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.
Referencing your own coursework in a reflective essay is not covered as such in OSCOLA. The closest parallel is the citation of personal communications which are unpublished and non-recoverable, unless supplied as appendices to the document submitted.
When citing personal communications such as written work, feedback, emails or letters, name the author and the recipient and include the date. If you are the author or recipient of the communication, use "from or to author".
For example
- Letter from Gordon Brown to Lady Ashton (20 November 2009)
- Email from Amazon.co.uk to author (16 December 2008)
- Written feedback on first level 1 assignment received by author from Cheryl Buck (16 February 2016)
- Second level 1 assignment by author (15 April 2016)
Personal communication which is non-recoverable may be added as an appendix. Appendices can include survey results, transcripts of interviews or the text of unpublished correspondence. Give your appendix a title and if you have a large number of appendices you might also label them with a number or letter to clarify the order. A lengthy appendix may have sequenced pagination to allow pinpoint referencing. It is then possible to footnote to a precise place in the appendix.
This is a specific courtesy to your reader in providing adequate evidence for the subject matter of your reflection. In the case of a reflective essay you are asked to provide a list of appendices referred to in your bibliography, omitting any pinpoint reference.
Reviewed and approved by the University of Portsmouth School of Law, May 2021.