footnotes without subscript

scottmiller

I see many authors of popular history footnote their work with the page number, and a key phrase, of where the fact they wanted cited appears -- there is no actual footnote number in the text. Anybody know what style this is called and anything about how to do it with Zotero?
Thanks!

adamsmith

could you give an example, I don't think I understand.

scottmiller

Sure, reading the text of a book, you will see no indication at all of a footnote. In the endnotes section at the end of the book, however, authors will do this:

Page 4 (of the book) "At all times, day or night:" (a reference to the exact place on page 4 that is being cited) Thurston, Memoirs, vol. 2, 295.

I think they do this in order not to clutter up the text with subscripts, etc.
That help?

adamsmith

ah yes, sure, I have seen that, but you can't do that with Zotero, no, sorry. Couldn't think of a good workaround, either. I suppose you could use Chicago and endnotes and just make the font for the endnotes white/invisible, though that would still require a fair amount of manual edit, including the page no.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a name, either. Definitely not mentioned in any major style manual.

scottmiller

Fine. That's helpful to know. Many thanks!