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You may choose to include in your bibliography a specific work from one of these categoriesthat is critical to your argument or frequently cited.If you use many such sources from a single larger entity—for example, several documentsfrom a single manuscript collection—you may cite the larger entity, as discussed in therelevant sections of chapter 17.16.3 NotesWriters use several different kinds of notes, depending on their field, their readers, and thenature of their project. This section explains your options and how to choose among them.16.3.1 Footnotes versus EndnotesYour department may specify whether you should use footnotes or endnotes, especially for athesis or dissertation. If not, you should generally choose footnotes, which are easier to read.Endnotes force readers to flip to the back to check every citation. If you include substantivecomments in endnotes (see 16.3.5), readers might ignore them because they cannot tellwithout turning back which notes are substantive and which only cite sources.On the other hand, choose endnotes when your footnotes are so long or numerous that theytake up too much space on the page, making your report unattractive and difficult to read.Also, endnotes better accommodate tables, quoted poetry, and other matter that requiresspecial typography.If you use endnotes, you can reduce the risk that readers will miss substantive comments byseparating substantive notes from source notes. Number source notes and print them asendnotes. Signal substantive notes with asterisks and other symbols (see 16.3.3) and printthem as footnotes. Do not do this if you have more than a few substantive notes.16.3.2 Referencing Notes in TextWhenever you refer to or otherwise use material from a source, you must insert into your texta superscript number that directs your reader to a note that gives bibliographical informationabout that source. For most quotations, put the number immediately following, whether thequotation is run into the text or set off as a block quotation (see 25.2). For some quotationsand for general citations, put reference numbers at the end of a sentence or clause, after theterminal punctuation mark, quotation mark, or closing parenthesis.Magic was a staple of the Kinahan charm. 1“This,” wrote George Templeton Strong, “is what our tailors can do.” 2(In an earlier book he had said quite the opposite.) 3If, however, the note refers to material before a dash, put the reference number before thewww.itpub.net