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UniSQ Oxford Referencing Guide

Oxford referencing style for UniSQ

Books and ebooks

How to reference a book

Standard formatting:

Footnote

Author First and Last Name,  Title of BookSubtitle, edition number, City, Publisher, year, page number.

Bibliographic citation

Author Last Name, First Name.  Title of BookSubtitle, edition number, City: Publisher, year.

 

Book - one author

Reference Example
Footnote Craig Lockard, Societies, Networks and Transitions, Volume 1: To 1500: A Global History, 4th edn, Boston, MA, Wadsworth/Cengage, 2020, p. 20.
Bibliographic citation

Lockard, Craig. Societies, Networks and Transitions, Volume 1: To 1500: A Global History. 4th edn, Boston, MA: Wadsworth/ Cengage, 2020.

Book - two authors

Reference Example
Footnote Anne Curthoys and John Docker, Is History Fiction?, 2nd edn, Sydney, UNSW Press, 2010, pp. 51-52.
Bibliographic citation

Curthoys, Anne and John Docker. Is History Fiction?. 2nd edn, Sydney: UNSW Press, 2010.

Book - three and four authors

Reference Example
Footnote, 3 authors Farida Fozdar, Raeleen Wilding and Mary Hawkins, Race and Ethnic Relations, South Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 20–21.
Footnote, 4 authors Bonnie G. Smith, Marc Van De Mieroop, Richard Von Glahn and Kris Lane, A Mapping and Coloring Book of World History, Volume Two: Since 1300, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2018, p. 281.
Bibliographic citation

Curthoys, Anne and John Docker. Is History Fiction?. 2nd edn, Sydney: UNSW Press, 2010.

Bibliographic citation Smith, Bonnie G., Marc Van De Mieroop, Richard Von Glahn and Kris Lane. A Mapping and Coloring Book of World History, Volume Two: Since 1300. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Book - more than 4 authors

Reference Example
Footnote li-Yanuwa et. al., Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories): Narratives of Rock Art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australias’ Gulf of Carpentaria, Sydney, Sydney University Press, 2023.
Bibliographic citation

li-Yanuwa et. al. Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories): Narratives of Rock Art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australias’ Gulf of Carpentaria. Sydney: Sydney University Press, 2023.