Allemande135 Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 I'm currently writing my Extended Essay and have a few questions about citations and footnotes. Note: my school uses MLA 7. When I use a source for the first time in an essay, must I write down the whole citation? If I then use it again later on, should I use an abbreviated version of the citation? If I have several sentences from the same source, should I put the footnote at the end of the last sentence or multiple footnotes after every sentence? Should I place my footnotes before or after a comma or full stop? Can I put more than one footnote in a sentence? Additionally, if I have multiple footnotes in a sentence, should I put them before or after punctuation? How should I reference websites in footnotes and abbreviated footnotes? If I use information that I find in a book, but it comes from a different book that the author has cited, should I write in the footnote “[A diff source] , as quoted in [my source/the book]”? In summary: what are the rules when creating footnotes and citations? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB_taking_over Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 I am not terribly familiar with MLA, but I found this that might help you. http://www.asjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/MLA7.pdf Generally, when I have to use MLA (I generally use Chicago) I use something similar to this in order to figure it out. If nothing else, your instructor will probably be able to help you. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsie Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 4 hours ago, Allemande135 said: If I use information that I find in a book, but it comes from a different book that the author has cited, should I write in the footnote “[A diff source] , as quoted in [my source/the book]”? Generally, my teacher's advice for this is to find the original source itself and quote directly from it. It's always better to have direct quotes. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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