MLA or APA Footnotes

Sydneyungar · April 15, 2023

I'm using Zotero on Word on my Mac for my graduate thesis. We're required to use either APA or MLA style with footnotes. This does not seem to be an option on either of these with Zotero. Any ideas how to get footnotes with either of these styles? Need this done ASAP as the thesis is due next week!!

adamsmith · April 15, 2023

APA and MLA are in text citation styles. The respective manuals don't describe how citations in footnotes should look.

Do you have any more details on these requirements?

Sydneyungar · April 16, 2023

I don't really have more details. All I know is that we were told APA or MLA with footnotes. So what should I do?!

al987321 · April 16, 2023

Is this what you're after?

https://www.scribbr.com/mla/footnotes-and-endnotes/

Regardless, Zotero does not have an option to generate footnotes in APA or MLA styles - you will have to select another style, like Chicago, for it to make the footnote for you.

adamsmith · April 16, 2023

There are a couple of unofficial options for APA in footnotes
https://github.com/bwiernik/zotero-tools/raw/master/apa-fullnote.csl
or
https://github.com/bwiernik/zotero-tools/raw/master/apa-note.csl

(just click on the link and Zotero should prompt you to install they style). Obviously, as per the above, no idea if that's actually what your program wants.