It's written in the BFM BA thesis guidelines that APA style should be used, however, APA does not recommend to use footnotes (in the same guidelines its written that footnotes should be in size 11). So, I got a bit confused. Can I use MLA style where I can have footnotes?
Im sorry if I bothered You for such a stupid question, its just seems that no one knows in BFM the correct way to do thesis.
Thank You in advance!
My response:
As far as APA goes, you can use either footnotes, endnotes, or parenthetical citations. I would suggest you use footnotes - Word makes it damn easy (BTW, if you can get a copy of Word 2007, you just select the style - APA, MLA, Turabian, etc. - and it does the formatting for you). Footnotes are easier for the reader to follow along with as they read your thesis.
Once you have written a new footnotes, copy and paste it on to your bibliography page. There is very little you have edit to change it from a reference to a bibliography (for example, in a reference the name is written "Hagi Shein, book, etc." In the bibliography, it's written "Shein, Hagi. Book, etc." They are put in alphabetical order).
Note you DO NOT use MLA style. Use APA.
As far as spacing, go 1.5. Use the computer's default settings for the football/endnote size.
More questions?
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I wanted to ask about quoting, if I take a sentence from a book, I have to use quotation marks (""), but if I change the text by using synonyms, then I don't have to use quotation marks anymore. Is that correct? Do I have to write after every peace of information that is taken from the book the name of the book, or I do it only then when I use quotation marks?
Other question is about the books that I have used, what I must write down and in what order?
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