one via the options above, the window may prompt for a page or volume number in order to customize the example so that you can copy and paste it directly into your paper. MLA and APA styles use in-text citations, whereas Chicago style uses footnotes. or via the link on the Edit Notecard screen. In-text citations and footnotes can be created either from the "More" (three dots) menu next to a citation on the Sources screen. Your NoodleTools notecards keep your direct quotation and paraphrase/summary separate from your own thoughts (in the "my ideas" field), to remind you that those items usually require in-text citations or footnotes. In Chicago style, a footnote is added instead of an in-text citation, but the purpose is the same.
In MLA and APA styles, include an in-text citation any time you quote, paraphrase/summarize or refer to a source.
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