[Techtalk] LaTeX/BiBTeX style files needed.

Mary linuxchix at puzzling.org
Tue Apr 16 13:52:35 EST 2002


On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 01:43:31PM +1000, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 01:26:31PM +1000, Mary wrote:
> > I just got back an essay from my university's history department with
> > the comment that they don't allow Hardvard-style citations, they want
> > footnote style citations.
> 
> At the risk of looking uneducated (both in History and Citing), what are
> "footnote style citations"?

Instead of:

In July 1798 the Bastille was violently stormed by sans coulottes [Smith, 1981] leading to...

you do:

In July 1798 the Bastille was violently stormed by sans coulottes[1]
leading to...

More stuff here.

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[1] Smith, J. The French Revolution, 1981.

-Mary.



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