APA Style (7th ed.)
In APA Style, footnotes are divided into two categories: content or copyright permission footnotes (American Psychological Association [APA], 2020, p. 40).
Content Footnotes
Content footnotes “supplement or amplify substantive information in the text; they should not include complicated, irrelevant, or nonessential information. Because they can be distracting to readers, such footnotes should be included only if they strengthen the discussion” (APA, 2020, p. 40). Furthermore, “in most cases, an author integrates an article best by presenting important information in the text, not in a footnote” (APA, 2020, p. 40).
Copyright Footnotes
Use a copyright footnote to indicate that you have received permission from a publisher to “reproduce lengthy quotations and/or test of scale items in the text” (APA, 2020, p. 40). Copyright statements for figures and tables appear in table and figure notes (APA, 2020, p. 40). Obtaining copyright permission is only required for documents that will be published outside of RRU (e.g. major research project, thesis, dissertation). See Obtaining Copyright Permission in Copyright Information for Thesis and Dissertation Publication, and for assistance with obtaining copyright permission, please contact the RRU Copyright Office (copyrightofficer@royalroads.ca). For the correct wording for a copyright permission footnote, see pages 389-390 in the APA Style manual.
Reference
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
