Whats the difference of a footnote and a work cited page?

Question

Whats the difference of a footnote and a work cited page except for its format? Don't they both basically just give credit of ones work?

Answer 1

well a foot note can be an explanation of something or a refrense to somewhere else in the book but a works cited is telling where the author got their information so they arent convicted of plagarism

Answer 2

There are some differences. A footnote provides the information at the location in the paper where the primary source material was used, which gives it context. The footnote can also refer the reader to other sources, and even make digressions into related topics and sources.



A works cited page could function either as endnotes or as a bibliography. An endnote page puts all of the footnotes in one location, which can be easier to write (though any software worth its salt can put in footnotes with ease), but you lose the ease of mating the source with the related information in the paper. A bibliography just gives the list of works used in writing the paper, and doesn't point to specific pages. The bibliography may also include works not actually cited (though a true works cited page wouldn't do that). Without page numbers, you not only lose the specific reference to the cited material, but may also get a lower grade (assuming this is being graded) for not giving specific cites.

Answer 3

A works cited page lists all your sources in a certain format in order that you used for your report. A footnote is just any extra information the writer adds at the bottom of the page.

Answer 4

Footnotes and notes on a Works Cited page contain the same types of information about your sources. For a particular research paper, you need to consult the style manual required by the school and/or the department. The style manual will help you determine which format to follow.

Answer 5

The difference between a footnote and an endnote in Word 2013 is that one appears on the same page as the reference and the other appears at the end of the document. Content-wise, a footnote contains bonus information, a clarification, or an aside, and an endnote is a reference or citation. That’s just a guess. In both cases, the footnote or endnote is flagged by a superscripted number or letter in the text1. And both are created in the same manner, like this: 1See? It works! Click the mouse so that the insertion pointer is immediately to the right of the text that you want the footnote or endnote to reference. There should be no spaces. Click the References tab. You should see the Footnotes Group. From the Footnotes group, choose either the Insert Footnote or Insert Endnote command button. A number is superscripted to the text, and you're instantly whisked to the bottom of the page (footnote) or the end of the document (endnote), where you type the footnote or endnote. Type the footnote or endnote. There’s no need to type the note's number; it's done for you automatically. Here are some non-footnote endnote notes: The keyboard shortcut for inserting a footnote is Alt+Ctrl+F. The keyboard shortcut for inserting an endnote is Atl+Ctrl+D. The footnote and endnote numbers are updated automatically so that all footnotes and endnotes are sequential in your document. Use the Next Footnote button's menu to browse between footnote and endnote references in your document; the Next Footnote button is found in the Footnotes group on the References tab on the Ribbon. You can see a footnote or endnote's contents by pointing the mouse at the superscripted number in the document's text. Use the Show Notes button (Footnotes group, References tab) to help you examine footnotes or endnotes themselves. That same button can also be used to hop back to the footnote/endnote reference in your text. To delete a footnote or endnote, highlight its reference number in your document and press the Delete key. Word magically renumbers any remaining footnotes or endnotes. To convert a footnote to an endnote, right-click on the footnote itself. Choose the command Convert to Endnote. Likewise, you can convert endnotes to footnotes by right-clicking on the endnote text and choosing the command Convert to Footnote. For additional control over the footnotes and endnotes, click the dialog box launcher button in the Footnotes group. Use the Footnote and Endnote dialog box to customize the reference text location, format, starting number, and other options.

Answer 6

Footnote- you write like important information that you either quoted or paraphrase in your work.



Work Cited- In the page where you obtained the sources from- complete reference.

Answer 7

Footnotes are the actual "quotes" taken from the works cited page. You number them according to the works cited and the number page....for instance



(I)DailyTimes

(1)"I like cheese."

(2)"Bacon!"

(II)Science Daily

(1)"Stars are pretty."



And so on...See the source on how to do it :)



Hope that helps!!!

Answer 8

work cited pages are used when you actually use text from a published peice in one of your papers(you know with quotaions). footnotes are just comments at the end. you dont actually have quotaions

Answer 9

are you serious or joking