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Footnotes, Appendices and Bibliographies

These are a great way to get over information without wasting valuable word count space. Basically they should contain information which is relevant to your work, points that you are making that need exemplification and clarification or pieces of research or work that inspired you.

Footnotes

An example:-

The Good Samaritan is an excellent bible passage that can be used to combat racism and prejudice. In the story a Jewish man is left on the side of the road to die after being set upon by robbers. A Priest and a Levite pass by but a Samaritan, the enemies of the Jews, stops and helps him. This shows that our neighbors are all of humanity, not just those of our kind.

The above shows us the outline of the Good Samaritan - there is no need to quote from the bible as all the information is there. However some words do need explanation - for example Priest and Levite - this information can be included in the text but will take up valuable space - the best thing to do would be to insert "footnotes".

I cannot do footnotes in "front page" ( the programme I am using to make this web site!!). In Microsoft word place the curser after the relevant word - in this case it would be after "Priest and Levite", click on INSERT, navigate to footnote and follow the instructions. A small number will appear next to which you provide the information necessary in the footnote - perhaps something like this:

"The priest was a man of God, it would be an expectation that he would be the one to stop and help the man on the side of the road. The Levites are members of the prominent and respected Jewish family/tribe who should again have stopped to help the man who was injured"

Appendices

These should appear at the end of your coursework and should be numbered in the order that they appear in your work. An appendix (singular) is a piece of work or an article ( often quite lengthy) which has inspired you to think in a certain way or provided you with information. You should have markings on your appendices to show which bits are relevant to your study. Appendices can also be in the form of diagram or a picture, an interview or script.

Writing a Bibliography

Our librarians have put together a document that shows you how to set out a proper bibliography - this is based on the requirements set down by US universities.

What is a bibliography?

A bibliography lists books and other resources consulted when researching and writing an assignment. It tells the reader both where your information came from and where one can find out more information on the topic. Always make a note of the resources you use whilst you are researching.

How is a Bibliography compiled?

• All entries should be listed in alphabetical order by AUTHOR ( an author can be a person, a government or a university etc.)

• If there is no author given the work should be listed under the title.

• Entries are NOT numbered

• Titles should be in italics, underlined or in "inverted commas"

• Use a separate page and head it BIBLIOGRAPHY

Examples

Here are some examples of how to set out a bibliography for your assignments.

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