Placement of reference number

By Anonymous on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 21:51

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If I am stating several items over multiple sentences relating to one source, do I place the note after the first sentence in the sequence or the last? 

Example 1, with note on the first sentence: In the 1900 census, John was living in Crawford County, Indiana.1  He was working as a farmer.  His wife Sally and their three children were living with them. 

Or Example 2, with note on the last sentence: In the 1900 census, John was living in Crawford County, Indiana.  He was working as a farmer.  His wife Sally and their three children were living with them.1

Thoughts?

Submitted byEEon Thu, 07/09/2015 - 22:10

Deeks, see 2.42 "Placement of Reference Numbers."

The short answer is this: Standards and best practices have always called for placing the reference number at the end of the information we take from a source.

Beyond that, it gets complicated. EE 2.42 explains and demonstrates those complications.