question on footnote for a paper

[bigrash]

does anyone kow if you necessarily have to put footnotes in quotes. and also my friend told me that each quote can be a maximum of 1 sentence. is this true? i'm writing a paper, and i forgot the last time i had to use footnotes

 

[hyperphate]

That reminds me, I wanted to ask, what do they mean when they put 'Ibid' in a footnote?

 

[IcemanJer]

yes, you do need to have a footnote for each quote. usually if the quote is only 2 lines long, then you can leave it as an in-line quote. Otherwise, it is required you to have them as blocked quotes, meaning indent in about 0.5" on both side, leave one line single spaced blank before and aftter the blocked quote, single spaced (the rest of the paper should be double or 1.5 spaced), and no quotation marks around the quote.

For footnote, Ibid.[/b] means this footnote is the same as the one before it. Op. cit. is used when this footenote is the same as the one before the last one:

1. IcemanJer, "Article", Title, etc. etc.
2. Ibid.

and

1. IcemanJer, "Article", Title, etc. etc.
2. hyperphate, "Article 2", Title, etc. etc.
3. Op. cit. <---- using the icemanJer reference again

 

[bigrash]

IcemanJer, thanks. i totaly forgot that you could indent on both sides. i appreciate your help.