The Footnote/ Bibliography or 'Oxford' Referencing System

Citing Different Sources

What are 'Bibliographical Details'?

They are information about a source. Such details include the names of the author, the title of the publication, the date of publication, the name of the publisher and the place of publication. Remember, numbers are still given in superscript form in the note.

Book

List information in the following order:

1. author's surname(s) and initial(s)
2. title of book (underlined or italicised)
3. publisher
4. place of publication
5. year of publication
6. page number(s)

¹ M. Henninger, Don't Just Surf: Effective Research Strategies for the Net, UNSW Press, Sydney, 1997, p. 91.

Article/Chapter in a Book Collection

List information in the following order:

1. author's surname(s) and initial(s)
2. title of article (between single quotation marks)
3. title of book (underlined or italicised)
4. editor(s) name
5. publisher
6. place of publication
7. year of publication
8. page number(s)

² M. Blaxter, 'Social class and health inequalities', in Equalities and Inequalities in Health, C. Carter & J. Peel (eds), Academic Press, London, 1976, pp. 6-7.

Journal Article

List information in the following order:

1. author's surname(s) and initial(s)
2. title of article (between single quotation marks)
3. title of journal or periodical (underlined or italicised)
4. volume number
5. issue number
6. month of publication (if applicable)
7. year of publication
8. page number(s)

³ M. Doyle, 'Captain Mbaye Diagne'. Granta, vol. 48, August 1994, pp. 99-103. 

Electronic Source

A Website

1. author
2. name & place of sponsor of site
3. date site was created or updated
4. date of viewing
5. URL

A Document within a Website

1. author/editor
2. title
3. name of sponsor of site
4. last date site updated
5. date of viewing
6. URL

⁴ N Curthoys, ‘Future directions for rhetoric – invention and ethos in public critique’, in Australian Humanities Review. March-April 2001, viewed on 11 April 2001,
<htttp://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/archive/Issue-April- 2001/curthoys.html>.

Emails

These are cited the same as for personal communications

Electronic Mail Lists

This includes Electronic mailing lists, Usenet Groups & Bulletin Boards

1. author
2. author’s identifying details (eg.email address)
3. description of posting
4. name of list owner
5. date of posting
6. date of viewing
7. URL

Films, DVDs, and television and radio programs

1. title
2. format
3. publisher
4. place of recording
5. date

Strictly Ballroom, DVD, 20th Century Fox, Australia, 1992.

The Nest, television program, SBS Television, Sydney, 15 January 2010.

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