Footnotes in any style go at the bottom of the page on which you made the reference. MLA style requires you to write footnotes two double spaces below the text. Term papers are typically double-spaced, but write footnotes using single line spacing. Start footnotes with a hanging indent, which is five spaces in from the margin. Footnotes in MLA style are numbered like footnotes in other styles. Put a number in the text at the end of sentences containing references material and then a number before each footnote at the bottom of the page.
For a standard footnote, MLA use a simple reference format. Write the author's first and last name. Write the title of the book or publication after the name, followed by a comma. List the city of publication in parenthesis, followed by a colon. Write the name of the publishers, followed by a comma, and then include the publication year in parenthesis. Write the page number outside of the parenthesis, followed by a period. If there are consecutive pages, add a dash after the first page number and then write the last page number.
Footnotes for references with multiple authors use a similar format to the basic single author listing. For two names, write the main author first, then "and" and then the second author's name. The names should be first name followed by last name. Separate multiple authors with comas and put "and" before the last author's name in a series. Put a comma after the last name and then include the title, publication information and page numbers.
Footnotes sometimes run onto the next page. When you cannot fit a footnote on the same page add a solid line that runs across both pages. Make the solid line two spaces below the text and put two spaces between the line and your footnote. Continue the footnote from where you left off on the previous page so that it includes the author name, title, publication information and page numbers once. Do not repeat information.