Endnotes by chapter

By Anonymous on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 17:48

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Dear Editor,

I originally was going to have a single section of endnotes at the end of a book; however, the number of notes is becoming difficult to work with.

Now, I'm planning to place the endnotes at the end of each chapter, so in each chapter the endnotes will start over at number 1.

Suppose I reference the same source in Chapter 2 and Chapter 4. In Chapter 2, I would include the full citation. What about Chapter 4, would I fully cite the source again since it's a different chapter?

So, is it still okay to include a single bibliography or source list at the end of the book or is it more accepted to include a separate bibliography following each chapter's endnotes?

Thanks for your time and assistance!

 

Submitted byEEon Sat, 05/07/2016 - 19:24

pbaum, why not turn the question around and ask yourself:  When I'm the reader of a book that is unfamiliar to me,

  • would I want one set of endnotes or would I want to have to search for endnotes after each chapter?
  • would I, in reading chapter 13, want to have to try to find 12 prior sets of endnotes and scan each to identify the first citation to a specific source?
  • would I, when I need to quickly reference the author's bibliography to see if a particular source was used, want to have to search 13 or 20 or even 7 separate chapter bibliographies?