Before reading these articles, I never had in mind that footnotes and endnotes are of that great importance. Is it because I never asked myself how they are coded or is it because I never needed to figure that out? I don’t know. Either way, the quote I posted here explains why having a footnote is important. To me, the internet has this taboo label to it that says “do not believe in me”, because information mostly floats around without having backup evidence to it. The whole discourse about have a sufficient use of footnotes and endnotes illustrates a struggle for proficiency and credibility.
“The superscripted footnote/endnote reference mark and its accompanying footnote/endnote text and reference mark are the hallmark of scholarship in the humanities. It is the “breadcrumb trail” that allows scholars to gauge the quality of the evidence underpinning research and to follow the evidentiary path. “
After reading “Paula Petrik, Scholarship on the Web: Managing Footnotes”, and the different ways a person can manage and use footnotes, I realized that scholars are really concerned about them. Anyhow, I looked through the different methods a person can incorporate the use of endnotes and footnotes, and I liked “example #3: css popup”. It is my favorite simply because the popup does not require bouncing back and forth between the endnotes and the main text. Also, it does not change the alignment of the original paragraph as in example #4. Here, the popup appears in the center of the paragraph and it can be printed.
B.A. said,
February 15, 2007 at 1:59 am
I agree with the usability of option #3. I was surprised how sad I was when I hovered over the footnote superscripts in the readings and nothing happened! I’ve become so used to grading papers in Microsoft Word, I’ve come to expect interaction from a footnote on my screen. Thanks to Paula for identifying how to do the coding.