General Information about Notes

How to refer to notes in your paper

To acknowledge a source in your paper, place a superscript number immediately after the end punctuation of a sentence containing the quotation, paraphrase, or summary.

Example: This is how one acknowledges a source in Chicago/Turabian documentation.¹

Do not put any punctuation after the number.

Where to place notes

Place notes

at the bottom of each page
separated from the text with a typed line, 1.5 inches long.

Some instructors will allow you to place notes, instead, as endnotes on a separate page (titled Notes) at the end of your paper, after any appendices.

How to format notes

In the footnote or endnote itself:

use the same number as in the body of your paper
do not raise or superscript it
put a period and two spaces after the number

The notes themselves are:

single-spaced
first-line indented five spaces from the left margin.

Double-space between notes.

Several references to same author in a paragraph?

If a single paragraph of your paper contains several references to the same author, it is permissible to use one number after the last quotation, paraphrase, or summary to indicate the source for all of the material used in that paragraph.

Abbreviations

Generally there is no need to use the abbreviations "p." and "pp." before page numbers. Simply list the appropriate numbers.