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True or False: You Should Write the Author's Full Name (e.g. Barbara Smith) in the Footnote and Invert Their Name (e.g. Smith Barbara)

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True or False: You should write the author's full name (e.g. Barbara Smith) in the footnote and invert their name (e.g. Smith Barbara) in the bibliographic entry. True False

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TrueIn most citation styles, such as Chicago or Turabian, the author's full name is written in normal order (e.g., Barbara Smith) in the footnote. In the bibliographic entry, the name is typically inverted (e.g., Smith, Barbara) to alphabetize the entries by the author's last name.