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Principles Involve in Oxford Bibliography Style

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Principles Involve in Oxford Bibliography Style

Oxford citation style is created for Legal Authorities by the Oxford University. If you are a law student, you must learn everything about this citation style since you will have to cite all your paper using this particular citation style.

Creating oxford bibliography is not an easy task, especially if you are not aware of the principles of this particular citation style. But before getting into the principle, you must get to know the three elements- in-text citation, footnotes and bibliography.

The in-text citation should have a superscript number will present at the end of the sentence.

Footnotes will contain bibliographic details which will appear at the bottom of the page. Following the superscript number mentioned in the content, the details of the bibliography will be presented.

The bibliography is the full list of sources that are cited in the content. The entire list of sources will have an alphabetical order.

In-text example: The distance was pretty obvious. 1

Footnote example:

1 Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (Thomas Eagerton, 1813)

Reference list example:

Austen, Jane, Pride and prejudice (Thomas Eagerton, 1813)

 

So let’s not keep you in the dark anymore, here are the principles of oxford citation style:

  1. Footnotes
  • Put the superscript number after full stop or comma
  • In case of more than one citation in a single footnote, separate the two citations using a semi-colon
  • Add the footnote marker at the end of the sentence. If you need clarity, you can add directly to the relevant word or phrase.
  • Footnotes are given only when the source is cited for the first time.
  • The footnote will provide information about the author, title and publication.
  • In case of quotes or paraphrases, adding page number n footnotes will be useful as the readers will easily locate the specific passage in the content.

 

  1. Name of authors
  • Keep the name of the authors exactly how it appears in the publication.
  • In case there are more than 3 authors add the name of the first author, followed by ‘and others’
  • In case there is an organization or institution instead of an author, then identify the organization as the author.
  • In the absence of author and organisation or institution, start with the title.
  • In footnotes, add the author’s first name and then the surname.
  • In bibliography, add surname first followed by a comma and then add the first name.

 

  1. Quotations
  • Use single quotations for short quotes with words less than 30
  • Avoid using quotation marks for quotes with more than 30 words. Start the quotation on a separate line. It should be indented and have a smaller font size.

 

  1. Titles
  • Italicise the books as well as the publications.
  • The title must be within single quotation marks
  • The first letter of each word in the title must be capital.
  • Avoid italicising words like ‘the’, ‘for, ‘and’ , ‘or’ , etc.

  

We hope this article gives you a basic idea of how to use the oxford citation style. Keep the principles in mind whenever you have to use this citation style for your law paper.

SUMMARYOxford citation styles are not that easy to follow. Learn the basic format of citing paper using this style. If you keep the above principles in your mind, nothing can stop you from achieving success.

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