OSCOLA
OSCOLA referencing style is used when submitting work for a module for the School of Law. Due to the complexity of particular sources, some entries are very detailed. Make sure to fully read each page.
If you are referencing something from a webpage which is not available as a discrete document, you need to consider that webpages can be volatile and subject to unannounced change. Give a stable or permanent url for the item. If there is no stable URL for the item, give the homepage of the website. It is recommended that whenever possible, you access information from a stable source such as a database rather than a webpage or website.
Footnote standard form
Author, 'Title' (Type of document if relevant, date of issue if available) <URL> accessed date.
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Footnote examples
1 'Library of Congress Exhibit Explores Early Americas' (Youtube video, 2008) <http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eF704BwzZAA> accessed 6 June 2008.
2 BBC News, 'Call to Stop Children Drinking' (27 April 2007) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6596515.stm> accessed 21 August 2008.
3 N Banks, 'The NHS Direct Healthcare Guide' <http://www.healthcareguide.nhsdirect.nhs.uk> accessed 29 August 2001.
Bibliography
Banks N, 'The NHS Direct Healthcare Guide' <http://www.healthcareguide.nhsdirect.nhs.uk> accessed 29 August 2001
'Library of Congress Exhibit Explores Early Americas' (Youtube video, 2008) <http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eF704BwzZAA> accessed 6 June 2008
Notes
- Information on arrangement of the bibliography.
- If no person, organisation or institution claims responsibility for the work, begin the footnote with the title.
- Where possible, try to find a corporate author which takes editorial responsibility for the site. Where this is clearly impossible e.g. Wikipedia, Youtube sites, you may wish to consider if this is an adequate source for your purposes.
- If there is no date of publication on the website, give only the date of access.
- Wikipedia is banned as a source by some departments.
Reference: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, OSCOLA: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (4th edn Oxford University 2010) 42.