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UniSQ Oxford Referencing Guide

Oxford referencing style for UniSQ

Online books

Online books

 

  • Oxford referencing style does not include URLs, permalinks or DOIs for books found in databases or library catalogues.
  • Books found online in collections or databases that are reproductions of print books are also referenced as print books, no URL is required.

 

Online Book (Hathi Trust example)

 

Reference Example
Footnote

Benedetto Croce, History: Its Theory and Practice, Douglas Ainslie (trans.), New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921, p. 20.
Bibliographic citation Croce, Benedetto, History: Its Theory and Practice. Douglas Ainslie (trans.), New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921.

 

Online Encyclopedia/Dictionary

Reference Example
Footnote John H. Cullen, ‘Hall, William (1807–1866)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 1966, <https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hall-william-2146/text2735>, published first in hardcopy 1966 [Accessed 3 February, 2021]
Bibliographic citation Cullen, John H. ‘Hall, William (1807–1866)’. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, 1966, <https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hall-william-2146/text2735>, published first in hardcopy 1966 [Accessed 3 February, 2021]