Foot Notes
The Basic Format: Author, Work ( Title), Publication, Place, Year, Page.
1. Author:
Immediate author
is mentioned.
Name, Surname
2. Work:
Article : No Italics, But within double invited Commas. ( “….”)
If you are reading a book and each chapter in it has a different
author:
Author ( of the article/chapter), Work ( Title of
the article), in Editor of the book( ed), Title of the book
( in Italics)
If the article is from a magazine:
Author, “Title of Article” in Name of the Magazine( no Italics/No
“…”), No.( Issue),Vol.
( No editor in the Magazine to be mentioned.)
3.
Publication:
Book
ISPK,ORBIS ,
(Just mention the name of the publication. Need not
write again as Publications, unless it’s part of the name itself.)
Note: If there are several editions of the book, then
mention, how many’th edition the presently used book is. – (After the title, in the brackets)
For Magazines
No publication mentioned.
4.
Place
New York, New Delhi etc.
5.
Year
of Publication
·
As given, for
the particularly used work.
·
If there are
several editions, then, after the year of
Publication, in the brackets, mention – (first publication 1968) etc
6.
Pages:
·
p.18 or just put it as 18.
·
If you are using pp – then it’s in small letters.
·
If it is , continuously 2 to 3 pages then , 18-21
·
If the material is discontinuously used
then – 18.20.21
Extra Information
Quoting
·
If the citation is less than 4 lines-
then – “………….”
·
If it touches 4th line or
more then- use indent, from one side. (No invited Commas).
·
If the citation
goes from one page to other, than in the
footnote :- 18-19
·
In the quoting,
if only the ideas are taken, in the manner, from the first paragraph of page 18
and last but one of 19 then (or any other way but, from limited paragraphs),
then – 18, 19.
·
If Idea is taken
and not the citation, then as usual, reference at the end. To make it still
clearer, where it starts- can use, so and so says( opines)…..
Journals
If the article is taken from the journal, then….
Immediate Author, “ title of the
article (no Italics)”, in Name of the Journal ( No Italics, No underline), No.,
Vol., July- Sept (or Spring of July etc as given), Year, 22( pg no).
Internet Meterial
Internet Article:
·
If the Author is mentioned
Author,
“Title of the article”, at www…. ( URL), accessed on date, pg( if available).
·
If the author is not mentioned then
“Title
of the article”, at www…. ( URL), accessed on date, pg( if there is). ( No author mentioned)
Internet Book
·
Author, Title of the book ( Italics),Publication, Place, Year, ( exactly as
in the case of book) ( as accessed at www.Url.com
on date)
·
If
full reference is not given, then ask for it in the google search. It
will be provided
Internet Journal
Immediate
author, “ Title of the article (no Italics)”, in Name of the Journal ( No
Italics, No underline), No., Vol., July- Sept (or Spring of July etc as given),
Year, 22( pg no).
( exactly as in
the journal) (accessed at…..
on…..)
In the footnotes, if the
same material is repeating then
1.
Book A
2.
Again , immediately citation from the same
book A, then – Ibid.
3.
If from the same page then just – ibid.
,
4.
If from the different page then,- Ibid.,
62
Ibid = CzÉÃ
·
If
in-between two references, there are other works and authors then….
Eg:
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. A then ---- author, op.cit., pg no.
If you have
referred 2 books of the same author, in your paper then
“Title”, op.cit., 18( p. no- if from different pages).
op.cit. = CzÉÃ PÀÈw
Please Note: if the material
repeated is from the internet then – instead of
op.cit put it as- loc.cit
·
If there are more than one editor to the book- then
mention the first editors name( first name given)
e.g: in Robertson ( et.al)(ed.s)
Bibliography
1.
For books
Surname, Name, ( as in footnotes, except pg. no)
2.
For Journals
(No author) Title of the Journal ( No italics, no invited Commas), No.,
Vol., Month, Year.
(Even the internet material comes under these two categories- depending
on whether they are books or articles)
It
is good to:
·
While writing the bibliography – books- maintain the
alphabetical order according to the surname of the author.
·
While writing the bibliography – articles- alphabetical
order to be maintained according to the – Title or name of the journal.
Acknowledgement: This is the summery of a session taken by Fr Jossie Lobo, SJ on how to write the foot notes and Bibliography in a scientific Paper.
You can take it as a simple and a dependable format.
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