Footnotes vs. Works Cited

Which of the following belongs in a footnote?

• Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 76.

• Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Random House Publishing, 1986.

Which of the following belongs in a Works Cited?

• Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Churchill Press, 1977.

• J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (Churchill Press, 1977), 189.

Which of the following belongs in a footnote?

• Hoover, Colleen. It Ends With Us. Atria Books, 2016.

• Hoover, It Ends With Us, 44.

Which of the following belongs in a Works Cited?

• Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein Or, The Modern Day Prometheus. University of Chicago Press, 1818.

• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Or, The Modern Day Prometheus, (University of Chicago Press, 1818), 232.

Which of the following belongs in a footnote?

• Pepperwood, Fortnite, 123.

• Pepperwood, Julius. Official Fortnite Battle Royale Survivor Guide. Epic Games Press, 2019.

Which of the following belongs in a Works Cited?

• Irina Stovski, "Reading and Writing Strengthens Neural Pathways," Neuroscience Weekly 14, no. 9 (2023): 15, https://doi.org/10.1086/727644.

• Stovski, Irina. "Reading and Writing Strengthens Neural Pathways." Neuroscience Weekly 14, no. 9 (2023): 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1086/727644.

Write a SHORTENED Chicago style footnote for page 17 of this book:

Maas, Sarah J. A Court of Thorns and Roses. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Answer explanation

Your footnote could include the full title: Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses, 17. OR it could have a shortened title:

Maas, Thorns and Roses, 17.

Write a FULL LENGTH Chicago style footnote for page 222 of this journal article:

Jones, Henry. "Exploring Ancient Catacombs." American Archaeology Journal 6, vol. 8 (1973): 221-246. https://doi.org/10.1086/77778.

Answer explanation

Could be Jones, "Exploring Ancient Catacombs," 222. OR Jones, "Ancient Catacombs," 222.

What are footnotes?

• Information found at the end of a text

• Numbered sources next to a word found at the bottom of a page

• The author's vocabulary words

• Terminology that is written in an essay

Footnotes should be a(n) _______ version of the citation in your Works Cited.

• longer

• shorter

• more detailed

• incorrect