How to List More Than One Source in a Footnote

Footnoting citation style entails numbering each reference in a text to an outside source with a superscript number or a number in brackets, beginning with "1." On the same page as the reference, the writer includes a small note at the bottom of the page that lists the publication information. Footnotes prevent the reader from flipping to the works cited or bibliography to find more information about a reference. Listing more than one source in a single footnote does not require any special process.

Instructions

    • 1

      Number the references in the text. Even if you are referring to more than one source in a single sentence, insert only one number. Change the number to superscript or place it in brackets.

    • 2

      Create a footnote at the bottom of the page, beginning with the number of the reference, the initial of the author's first name, the author's last name, the title of the text, the source of the text (if relevant), the publisher, the publisher's location, the year of publication and the page number. Add a semi-colon to the end and cite the next source, as follows:

      3. D. Brown, Handbook for Writers, Johnson Publishing, New York, 1991, p. 1; Black, p. 62.

    • 3

      Italicize books and films and place single quotation marks around an article or chapter title.

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