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VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FOOTNOTES


A. Placement of numerals

1) Place superior numerals after any punctuation mark, except the dash or a closing parenthesis if the reference is made to material within the parenthesis or before the dash.

2) Set footnote figures after the work or paragraph or phrase which is explained or amplified.

For bushes five years old and older,1 berries averaged...
Respiration rate of three cultivars (O2 absorption1)...

B. Reference marks should be used in this order:

* asterisk or star
** double asterisk
† dagger
‡ double dagger

C. For bibliographies, preferred style varies by discipline; be consistent.

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