Oxford Style

Guide to Referencing the Oxford Style
Using Print and Electronic Sources

Please note that whilst Library Information staff can direct students to the location of referencing guides either online or in print, they cannot give specific advice to students on how to reference, as this is the role of academic staff, many of whom have specific preferences for citing.

Please contact the appropriate academic staff member to clarify any referencing issues you may have.

Book [by Author(s)]
 
In Bibliography:

GIBBS, Graham. Teaching students to learn: a student-centred approach. Milton Keynes, Open University Press, 1981.

As Footnote:

G. Gibbs, Teaching students to learn, Milton Keynes, Open University Press, 1981, p. 280.

Book [by an Editor]
 
In Bibliography:

Philosophy of education. Edited by R.S. Peters. London, Oxford University Press, 1973.

As Footnote:

Philosophy of education, edited by R.S. Peters, London, Oxford University Press, 1973, p122.

Article in an Edited Book
 
In Bibliography:

HIRST, P.H. What is teaching? in PETERS, R.S., Philosophy of education. London, Oxford University Press, 1973.

As Footnote:

P.H. Hirst, What is teaching? in R.S. Peters, Philosophy of education, London, Oxford University Press, 1973, p. 30.

Journal Article
 
In Bibliography:

KHOO, G.K. Accounting for leases. The Chartered Accountant in Australia, 46(5): Nov. 1975: 19-23.

As Footnote:

G.K. Khoo, Accounting for leases, The Chartered Accountant in Australia, 46(5): Nov. 1975: p. 20.

Reference Cited in Another Work
 
In Bibliography:

REICHMANN, W.J. Use and abuse of statistics. London, Penguin, 1964.

As Footnote:

J.B. Morton, Diet of thistles, Cape, cited in W.J. Reichmann, Use and abuse of statistics, London, Penguin, 1964, p. 92.

Later References

If referring for a second time to a previously cited work, it is not necessary to repeat all details in full. Include enough information to identify the work and other information such as page numbers.

Examples:

• Second reference to a different part of the same book - G. Gibbs, p. 100.
• Second reference to two books by the same author already cited- G. Gibbs, Teaching Students to learn, p. 200.
• G. Gibbs, Student teaching, p. 60.

There is an older, Latin style of later referencing. The following list of terms is included for your convenience.

• ibid., p.22 = same author and work as cited in the footnote immediately preceding, but different page number.
• Gibbs, op. cit., p. 82 = work cited by this author in a footnote earlier, but not immediately preceding.
• Gibbs, loc.cit. = work and page number by this author cited in an earlier footnote.

The Bibliography at the end of your assignment should be in a clear logical order. It is usual to list everything in an alphabetical sequence by author's surname; in the case of an editor by the title of the book. Journal articles are treated as a book.

Electronic Resources

Some examples are included in Referencing Using the Documentary-Note (Oxford) System - Deakin University

http://www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-support/study-skills/handouts/oxford-docnote.php

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