1. FOOTNOTING 101
World History 9
St. Anne’s-Belfield
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2. What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism (pronounced: play-juh-riz-um) is
the act of taking someone else’s words,
ideas, or information and passing them off
as your own. If you don’t give credit to the
author of these ideas in footnotes and a
bibliography, you are committing
plagiarism, which is a serious academic
offense.
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3. Footnotes should be used
when...
You quote verbatim from someone else's work.
You summarize or paraphrase someone else's work.
You are conveying information which may be unfamiliar to
your reader (e.g. statistics or factual data).
You are not sure whether or not you need to cite. WHEN
IN DOUBT, FOOTNOTE!
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4. Formatting
Use Noodle Tools to properly format citation
DO NOT FORGET TO EDIT CITATION!
Footnotes should be sequential (computer should do it
automatically)
Numbers should be placed at the end of the sentence
AFTER the period
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5. Tips...
Footnote ideas rather than sentences
If one or more sentences relate to the SAME idea,
use 1 footnote at the end of the second sentence
Only give the full citation the first time a source is cited
in a paragraph. Thereafter, use the “short citation”
form
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