What's the meaning of "ibid, Page no. so and so" appearing in the footnotes in many books as a reference?

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2006-10-10 23:19:41 · 3 answers · asked by Parth 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia

IBID simply means that the reference is to a page in the same book.

It comes from the latin IBIDEM - IN THE SAME PLACE

2006-10-10 23:22:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋

ibid is used to alleviate the referencing of an immediately prior reference of work in a bibliograpjy or footnote

2006-10-11 00:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by jimbeach37 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

'ibid' means that the citation is coming from the book just previously cited. Rather than listing the same title over and over, 'ibid' is used.

2006-10-10 23:28:14 · answer #3 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋