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Journal articles

Oxford referencing style does not use URLs, permalinks or DOIs for journal articles found online or in databases.
Where an online article has no page numbers check the PDF version which usually appears near the title or abstract.

Standard formatting:

Footnote

Author First and Last Name, 'Title of Article', Title of Journal, volume number, issue number, year, page number(s).

Bibliographic citation

Author Last Name, First Name. 'Title of Article', Title of Journal, volume number, issue number, year, page range.

Reference	Example
Footnote	David Henderson, ‘A Travesty of British Justice? Appealing against Internment during the Second World War’, Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 65, no.1, 2019, pp. 61, 70–71.
Bibliographic citation	Henderson, David. ‘A Travesty of British Justice? Appealing against Internment during the Second World War’. Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 65, no. 1, 2019, pp. 66–82.

Reference	Example
Footnote	Errol Simper, ‘Was the Dingo Half-Guilty? – Were both a human and a dingo involved in Azaria Chamberlain’s fate?’, The Australian, 27–28 September, 1986, supplement, p. 2.
Bibliographic citation	Simper, Errol. ‘Was the Dingo Half-Guilty? – Were both a human and a dingo involved in Azaria Chamberlain’s fate?’. The Australian, 27–28 September, 1986, supplement, pp. 1–2.

Reference	Example
Footnote	‘Mackay ‘murdered by organisation’’, Canberra Times, 7 November, 1979, p. 19.
Bibliographic citation	‘Mackay ‘murdered by organisation’’. Canberra Times. 7 November, 1979, p. 19.