: Re: What referencing style is this? I was reading a book and I’m curious about the referencing style that is used. When you go to the reference page it is sorted by chapters and then it lists

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Basically these are endnotes. They are often used in popular non-fiction.

Endnotes give the text a more "narrative" appearance, whereas footnotes distract the lay reader and confuse those without the necessary training (e.g. to deal with contradictory information).

Usually pop science endnotes do not meet the more severe academic style standards. Endnotes are uncommon in academic publications today (footnotes are preferred).

Some academic styles (such as APA) avoid both foot- and endnotes, referring inline to a list of sources in an abbreviated style (e.g. author name and year of publication).

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