The second was the footnote, with a number inserted in the text and the corresponding detail at the bottom of the page or the end of the essay. The University College of Townsville's History Department used these rather than in-text citations.
One soon became to suspect that there were certain advantages to placing one's footnotes at the bottom of the page rather than the end of the essay.
The next interesting point was that the contents of your footnotes were not included in your word count, and items cited in a footnote were eligible for inclusion in the bibliography.
One should, therefore, include every source that supports a particular detail in the relevant footnote. See above, Lesson Number Two.
Then, returning to Never assume that the examiner, or whoever marks your paper, knows anything, and considering that word limits should be adhered to, where does the Astute Student place definitions and similar details that demonstrate familiarity with the subject matter under discussion?