Grade 9 & 10 Social Studies
Formatting Quotes for your position/issues paper: Footnotes/Endnotes. (footnotes are found at the bottom of the page, endnotes are found at the end of your paper).
1. 1. Pick your quote, figure out it’s length.
-greater than three lines it will become a block quote
-less than three lines it will just show up as part of your paper
-ensure you have the references
-go under document elements and choose footnote, it will pop in your footnote number and take you to the bottom of the page to create your citation
2. 2. Writing your footnote:
**RSS Library: https://revelstokesecondary.sd19.bc.ca/departments/library/citation-style-guides/chicago-style-guide/
-some important notes about doing your reference/citation….order matters. With a book (eg. Text book) you state the author first with first name first then last name.
1. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100.
If you use the same book for a second or third quote: USE shortened version not ibid **
2. Pollan, Omnivore’s Dilemma, 3.
Shortened Footnotes (After the First Citation)
After you cite a source once, use a shortened note.
Format for a book:
2. Last Name, Shortened Title, page number.
Example:
2. Smith, History of Dogs, 52.
For a website:
1. Firstname Lastname, “Title of Web Page,” Publishing Organization or Name of Website in Italics, publication date and/or access date if available, URL.
Author (if available), “Title of Webpage,” Name of Website, publication or last modified date, URL.
Example:
American Kennel Club, “Golden Retriever,” AKC, last modified March 15, 2023, https://www.akc.org
If you use the website more than once, use Shortened Footnote Format for a Website
General format:
Footnote #: Author or Organization, “Shortened Page Title.”
No URL is needed in shortened notes:
Lastname, "Shortened title."
Examples:
If the website has an author
First (full) note:
Jane Doe, “Training Golden Retrievers,” Dog Behavior Today, April 5, 2022, https://www.dogbehaviortoday.com/training-goldens
.
Shortened note:
2. Doe, “Training Golden Retrievers.”
If the website has no author (organization as author)
First (full) note:
American Kennel Club, “Golden Retriever,” AKC, last modified March 15, 2023, https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/golden-retriever/
.
Shortened note:
2. American Kennel Club, “Golden Retriever.”
Versus bibliography:
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Web Page.” Publishing
Organization or Name of Website in Italics.
Publication date and/or access date if available. URL
*if no author for website, start with the title.
*remember that access date is really important esp. if website changes.
If you use a website for a second time. Provide the name of website in quotes.
Some other important things that your paper needs to include:
Title page
Bibliography
Please refer to the following website for help with these items:
