World Religions & Contemporary Issues | L. Strawn

Title Page

• Center your title a third of the way down the page

• Center your name, class information, teacher’s name, and date two-thirds of the way down the page

• Do not add a page number to your title page

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Bibliography Format

• Bibliographic citations are arranged in alphabetical order by author’s last name or, when there is no author, the article or book title

Bibliography Title

• Title the page "Bibliography" and center it on the page

• Do not underline, bold or italicize

• Leave two space between "Bibliography" and first citation

Indentation

• First line of each citation should be flushed with left margin

• Indent remaining lines within a single citation - this is called a hanging indent

• Bibliographic citations should be single spaced within the citation

• An extra space needs to be inserted between each citation

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Footnotes

• Include footnotes for all quotes and paraphrases - any idea that is not your own

• Use NoodleTools to help you create footnotes for your citations

• Superscript footnote numbers and place them after all grammatical punctuation. Footnotes can be added in GoogleDocs by choosing Insert > Footnote

• Footnote citations should be single spaced within the citation in 10pt font at the bottom of the page

• An extra space needs to be inserted between each footnote citation

• Use shortform footnotes when citing a source already footnoted in the paper. In general, shortform notes include the author’s last name, the title of the work abbreviated to no more than four words, and the page number, all separated by commas, for example: Zaehner, Hinduism, 28.

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