A note, inserted into the text of a research paper, that refers the reader to a source in the bibliography.

In the MLA style, a citation that refers to items on the Works Cited page, and which is placed in parentheses; the citation includes the last name of the author or authors, and the page number in the referenced source.

The action of forcing a page to end and placing subsequent text at the top of the next page.

A dotted line with the text Page Break that indicates where a manual page break was inserted.

An indent style in which the first line of a paragraph extends to the left of the remaining lines and that is commonly used for bibliographic entries.

An artificial end to a column to balance columns or to provide space for the insertion of other objects.