What should references and footnotes look like?
The purpose of bibliographical annotation is to direct the reader to the evidence used by the author and to enable the reader to find it with the minimum of trouble. References must therefore be precise, complete and accurate. Footnotes must include the page reference indicating where a quotation can be found. You should always provide a reference for direct quotations in the text, and you should also provide references for general ideas, as well as detailed information, that you have drawn from specialised texts. Failure to do so conscientiously constitutes plagiarism. The department expects students to use the same style as the Economic History Review. A fuller list of styles and examples is available in the ‘Author Guidelines’ on the Review’s website. This is currently: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0013-0117&site=1 Essays and dissertations should include footnotes whenever it is necessary to indicate the source of a quotation, piece of evidence or idea. Footnote
